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Dudley Sutton (born 6 April 1933, Surrey) is an English actor.
He served in the RAF as a mechanic before enrolling in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from which he was later expelled for responding to rock and roll.
Known for his eccentricity, he became known after playing a gay biker in The Leather Boys (1964). He married American actress Marjorie Steele in 1961; she had previously been married to the millionaire producer Huntington Hartford. Sutton and Steele had one child together, but divorced in 1965. On stage, he played the title role in the first production of Joe Orton's... MORE
Dudley Sutton (born 6 April 1933, Surrey) is an English actor.
He served in the RAF as a mechanic before enrolling in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from which he was later expelled for responding to rock and roll.
Known for his eccentricity, he became known after playing a gay biker in The Leather Boys (1964). He married American actress Marjorie Steele in 1961; she had previously been married to the millionaire producer Huntington Hartford. Sutton and Steele had one child together, but divorced in 1965. On stage, he played the title role in the first production of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr Sloane (1963).
Sutton has appeared in many films during his career, including Rotten to the Core (1965), Crossplot (1969), The Devils (1971), Madame Sin (1972), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Fellini's Casanova (1976), Edward II (1991), and The Football Factory (2004).
Among his many television appearances are his roles as Tinker Dill in Lovejoy. His friendship with Lovejoy and expertise in the antique trade was the backbone of the show. The Sweeney episode Golden Boy, as Mr Carter in the Beiderbecke Trilogy and as Oleg Kirov in Smiley's People (1982). He also featured in a LESS
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