Profile
Frank Sutton
Actor
Male
Born
Oct 23, 1923
Hometown
U.S.
Died
Jun 28, 1974
Death Place
U.S.
Other Names
Frank Spencer Sutton
Frank Spencer Sutton was an American actor best remembered for his role of Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter on the CBS television series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
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CHILDHOOD
1923
Birth
Born on October 23, 1923.
TEENAGE
1938
14 Years Old
Frank Sims Sutton died from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage on March 16, 1938, leaving behind his wife and 14-year-old son.
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1941
17 Years Old
In 1941, Sutton graduated from East Nashville High School, and returned to Clarksville to become a radio announcer.
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TWENTIES
1949
25 Years Old
Discharged as a sergeant, he began acting on stage. In 1949, he married Toby Igler, with whom he had two children.
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1950
26 Years Old
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.
THIRTIES
1955
31 Years Old
In 1955, he received his big break in the Academy Award-winning movie Marty, in which he played the title character's friend, Ralph.
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FORTIES
1964
40 Years Old
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 Sergeant Carter opposite Jim Nabors' character Gomer Pyle.
1969
45 Years Old
This episode led to a spin-off television series of the same name, where Sutton continued the role for five seasons, until the show ended its run in 1969.
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FIFTIES
1974
51 Years Old
While preparing for a performance of the comedy Luv at the Beverly Barn Dinner Playhouse in Shreveport, Louisiana, Frank Sutton died of a heart attack on June 28, 1974, at the age of 50.
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