Sumner Getchell

{{Infobox person

| name = Sumner Getchell

| image = Sumner Getchell - Sep 1925 EH.jpg

| caption = From a 1925 magazine

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|10|20}}

| birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|9|21|1906|10|20}}

| death_place = Sebastopol, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1926-1953

}}

Sumner Getchell (October 20, 1906 – September 21, 1990) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1926 and 1953. He was born in Oakland, California, and died in Sebastopol, California.

His last role was as Lieutenant Cord in The Island in the Sky, a 1953 William A. Wellman film starring John Wayne

Partial filmography

The College Widow (1927) - Jimmie Hopper
Pirates of the Pines (1928)
The Air Circus (1928) - (uncredited)
The Flying Fleet (1929) - Kewpie (uncredited)
New Year's Eve (1929) - Edward's Friend
College Love (1929) - Fat
Cheer Up and Smile (1930) - Paul
Maybe It's Love (1930) - Whiskers
Man to Man (1930) - Jerry (uncredited)
Don't Bet on Women (1931) - Office Boy (uncredited)
Daybreak (1931) - Emil
Pleasure (1931) - Slug - Party Guest (uncredited)
Crooner (1932) - Teddy's Band Member (uncredited)
That's My Boy (1932) - Carl
Vanity Street (1932) - Scottie (uncredited)
The Son-Daughter (1932) - Dr. Dong's Servant (uncredited)
Her First Mate (1933) - Wise Guy (uncredited)
This Side of Heaven (1934) - Gus - Fraternity Member (uncredited)
The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) - Conservatory Trumpeter (uncredited)
Coming Out Party (1934) - Tubby, Party Guest (uncredited)
I Give My Love (1934) - Fat Boy (uncredited)
Desirable (1934) - Frederick (uncredited)
Death on the Diamond (1934) - Man on Ticket Line (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland (1934) - Little Jack Horner (uncredited)
Clive of India (1935) - Clerk (uncredited)
The Great Hotel Murder (1935) - Bunny (uncredited)
Go Into Your Dance (1935) - Young Man in Elevator (uncredited)
Circus Shadows (1935) - Dale's Friend
Chinatown Squad (1935) - Fat Boy Tourist (uncredited)
The Girl Friend (1935) - French Soldier in Play (uncredited)
Magnificent Obsession (1935) - Jimmy (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936, Serial) - Harry
Pick a Star (1937) - Contest Judge (uncredited)
There Goes the Groom (1937) - Billy Rapp
Battle of Broadway (1938) - Bakery Boy (uncredited)
Crime Ring (1938) - Reporter with Black Eye (uncredited)
My Lucky Star (1938) - Student Messenger
Campus Confessions (1938) - 'Blimp' Garrett
These Glamour Girls (1939) - 'Blimpy'
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) - Wedding Celebrant (uncredited)
The Lady in Question (1940) - Fat Boy
Remedy for Riches (1940) - First Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946) - Pierre (uncredited)
Hop Harrigan (1946) - Tank Tinker
Bury Me Dead (1947) - Cab Driver (uncredited)
Big Town After Dark (1947) - Harvey Cushman--Reporter (uncredited)
My Girl Tisa (1948) - Georgie
The Crooked Way (1949) - Man with Nina at Bar (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) - Knox Brown - Head Fiddler (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own (1950) - John Larrimore (uncredited)
Perfect Strangers (1950) - John Simon
No Sad Songs for Me (1950) - George Spears (uncredited)
Union Station (1950) - Police Car Driver (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) - Magazine Salesman (uncredited)
Last of the Buccaneers (1950) - Paul DeLorie (uncredited)
Flame of Stamboul (1951) - Charlie (uncredited)
Insurance Investigator (1951) - Insurance Agent (uncredited)
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) - Rancher (uncredited)
Chain of Circumstance (1951) - Fred Martindale
Bannerline (1951) - Eddie (uncredited)
Island in the Sky (1953) - Lt. Cord
The Sad Sack (1957) - Fat Soldier (uncredited)

External links

{{IMDb name|0315206|Sumner Getchell}}

Category:1906 births

Category:1990 deaths

Category:Male actors from Oakland, California

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male silent film actors

Category:20th-century American male actors