Brian G. Hutton

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Brian Geoffrey Hutton (born January 1, 1935 in Harlem , New York City , † August 19, 2014 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film director and actor . Hutton has directed a number of well-known international cinema films, including films such as Agents die lonely , Shock Troop Gold or Hell Hunt to the End of the World .

life and work

Brian Geoffrey Hutton, born in northern Harlem in 1935, began his training and film career as an actor in New York. As Brian Hutton, he got his first minor part on American television at the age of 19 with a role in an episode of the series Robert Montgomery Presents . From the mid-1950s he was cast by directors such as Henry Koster , Robert Mulligan or Roger Corman in small or large supporting roles in the cinema. It was not until a portrayal in the John Sturges Western Two Account (1957) with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas that he was temporarily given a little more attention. John Sturges encouraged the young man by giving him a second major role in his western classic The Last Train from Gun Hill in 1959 , alongside stars such as Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn , Carolyn Jones , Earl Holliman and Brad Dexter . But the hoped-for breakthrough as a serious actor with star potential did not succeed. Hutton then stayed for a few years in detective or western series such as No Case for FBI , Wagon Train , West of Santa Fe or At the Foot of the Blue Mountains with routine engagements, but increasingly realized that his real talent was not in front of, but behind the camera would lie. In the mid-1960s, through a friend, director and author Douglas M. Heyes, he switched from acting to directing.

In 1965 he directed Wild Seed , a romantic drama with Michael Parks . A year later, a Brian Bedford comedy called The Pad and How to Use It followed . It wasn't until 1968 when the solo for ONCEL actor David McCallum became popular in the crime thriller Kugel are his autograph the start as a successful director.

At the end of 1968 he got the opportunity to work with world stars like Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton in Alistair MacLean's bestselling film The Agents of the Dead . The film became a huge commercial success, and in 1970 Clint Eastwood was ready for another collaboration with Brian G. Hutton on his next project, the war film satire Shock Troop Gold . Other stars of this production were Donald Sutherland and Telly Savalas .

After the two successful war films with Clint Eastwood, Hutton made two films with Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor . In 1972 he directed the drama Zee and Co. with Michael Caine and Susannah York and in 1973 the mystery thriller The Night of a Thousand Eyes , this time with actor Laurence Harvey in one of his last roles. Both films fell short of box office expectations, however, and it was not until 1980 for Hutton to return to directing with The First Mortal Sin . He returned to the tried and tested thriller profession and put old stars like Frank Sinatra and Faye Dunaway in the limelight.

In 1982 the producer Fred Weintraub offered him the opportunity to step into the director's chair for a big adventure film. Hell Hunt to the End of the World with Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong offered not only aesthetic images in exotic locations and a highly emotional soundtrack by Oscar winner John Barry , but also a lot that a successful film epic needs. The plot and the length of the film alone did not convince the international audience sufficiently. Hellhunt to the End of the World was Brian G. Hutton's last film work. He then focused on trading real estate investments.

In the 2005 television documentary The 100 Greatest War Films by director Mark Murray, Brian G. Hutton was seen in front of a camera again - as himself.

Filmography

As a director

As an actor

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brian G. Hutton, Director of 'Kelly's Heroes' and 'Where Eagles Dare,' Dies at 79
  2. ^ Brian G. Hutton in: Cinemaretro