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Arthur Hunnicutt

Arthur Hunnicutt

Actor · Died September 26, 1979, aged 69 · Gravelly, Arkansas, USA

Arthur Lee Hunnicutt (February 17, 1910 – September 26, 1979) was an American actor known for his portrayal of wise, grizzled, and old rural characters. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Big Sky (1952). He was also known for his role in the Western television series Sugarfoot (1957–1961).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 17, 1910
Died
September 26, 1979 (aged 69)
From
Gravelly, Arkansas, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
47 on MovieCove · 83 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 34% in 30 days

What are Arthur Hunnicutt's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
24%
Bonds
23%
Self
20%
Survival
14%
Society
9%
Power
8%
Ideas
1%
Survival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 12 · Serious 7 · Dark 5

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 18 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 12 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 10 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 23 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

11 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 8 of 11 analyzed roles.

Ally
8 of 11
Mentor
2 of 11
Trickster
1 of 11
Show the 11 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Warm
8
Melancholic
8
Joyful
5
Thrilling
7
Other
18

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet13
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Arthur Hunnicutt's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 47 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Arthur Hunnicutt's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

83 credits, 47 with a MovieCove page.

  • Winterhawk(1975)

    as McClusky

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Moonrunners(1975)

    as Uncle Jesse Hagg

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return(1975)

    as Miner

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Harry and Tonto(1974)

    as Wade

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Spikes Gang(1974)

    as Kid White

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Mrs. Sundance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Walt Putney

  • Climb an Angry Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Sunny

  • The Bounty Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Sheriff

  • The Revengers(1972)

    as Free State

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Trackers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Ben Vogel

  • Shoot Out(1971)

    as Homer Page

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Million Dollar Duck(1971)

    as Mr. Purdham

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • My World and Welcome to It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • The Outcasts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Adam-12(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Slim Draper

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin(1967)

    as Referee

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • El Dorado(1966)

    as Bull Harris

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Apache Uprising(1965)

    as Bill Gibson

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Wild Wild West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Laredo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Cat Ballou(1965)

    as Butch Cassidy

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Kilroy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Seth Turner

  • Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Gabe

  • A Tiger Walks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Frank Lewis

  • The Cardinal(1963)

    as Sheriff

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Great Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 2 episodes · as Simon Kenton

  • Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Professor Llewellen Kingston

  • The Outer Limits(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Lamont

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Tom Croft

  • The Andy Griffith Show(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Jedediah Wakefield

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Westerner(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Old Man

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • My Three Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Swamp Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 8 episodes · Actor

  • The Twilight Zone(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Hyder Simpson

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Bonanza(1959)

    Show 2 episodes · as Obie · as Salty Hubbard

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Black Saddle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Roy Tagger

  • Born Reckless(1958)

    as Cool Man

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Rifleman(1958)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Donna Reed Show(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Old Man

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Amos Carter

  • Perry Mason(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Amos Kenesaw Mountain Keller · as Sandy Bowen

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Sugarfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Pop Purty

  • The Tall T(1957)

    as Ed Rintoon

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Wire Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Hopeful

  • The Kettles in the Ozarks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Sedgewick Kettle

  • Cheyenne(1955)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Uriah Spessard

  • The Last Command(1955)

    as Davy Crockett

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • She Couldn't Say No(1953)

    as Odie Chalmers

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The French Line(1953)

    as 'Waco' Mosby

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Devil's Canyon(1953)

    as Frank Taggert

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Split Second (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Asa Tremaine

  • The Lusty Men(1952)

    as Booker Davis

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Big Sky(1952)

    as Zeb Calloway

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Distant Drums(1951)

    as Monk

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Passage West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Pop Brennan

  • The Red Badge of Courage(1951)

    as Bill Porter

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Sugarfoot(1951)

    as Fly-Up-the-Creek Jones

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Two Flags West(1950)

    as Sergeant Pickens

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Furies(1950)

    as Cowhand (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Broken Arrow(1950)

    as Milt Duffield

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • A Ticket to Tomahawk(1950)

    as Sad Eyes

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Stars in My Crown(1950)

    as Chloroform Wiggins

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Border Incident(1949)

    as Clayton Nordell

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Pinky(1949)

    as Police Chief Anderson (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Great Dan Patch(1949)

    as Chet Williams

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Lust for Gold(1949)

    as Ludi

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Murder, He Says(1945)

    as Townsman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Abroad with Two Yanks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Arkie

  • Riding West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Prof. Arkansas Higgins (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt)

  • The Chance of a Lifetime(1943)

    as Elwood "Tex" Stewart (Uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Hail to the Rangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Arkansas (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt)

  • Johnny Come Lately (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Tramp

  • Robin Hood of the Range (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Arkansas (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt)

  • Frontier Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Arkansas (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt)

  • Law of the Northwest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Arkansas

  • The Fighting Buckaroo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Arkansas (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt)

  • Pardon My Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Arkansas (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt)

  • Fall In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Luke Hatfield

  • Silver Queen(1942)

    as Newspaper Publisher Brett

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Riding Through Nevada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Arkansas (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt)

  • Wildcat(1942)

    as 'Watchfob' Jones

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 83 titles from 1942 to 1975; peak year 1975.

Biggest box office

Broken Arrow (1950)

$10K worldwide

Highest rated

El Dorado (1966)

Midcredits 95th

Film career

19421975

Peak 1975 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting83 of 83: 83 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

By decade

1940s19 · acting1950s31 · acting1960s21 · acting1970s12 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 23 roles
455570

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Arthur Hunnicutt's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 37; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Midcredits score across 47 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up20
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 47 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)

70th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

El Dorado (1966)

Midcredits 95th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Arthur Hunnicutt work with?

People who share at least 2 of Arthur Hunnicutt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robert Mitchum shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles