Fred Tuttle
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Frederick Herman Tuttle July 18, 1919 Tunbridge, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | October 4, 2003 (aged 84) Tunbridge, Vermont, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Louise Savage |
Frederick Herman "Fred" Tuttle (July 18, 1919 – October 4, 2003) was an American dairy farmer, film actor and 1998 candidate for the U.S. Senate from the state of Vermont.
Tuttle was born in Tunbridge, Vermont, the son of Bessie Laura (Hoyt) and Joseph Charles Tuttle. He lived in Tunbridge all his life, except for his service in the United States Army during World War II.
Tuttle left high school in his sophomore year to work on his family's farm. He married his wife Dorothy in 1961, and later retired from farming in 1984. (He should not be confused with Frederick H. (Harlan) Tuttle of Charlotte, Vermont, who was Superintendent of the South Burlington School District from 1971–1992, and after whom the South Burlington middle school was renamed in June 1992, shortly before his death.)
After his retirement, he appeared in several movies directed by Vermont filmmaker John O'Brien, including Nosey Parker and Man with a Plan. He starred in the latter, playing a retired farmer who decides to run for U.S. Representative from Vermont.
In 1998 Tuttle was persuaded to run in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. His opponent was Jack McMullen, a multi-millionaire who had lived in Massachusetts for most of his life. McMullen faced opposition from some Vermont Republicans who felt that he was a carpetbagger who apparently moved to Vermont for the sole purpose of establishing residency for a Senate run. The Vermont primary structure allows Democrats and Independents to vote in the Republican primary, and many people foresaw the possibility that Tuttle would beat McMullen by drawing votes across party lines. In addition, some may have hoped that a Tuttle campaign would help to publicize the film Man with a Plan.
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