Drill sergeant actor movie#
Drill sergeant actor trial#
Drill sergeant actor series#

Igler, with whom he had two children, Joe Sutton and Amanda. In 1946, Sutton married soap-opera writer Toby M. Sutton performed in dinner theater, playing, among other roles, the father in Norman, Is That You? and made guest appearances on other television programs. Sutton played the brother-in-law of Nabors' character in comedy sketches. After Gomer Pyle ceased production, Sutton appeared regularly on Nabors' variety show The Jim Nabors Hour with Gomer Pyle co-star Ronnie Schell. He also appeared in public service announcements in the role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter. This episode was the pilot for a spin-off TV comedy, Gomer Pyle, USMC, where Sutton continued the role for five seasons, until the show ended its run in 1969. Having primarily acted in dramas, Sutton's breakthrough role was on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a 1964 episode of The Andy Griffith Show, in which he played the cynical and easily exasperated Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter opposite Jim Nabors' character Gomer Pyle.

Drill sergeant actor trial#

He returned to the stage in The Andersonville Trial in the early 1960s.įrank Sutton and Jim Nabors in the Gomer Pyle premiere, 1964 He also had a role in The Satan Bug, a 1965 spy thriller.

Drill sergeant actor movie#

In 1955, he received his big break in the Academy Award-winning movie Marty, in which he played the title character's friend, Ralph. He had a continuing role as Cadet Eric Rattison, the great rival of the Polaris Unit manned by the series' heroes, in Tom Corbett, Space Cadet from 1950 to 1955. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Sutton played small roles in television shows such as Decoy, Route 66, Naked City, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Fugitive, The Goldbergs, 87th Precinct, Gunsmoke, Target: The Corruptors, Empire, The Twilight Zone, and The Untouchables. He attended the Columbia University School of General Studies, graduating cum laude with a bachelor's degree in drama in 1952. Honorably discharged after the war as a sergeant, he began acting on stage. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Sutton was a sergeant who served from 1943 to 1946 in the 293rd Joint Assault Signal Company. Army and served in the South Pacific, taking part in 14 assault landings. Marine Corps, but he was medically rejected due to his color blindness.

During World War II, he volunteered for service in the U.S. I knew then I wanted to be an actor.' Īfter high school, Sutton returned to Clarksville to become a radio announcer. He later said, 'The first time I walked out on a stage, I had a warm feeling.

Drill sergeant actor series#

Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.ģ6☃0′24.8″N 87☂0′31.9″W / 36.506889°N 87.342194°W / 36.506889 -87.342194įrank Spencer Sutton (Octo– June 28, 1974) was an American actor best remembered for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter on the CBS television series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.īorn in Clarksville, Tennessee, Sutton developed an interest in acting, playing his first role at age nine and also starring in the drama club at East Nashville High School, where he graduated in 1941.