Sonny Tufts

Sonny Tufts

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. He attained some fame during World War II, principally because, due to an old college football injury, he was one of the few handsome male actors not serving overseas in the war. He was married to Spanish dancer Barbara Dare from 1938 to 1953. In the 1980s he was best known as one of the semi-random people and places that TV host Johnny Carson used in his jokes. Tufts died of pneumonia at age 58 in Santa Monica, California, on June 4, 1970. Tufts is the subject of an urban legend. The legend holds that he had been selected to host a well-known radio show as a last-minute replacement for a better known celebrity. The week before Tufts's episode was scheduled, the previous host introduced him with a combination of surprise and outrage, shocked that a relatively unknown actor would succeed him as host. There is no evidence, however, that such an incident occurred. Tufts himself parodied this legend in frequent appearances on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: seated in a director's chair with his name printed on it, he would turn around to face the camera and utter a word or phrase relevant to the previous bit, in mock contempt. Sonny Tufts was related to Charles Tufts, for whom Tufts University is named. In a non sequitur on the cartoon show Rocky and His Friends, in the Jet Fuel Formula story arc, Bullwinkle J. Moose becomes very upset when Boris Badenov steals his autographed picture of Sonny Tufts. Also, Tufts is mentioned in the last sentence of the third sketch of the 48th show of the second season of the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (also featuring Wailing Whale episodes 5 & 6), which was first released on May 13, 1961. In an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, Rob sees a flying saucer that makes a noise "Uhny Uftz", which Rob mis-hears as "Sonny Tufts" In Episode 12, Season 1 of the TV sitcom "My Mother The Car", titled "And Leave The Drive-In To Us," the mother wants to go to a drive-in to see Sonny Tufts for her birthday. He makes an appearance at the very end of the episode, much to the appreciation of the car! Sonny Tufts was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sonny Tufts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Titulu: Sonny Tufts
  • Popularità: 1.294
  • Cunnisciutu per: Acting
  • Anniversariu: 1911-07-16
  • Locu di nascita: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Cunnisciutu ancu cum'è: Bowen Charlton "Sonny" Tufts III, Bowen Charlton Tufts III
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Sonny Tufts I filmi

  • 1955
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    The Seven Year Itch

    The Seven Year Itch

    7.044 1955 HD

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  • 1953
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    Cat-Women of the Moon

    Cat-Women of the Moon

    4.1 1953 HD

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  • 1944
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    Here Come the Waves

    Here Come the Waves

    5 1944 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Crooked Way

    The Crooked Way

    6.417 1949 HD

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  • 1953
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    No Escape

    No Escape

    4.5 1953 HD

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  • 1952
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    Gift Horse

    Gift Horse

    6.6 1952 HD

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  • 1943
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    Government Girl

    Government Girl

    5.2 1943 HD

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  • 1953
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    Run for the Hills

    Run for the Hills

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1949
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    Easy Living

    Easy Living

    5.944 1949 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Virginian

    The Virginian

    6.1 1946 HD

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  • 1943
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    So Proudly We Hail

    So Proudly We Hail

    5.5 1943 HD

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  • 1947
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    Variety Girl

    Variety Girl

    6.1 1947 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Parson and the Outlaw

    The Parson and the Outlaw

    4.1 1957 HD

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  • 1967
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    Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers

    Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers

    4 1967 HD

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  • 1954
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    Serpent Island

    Serpent Island

    3.5 1954 HD

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  • 1947
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    Easy Come, Easy Go

    Easy Come, Easy Go

    1 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    Blaze of Noon

    Blaze of Noon

    4 1947 HD

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  • 1944
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    I Love a Soldier

    I Love a Soldier

    4 1944 HD

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  • 1956
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    Come Next Spring

    Come Next Spring

    6 1956 HD

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  • 1946
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    Cross My Heart

    Cross My Heart

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1945
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    Bring on the Girls

    Bring on the Girls

    6.1 1945 HD

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  • 1946
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    Miss Susie Slagle's

    Miss Susie Slagle's

    10 1946 HD

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  • 1965
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    Town Tamer

    Town Tamer

    6.4 1965 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Well Groomed Bride

    The Well Groomed Bride

    4 1946 HD

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  • 1945
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    Duffy's Tavern

    Duffy's Tavern

    6.1 1945 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Untamed Breed

    The Untamed Breed

    5 1948 HD

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  • 1946
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    Swell Guy

    Swell Guy

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

    5.571 1962 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.667 1948 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Virginian

    The Virginian

    6.4 1962 HD

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  • 1967
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    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    6.4 1967 HD

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  • 1965
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    My Mother the Car

    My Mother the Car

    3.6 1965 HD

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  • 1963
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    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    5.5 1963 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Loner

    The Loner

    5.7 1965 HD

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  • 1968
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    Land's End

    Land's End

    1 1968 HD

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