Sonny Tufts
Acting
Born Jul 16, 1911
-- Died Jun 04, 1970
· Boston, Massachusetts, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sonny Tufts (born Bowen Charlton Tufts III, July 16, 1911, Boston, Massachusetts - June 4, 1970, Santa Monica, California) was a United States film actor. Tufts was born into a prominent banking family, whose patriarch had supposedly sailed to America from England in 1683. He broke with the family banking tradition by studying opera at Yale, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. After graduating from college in 1935, he auditioned with the Metropolitan Opera in New York but eventually worked on the Broadway stage. In 1942, Tufts went to Hollywood. H...
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7.1
movie
The Seven Year Itch
as Tom MacKenzie
1955
4.1
movie
Cat-Women of the Moon
as Laird Grainger
1953
6.4
tv
The Virginian
as Frank Trampas
1962
6.6
tv
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.2
movie
The Crooked Way
as Vince Alexander
1949
5.7
movie
So Proudly We Hail
as Kansas
1943
6.8
tv
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.6
movie
Gift Horse
as Yank Flanagan
1952
6.1
movie
The Virginian
as Steve Andrews
1946
5.6
movie
Easy Living
as Tim 'Pappy' McCarr
1949
4.5
movie
No Escape
as Det. Simon Shayne
1953
6.1
movie
Variety Girl
as Sonny Tufts
1947