Originally billed as Gil Stratton Jr., this slight, apple-cheeked "juvenile" performer was barely out of his teens when he created the role of Bud Hooper in the 1941 Broadway musical Best Foot Forward. Stratton continued toting up stage and radio credits in New York until his 1943 film debut in Girl Crazy. His subsequent screen roles included Cookie, the stuttering narrator of Stalag 17 (1953), and pint-sized cyclist Mousie in The Wild One (1953). On television, he played the anemic collegiate Junior Jackson in the 1954 sitcom That's My Boy. That same year, he launched what would turn out to be a 20-year run as a top sportscaster at L.A.'s CBS TV affiliate KNXT. In his last few films, notably Mae West's Sextette (1977), he was cast as "himself." Gil Stratton retired to Hawaii in 1984, where for many years, he owned and maintained a radio station. He died of congestive heart failure in 2008.
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Sextette
Actor |
1978 | |||
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The Cat from Outer Space
Actor |
1978 | |||
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Bundle of Joy
Actor |
1956 | |||
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The Wild One
Actor |
1954 | |||
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Dragnet: The Big Rose
Actor |
1953 | |||
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Dragnet: The Big Thief
Actor |
1953 | |||
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Stalag 17
Actor |
1953 | |||
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Army Bound
Actor |
1952 | |||
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Battle Zone
Actor |
1952 | |||
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Dragnet: The Big Trio
Actor |
1952 | |||
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Here Come the Marines
Actor |
1952 | |||
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Hold That Line
Actor |
1952 | |||
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Monkey Business
Actor |
1952 | |||
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Hot Rod
Actor |
1950 | |||
| 1949 | ||||
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Tucson
Actor |
1949 | |||
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Half Past Midnight
Actor |
1948 | |||
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Dangerous Years
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Girl Crazy
Actor |
1943 |