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Raymond Hatton | |
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.jpg) Hatton in The Affairs of Anatol (1921) | |
| Born | Raymond William Hatton July 7, 1887 Red Oak, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | October 21, 1971 (aged 84) Palmdale, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Joshua Memorial Park |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1909–1967 |
| Spouse |
Frances Hatton
(m. 1909; died 1971) |
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Raymond William Hatton (July 7, 1887[citation needed] – October 21, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures.
Hatton was born in Red Oak, Iowa. His physician father steered him toward a career in medicine. However, Hatton had become enamored of being on stage after he acted in a school play, and he left home to go into acting as a career.
Hatton was part of a vaudeville act that went to Hollywood in 1911. There, he established a successful silent film career, including a stint being paired in 1920s comedies with Wallace Beery. During the sound era, though, his career soon skidded and he usually played smaller supporting roles, including the tobacco-chewing, rowdy character Rusty Joslin in The Three Mesquiteers Western B picture series. By the 1950s, Hatton's acting roles expanded into television, where he appeared in various series, including the Adventures of Superman.
He has a star in the Motion Picture section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street.
Hatton died of a heart attack, five days after his wife on October 21, 1971, in Palmdale, California, aged 84. He is interred at Joshua Memorial Park.
