Will Hutchins

Will Hutchins
Hutchins as Tom "Sugarfoot" Brewster, 1958
Born	Marshall Lowell Hutchason (1930-05-05) May 5, 1930 (age 86) Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouse(s)	Chrissie Burnett (1965-1969) (divorced) 1 child Barbara Torres (1988-present)
Awards	Golden Boot Awards (2002) Stone-Waterman Award (2004) - Cincinnati Old Time Radio Convention

Will Hutchins (born May 5, 1930) is an American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer from the Oklahoma Territory, Tom Brewster, in the Warner Bros. Western television series Sugarfoot, which aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. (The Encyclopedia of Television Shows says that Sugarfoot was on from 1957 to 1963.)

Hutchins was born in the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. As a child, he visited the location filming of Never Give a Sucker an Even Break and made his first appearance as an extra in a crowd.

He attended Pomona College in Claremont, where he majored in Greek drama. He also studied at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he enrolled in cinema classes. During the Korean War, he served for two years in the United States Army as a cryptographer in Paris, serving with SHAPE.

Hutchins was discovered by a talent scout for Warner Bros., who changed his name from Marshall Lowell Hutchason to Will Hutchins. The young actor's easygoing manner was compared to Will Rogers, the Oklahoma humorist. His contract led him to guest appearances in Warner Bros. Television programs, such as Conflict, in which he appeared in three hour-long episodes, including his screen debut as Ed Masters in "The Magic Brew" on October 16, 1956. Hutchins was also cast as a guest star on Cheyenne, Bronco, and Maverick, as well as his own Sugarfoot series. He was released from his contract with Warner Bros. in 1961 after co-starring with Jeff Chandler in Merrill's Marauders, a picture filmed in the Philippine Islands and Chandler's last acting role.