Sonny Tufts
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sonny Tufts (born Bowen Charlton Tufts III, July 16, 1911, Boston, Massachusetts - June 4, 1970, Santa Monica, California) was a United States film actor. Tufts was born into a prominent banking family, whose patriarch had supposedly sailed to America from England in 1683. He broke with the family banking tradition by studying opera at Yale, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. After graduating from college in 1935, he auditioned with the Metropolitan Opera in New York but eventually worked on the Broadway stage. In 1942, Tufts went to Hollywood. H…
Also known as
Bowen Charlton "Sonny" Tufts III · Bowen Charlton Tufts III
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Known For
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · TV
The Virginian
1962 · TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · TV
The Seven Year Itch
1955 · Movie
My Mother the Car
1965 · TV
The Loner
1965 · TV
So Proudly We Hail
1943 · Movie
Variety Girl
1947 · Movie
The Virginian
1946 · Movie
Government Girl
1943 · Movie