John Sutton (actor)

John Sutton (22 October 1908 – 10 July 1963) was a British actor with a prolific career in Hollywood of more than 30 years.

John Sutton
Sutton in Captain from Castile (1947)
Born
Eugene Osmond Stephen Congdon[1]

(1908-07-22)22 July 1908
Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India
Died10 July 1963(1963-07-10) (aged 54)
Cannes, France
OccupationActor
Years active1936–1963
Spouse(s)
Charlotte Biddle Barrett
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(m. 1933; div. 1946)​

Roberta Fidler
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(m. 1946; div. 1955)​

Anita Rodney-Eden
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(m. 1957; annul. 1960)​

Personal life

Sutton was born in Rawalpindi, India (now Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan). He was the son of Lt. Colonel Arthur Congdon (1861-1924) of the Royal Munster Fusiliers and his wife Ann Bell Sutton Moxley Congdon. Before moving to Hollywood as an actor, he was a tea planter in Assam, India, and, failing that, he farmed for a while in South Africa.[2] Upon being naturalized as a U.S. citizen while serving in the U.S. Navy in 1943, he legally changed his name to John Sutton.[3]

Sutton was married at least three times. In 1933, he married wealthy socialite Charlotte Biddle Barrett.[4] In the 1940 federal census, the household included his wife Charlotte and her daughter from a previous marriage. In October 1946, he divorced his high society wife and married Roberta Fidler, former wife of newspaper columnist and radio commentator Jimmie Fidler;[5][6] this rather stormy second marriage ended in divorce in 1955.[7] He married dancer Anita Rodney-Eden in 1957, but he received an annulment in 1960, when it was shown that she was still legally the ninth wife of oft-married (13 marriages to 11 women) Tommy Manville.[8][9]

Filmography
Sutton (with knife) and Arturo de Córdova in Adventures of Casanova (1948)

References
  1. World War II Draft Registration Card:https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=17859642&tid=&pid=&queryId=28dcb313e0d64795db3e90d31e5f8266&usePUB=true&_phsrc=hYI2192&_phstart=successSource
  2. "Louella Parsons on Hollywood: John Sutton Is Latest To Win Film Recognition", The San Francisco Examiner, p. 26, Oct. 5, 1941. https://www.newspapers.com/image/458374545/?terms=%22John%20Sutton%22%20actor&match=1
  3. Petition for Naturalization: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3998/images/43867_3421606203_0610-00784?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=28dcb313e0d64795db3e90d31e5f8266&usePUB=true&_phsrc=hYI2193&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.198473903.1498679909.1612451459-1093218731.1597084329&pId=2312311
  4. "Actor Says Socialite Wife Watched Him Via Spyglass", Daily News, Los Angeles, Calif., p. 3, Oct. 14, 1946. https://www.newspapers.com/image/689316574/?terms=%22John%20Sutton%22%20actor&match=1
  5. "First Husband Helps Actor Win Annulment, The Los Angeles Times, p. 2, October 16, 1946. https://www.newspapers.com/image/380765830/?terms=%22John%20Sutton%22%20Charlotte&match=1
  6. "Ex-Mrs. Fidler wed to Actor, p. 2, The Los Angeles Times, Oct. 23, 1946. https://www.newspapers.com/image/380769121/?terms=%22John%20Sutton%22%20Fidler&match=1
  7. "Actor John Sutton Divorced For Cruelty". The Blade. United Press International. 16 June 1955. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  8. "Actor John Sutton Seeking Annulment". Southeast Missourian. Associated Press. 18 May 1960. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  9. "John Sutton (actor obtains default annulment from former wife of Tommy Manville), 1960". Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961. University of Southern California Libraries. 2 June 1960. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
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