John Lupton
John Lupton
Born in Illinois, actor John Lupton was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father was a writer with the Milwaukee Journal. Upon graduation from New York's American Acamedy of Dramatic Arts, Lupton secured immediate stage work, then was signed as a contract player with MGM in Hollywood. Few worthwhile parts came from this alliance; Lupton was lanky and handsome in a Jimmy Stewart or Henry Fonda sort of way, but wasn't permitted to develop much of an on-screen persona of his own. His best opportunity came in 1956, when he was cast as Tom Jeffords on the two-season TV series Broken Arrow -- though most of the critical plaudits were directed at his costar Michael Ansara, who played the more colorful part of Cochise. A journeyman actor throughout the '60s, Lupton became one of the rotating "repertory" cast members of the TV series of Jack Webb (Dragnet, Adam 12, et al.) He is best known to latter-day viewers for his 14 year run as Tommy Horton on the daytime serial Days of Our Lives. John Lupton's offscreen pursuits included extensive volunteer work for the Multiple Sclerosis Association and the Special Olympics. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of John Lupton:
- Battle Cry with Van Heflin , Aldo Ray , Mona Freeman , Nancy Olson , James Whitmore , Tab Hunter , Dorothy Malone , Raymond Massey , Anne Francis , Perry Lopez , Fess Parker , Tommy Cook , Carleton G. Young , Rhys Williams , Allyn Ann McLerie , Gregory Walcott , Frank Ferguson , Willis B. Bouchey , Chick Chandler , L.Q. Jones
- The Greatest Story Ever Told with Max vonSydow , Dorothy McGuire , Robert Loggia , Claude Rains , Jose Ferrer , Charlton Heston , John Abbott , Rodolpho Acosta , Michael Ansara , Donald Pleasence , David McCallum , Roddy McDowall , Gary Raymond , Burt Brinckerhoff , Jamie Farr , David Hedison , Telly Savalas , Angela Lansbury , Paul Stewart , Harold J. Stone , Frank Silvera , Janet Margolin , Michael Tolan , Carroll Baker , Pat Boone , Sal Mineo , Van Heflin , Ed Wynn , Shelley Winters , Abraham Sofaer , Martin Landau , Nehemiah Persoff , Joseph Schildkraut , Victor Buono , John Wayne , Sidney Poitier , Richard Conte , Frank DeKova , Russell Johnson , Mickey Simpson , Richard Bakalyan , Robert Blake
- Airport 1975 with Charlton Heston , Karen Black , George Kennedy , Efrem Jr. Zimbalist , Susan Clark , Gloria Swanson , Dana Andrews , Linda Blair , Sid Caesar , Erik Estrada , Norman Fell , Alan Fudge , Beverly Garland , Sharon Gless , Conrad Janis , Myrna Loy , Ed Nelson , Nancy Olson , Martha Scott , Guy Stockwell , Larry Storch , Roy Thinnes , Jerry Stiller , Irene Tsu
- Julius Caesar with Marlon Brando , James Mason , John Gielgud , Louis Calhern , Greer Garson , Edmond O'Brien , Deborah Kerr , George MacReady , Michael Pate , Richard Hale , Alan Napier , John Hoyt , Tom Powers , Ian Wolfe , Douglas Dumbrille , Rhys Williams , Edmund Purdom , Paul Guilfoyle , John Doucette , Lawrence Dobkin , Michael Ansara , Jody Gilbert , Ned Glass , Lumsden Hare , Michael Tolan
- The Band Wagon with Fred Astaire , Cyd Charisse , Oscar Levant , Nanette Fabray , Jack Buchanan , Robert Gist , Richard Alexander , Al Ferguson , Bess Flowers , Ava Gardner , Thurston Hall , Al Hill , Julie Newmar , Emory Parnell , Frank Scannell , Herb Vigran , Bobby Watson , Smoki Whitfield , Betty Farrington
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