Ken Hutchison

Ken Hutchison (born 24 November 1943, Leslie, Fife) is a Scottish actor.[1]

For those of a similar name, see Ken Hutchinson (disambiguation).

Career

He may be best known for his role as Norman Scutt in the controversial Sam Peckinpah film Straw Dogs (1971) where he was the most shady in the group of nefarious local thugs antagonizing Dustin Hoffman's character and especially his ingenue wife played by Susan George.[2] Fellow actress Sally Thomsett described Hutchison as "A fun-loving rogue." [3]

To children growing up in the 1980s, Hutchison is otherwise better remembered for the popular ITV children's drama Murphy's Mob in which he played the titular Mac Murphy, the manager of fictional Third Division football club Dunmore United. The series ran for four years from 1982 to 1985.

He played various roles in many episodes of Play for Today from 1970 to 1980,[4] such as in "Just a Boys' Game".[5] Hutchison co-starred with Robert Mitchum in one of his few protagonist roles in The Wrath of God (1972) where The New York Times noted the performance of "the fine Ken Hutchison".[6]

In 1975 he appeared as Vincent Vaughn in an episode of the hard hitting police drama The Sweeney entitled "Stay Lucky, Eh?" This was followed in 1978 when appeared in the second of the big screen spin offs Sweeney 2 as Hill, the leader of an uncompromising gang of armed robbers.

In 1980, he appeared as Brickett in the episode "National Pelmet", the series 2 opener of the TV drama Minder.[7] He played a supporting role in the 1981 historical miniseries Masada, starring Peter O'Toole. He had a minor role as a police sergeant in the Oscar winning motion picture Gandhi (1982). He appeared as the lead villain's henchman in the 1985 medieval fantasy film Ladyhawke directed by Richard Donner.[8]

From 1990 to 1999, he appeared in various roles in the British police television series The Bill.

In 1991, he starred as the protagonist's father in the movie Blonde Fist. In 1993, he had a starring role as a private tutor of a gifted young man in the film As an Eilean.[9]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Ken Hutchison". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17.
  2. Mark Kermode. "A wild bunch in Cornwall". the Guardian.
  3. James M. Tate (1 July 2010). "Sally Thomsett (Straw Dogs)". Cult Film Freak.
  4. "Ken Hutchison". Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-12-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Roger Greenspun (15 July 1972). "Movie Review - The Wrath of God". New York Times.
  7. "Minder". RadioTimes.
  8. Tom Hutchinson. "Ladyhawke". RadioTimes.
  9. As an Eilean (1993) — The Movie Database (TMDb). Retrieved 2019-01-06.
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