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Arthur Lee Hunnicutt was an American actor known for his portrayal of wise, grizzled, and old rural characters. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Big Sky (1952).
Birth Name
Arthur Lee Hunnicutt
Born
Thursday, 17 February 1910
Died
Wednesday, 26 September 1979
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Winterhawk | McClusky | 1975 |
| Moonrunners | Uncle Jesse Hagg | 1975 |
| The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return | Miner | 1975 |
| Harry and Tonto | Wade Carlton / Wade | 1974 |
| Nakia | Underhill | 1974 |
| The Spikes Gang | Kid White | 1974 |
| Mrs. Sundance | Walt Putney | 1974 |
| The Bounty Man | Sheriff | 1972 |
| The Revengers | Free State | 1972 |
| The Trackers | Ben Vogel | 1971 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Winterhawk | McClusky | 1975 |
| Moonrunners | Uncle Jesse Hagg | 1975 |
| The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return | Miner | 1975 |
| Harry and Tonto | Wade Carlton / Wade | 1974 |
| Nakia | Underhill | 1974 |
| The Spikes Gang | Kid White | 1974 |
| Mrs. Sundance | Walt Putney | 1974 |
| The Bounty Man | Sheriff | 1972 |
| The Revengers | Free State | 1972 |
| The Trackers | Ben Vogel | 1971 |
| Shoot Out | Homer Page | 1971 |
| The Million Dollar Duck | Mr. Purdham | 1971 |
| My World and Welcome to It | Zeph Leggin | 1969 |
| The Outcasts | Beckwith | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Slim Draper | 1968 |
| The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin | Referee | 1967 |
| El Dorado | Bull / Bull Harris | 1966 |
| Apache Uprising | Bill Gibson | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Doc Gavin | 1965 |
| Laredo | Old Timer | 1965 |
| Cat Ballou | Butch Cassidy | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Gabe | 1964 |
| A Tiger Walks | Frank Lewis | 1964 |
| The Cardinal | Sheriff Dubrow / Sheriff | 1963 |
| The Great Adventure | Simon Kenton | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Professor Llewellen Kingston | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | Lamont | 1963 |
| The Virginian | Tom Croft / Porcupine Pete / J.D. Drover | 1962 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Jedediah Wakefield | 1960 |
| The Westerner | Old Man | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | George / Tom Kubinsky | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Luke Coulter / Melville Peterson | 1960 |
| The Aquanauts | Jim Turrell | 1960 |
| Overland Trail | Reb Haslett | 1960 |
| The Man from Blackhawk | L.B. Clark | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Hyder Simpson | 1959 |
| Lock Up | Hank Parsons | 1959 |
| Laramie | Earl Droody / Ezra / Sam Dillard | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Obie / Salty Hubbard / Paiute Scroggs | 1959 |
| Black Saddle | Roy Tagger | 1959 |
| Born Reckless | Cool Man | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Nathaniel Cameron | 1958 |
| The Donna Reed Show | Old Man | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Amos Carter | 1958 |
| Perry Mason | Sandy Bowen / Amos Kenesaw Mountain Keller | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Deets | 1957 |
| Sugarfoot | Pop Purty | 1957 |
| The Tall T | Ed Rintoon | 1957 |
| Wire Service | Hopeful | 1956 |
| The Kettles in the Ozarks | Sedgewick Kettle | 1956 |
| Cheyenne | Hoot Hollister | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Uriah Spessard | 1955 |
| The Last Command | Davy Crockett | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Boxing Referee / Elias O'Brien / Ezra Selby / Lewis / Mr. Purdham / Seth Turner | 1954 |
| Lassie | Grizzly Tatum | 1954 |
| The French Line | 'Waco' Mosby | 1954 |
| Devil's Canyon | Frank Taggert | 1953 |
| She Couldn't Say No | Odie Chalmers | 1953 |
| Split Second | Asa Tremaine | 1953 |
| The Lusty Men | Booker Davis | 1952 |
| The Big Sky | Zeb Calloway | 1952 |
| Distant Drums | Monk | 1951 |
| The Red Badge of Courage | Bill Porter | 1951 |
| Passage West | Pop Brennan | 1951 |
| The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story | (archive footage) | 1951 |
| Sugarfoot | Fly-Up-the-Creek Jones | 1951 |
| Two Flags West | Sgt. Pickens | 1950 |
| Broken Arrow | Milt Duffield | 1950 |
| The Furies | Cowhand | 1950 |
| A Ticket to Tomahawk | Sad Eyes | 1950 |
| Stars in My Crown | Chloroform Wiggins | 1950 |
| Border Incident | Clayton Nordell | 1949 |
| Pinky | Police Chief / Police Chief Anderson | 1949 |
| The Great Dan Patch | Chet Williams | 1949 |
| Lust for Gold | Ludi | 1949 |
| Murder, He Says | Townsman | 1945 |
| Abroad with Two Yanks | Arkie | 1944 |
| Riding West | Prof. Arkansas Higgins (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt) / Prof. Arkansas Higgins | 1944 |
| The Chance of a Lifetime | Elwood 'Tex' Stewart / Elwood "Tex" Stewart (Uncredited) | 1943 |
| Hail to the Rangers | Arkansas (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt) / Arkansas | 1943 |
| Johnny Come Lately | Second Tramp / Tramp | 1943 |
| Robin Hood of the Range | Arkansas (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt) / Arkansas | 1943 |
| Frontier Fury | Arkansas Tuttle / Arkansas (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt) | 1943 |
| Law of the Northwest | Arkansas | 1943 |
| The Fighting Buckaroo | Arkansas / Arkansas (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt) | 1943 |
| Fall In | Luke Hatfield | 1942 |
| Pardon My Gun | Arkansas (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt) / Arkansas | 1942 |
| Silver Queen | Newspaper Publisher Brett | 1942 |
| Riding Through Nevada | Arkansas / Arkansas (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt) | 1942 |
| Wildcat | 'Watchfob' Jones | 1942 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1953 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
