Ken Hutchison
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Ken Hutchison (born 24 November 1943, Leslie, Fife) is a Scottish actor.[1]
Career
He may be best known for his role in the controversial Sam Peckinpah film Straw Dogs where he was the most shady in the group of nefarious local thugs antagonizing Dustin Hoffman's character and especially ingenue Susan George.[2]
In 1975 he appeared as Vincent Vaughn in an episode of the hard hitting police drama The Sweeney entitled Stay Lucky, Eh?
In 1980, he appeared as Brickett in "National Pelmet", the series 2 opener of TV drama Minder.[3] He appeared as the lead villain's henchmen in the eighties fantasy film Ladyhawke directed by Richard Donner.[4] He also starred in the Play for Today Just a Boys' Game.[5] Hutchison costarred with Robert Mitchum in The Wrath of God (1972) (one of his few protagonist roles), where The New York Times noted the performance of "the fine Ken Hutchison".[6] He played a bank robber in Sweeney 2 as well as the miniseries Masada (starring Peter O'Toole) and the Oscar Winning motion picture Gandhi.
Sally Thomsett from Straw Dogs described Ken as "A fun-loving rogue." [7]
Selected filmography
- Groupie Girl (1970) as Colin
- Julius Caesar (1970) as Plebian (uncredited)
- Straw Dogs (1971) as Norman Scutt
- The Wrath of God (1972) as Emmet Keogh
- Deadly Strangers (1975) as Jim Nicholls
- Sweeney 2 (1978) as Hill
- Wuthering Heights (1978) (BBC TV serial) as Heathcliff
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) as Hammacher
- Masada (1981) as Fronto
- A Captain's Tale (1982) as Jimmy Dickerson
- Gandhi (1982) as Police Sergeant
- Ladyhawke (1985) as Marquet
- Blonde Fist (1991) as John O'Dowd
- As an Eilean (1993)
References
- ^ "Ken Hutchison". BFI.
- ^ Mark Kermode. "A wild bunch in Cornwall". the Guardian.
- ^ "Minder". RadioTimes.
- ^ Tom Hutchinson. "Ladyhawke". RadioTimes.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Roger Greenspun (15 July 1972). "Movie Review - The Wrath of God". New York Times.
- ^ James M. Tate (1 July 2010). "Sally Thomsett (Straw Dogs)". Cult Film Freak.
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