Jim Hutton
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Jim Hutton
rajimom — 23 years ago(February 26, 2003 11:26 AM)
I feel so sad that no one has posted any comments on Jim Hutton. I grew up watching him, and will admit that I had a huge crush on him in my early teens. When he passed away in 1979, I was heartbroken. In those pre-cable, pre-vcr days of the seventies, I would pore over the TV Guide every week, sneak down to the den after bedtime, and even play hooky from school, in order to catch a Jim Hutton movie on TV. While "Ellery Queen" was on, I was oblivious to anything else. I saw "Walk, Don't Run" a few weeks ago on TMC, and still felt a little of the old thrill. He will always be a favorite.
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albertzachrikas — 22 years ago(October 02, 2003 11:43 PM)
Yes i agree with you it is and always will be a great sadness to have followed an actor like Jim in drama or in his comedies if he would have lived and pursued his career and in his late 40's to his 50's it would have been a honor to watch him grow older in film and tv and during the 80's watch him be with his son in film as well The Green Berets 1968 good supporting performance.
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ccurts2319 — 18 years ago(August 20, 2007 04:06 PM)
Yes, it would have been nice, as they both did comedy so well, particularly him. However, Hedda Hopper was the only person to report a title and a 5th movie coming out. Prentiss and Hutton said all along they didn't want to do another one. Hopper's reputation is bad.
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ccurts2319 — 18 years ago(August 20, 2007 04:10 PM)
Yes, to some extent his career went south, but he had few phone calls asking for him, because the man was in his early 40s and still had a baby face, and he was still being typecast as a goofball or comedic absent-minded person. He did do TV pilots until the year of his death, and he has a Disney film in there, too, that aired two or three weeks before he died. A real shame to die so young. I miss him, too. Very underrated actor. Oh, and a lot of the actors in Green Berets had their careers go south, for political reasons.
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rajimom — 21 years ago(May 06, 2004 08:11 AM)
Nope. It has been pretty well documented that he died of cancer. As to what type, I have heard lymphoma, and it is generally listed as liver cancer on most movie sites. But I remember reading that it was only like eight weeks between diagnosis and death, so it was a very swiftly progressing type, anyway
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lavich — 21 years ago(September 15, 2004 07:09 AM)
He was so great! it's a pity many people don't know him anymore!
Have you seen "Secret Window"? here there's his son, Tim and a magazine (very important for the main character): "Ellery Queen's mystery magazine" or something like that! -
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ccurts2319 — 18 years ago(August 20, 2007 04:12 PM)
The comment by rajimom is correct. Liver cancer has tumors on the liver. And yes, he first went to the doctor 8 weeks before he died. Apparently, there was a misdiagnosis at first, but I'm trying to verify the details on that.