Gil Stratton
Gil Stratton
Originally billed as Gil Stratton Jr., this slight, apple-cheeked "juvenile" performer was barely out of his teens when he created the role of Bud Hooper in the 1941 Broadway musical Best Foot Forward. Stratton continued toting up stage and radio credits in New York until his 1943 film debut in Girl Crazy. His subsequent screen roles included Cookie, the stuttering narrator of Stalag 17 (1953), and pint-sized cyclist Mousie in The Wild One (1953). On television, he played the anemic collegiate Junior Jackson in the 1954 sitcom That's My Boy. That same year, he launched what would turn out to be a 20-year run as a top sportscaster at L.A.'s CBS TV affiliate KNXT. In his last few films, notably Mae West's Sextette (1977), he was cast as "himself." Gil Stratton retired to Hawaii in 1984, where for many years, he owned and maintained a radio station. He died of congestive heart failure in 2008. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Gil Stratton:
- Monkey Business with Cary Grant , Ginger Rogers , Charles Coburn , Marilyn Monroe , Hugh Marlowe , Robert Cornthwaite , Larry Keating , Esther Dale , Kathleen Freeman , Mary Field , Harry Jr. Carey , Harry Jr. Carey , Paul Maxey , Forbes Murray , Harry Seymour , Ruth Warren , Isabel Withers , Howard Hawks , Jerry Paris
- The Wild One with Marlon Brando , Mary Murphy , Robert Keith , Lee Marvin , Jay C. Flippen , Ray Teal , Will Wright , Jerry Paris , Alvy Moore , Pat O'Malley , Timothy Carey
- Sextette with Mae West , Timothy Dalton , Dom DeLuise , Tony Curtis , Ringo Starr , George Hamilton , Walter Pidgeon , George Raft
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