John Lupton

John Lupton Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: August 23, 1928

Death Date: November 3, 1993

Birth Place: Highland Park, Illinois

The 1956-1958 ABC-TV Western series "Broken Arrow" is not nearly as well known beyond genre fan circles as "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," and the like. But in its day, it was truly groundbreaking, mostly for the way it positively presented its Native American themes and protagonists. John Lupton starred as United States government agent Tom Jeffords, while co-star Michael Ansara portrayed Apache chief Cochise. Like the 1950 James Stewart Western movie of the same name, which won a Golden Globe as the best film promoting international standing, the Lupton-Ansara series was based on the novel by Elliott Arnold, "Blood Brother."

Lupton started out in the New York theater and had the good fortune very early on to hook up with a national tour of "As You Like It," featuring Katharine Hepburn. The legendary actress made introductions on his behalf to MGM, which led to a string of small parts in '50s Hollywood movies. Lupton's other major TV role was that of Thomas Horton Jr. on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives," a run that started in 1965 and re-occurred into the 70s. For a number of decades, Lupton was able to mix a healthy amount of TV series and national commercial work, spanning everything from "The Rockford Files" to "The Virginian."

Credits

Red RiverStream

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Eli Pruitt
Movie
1988

Who's the Boss?Stream

Guest Star
Series
1984

Bare Essence

Actor
Miniseries
1982

Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend

Actor
Movie
1981

The Yeagers

Actor
Sheriff
Movie
1980

Disney's Wonderful World

Actor
Show
1979

B. J. and the Bear

Guest Star
Series
1979

The Blue Knight

Guest Star
Show
1975

The Dream Makers

Actor
Dean Halder
Movie
1975

Harry O

Guest Star
Show
1974

Petrocelli

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Series
1974

Apple's Way

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Tennis Coach
Show
1974

Police StoryStream

Actor
Mannon
Series
1973

The Day of the Wolves

Actor
Hank
Movie
1973

Kung FuStream

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Series
1972

All My Darling Daughters

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Prosecuting Attorney
Movie
1972

The Judge and Jake Wyler

Actor
Senator Joseph Pritchard
Movie
1972

Napoleon and Samantha

Actor
Pete
Movie
1972

Cool Breeze

Actor
Lt. Holster
Movie
1972

Longstreet

Guest Star
Show
1971

Cannon

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John Phillips
Series
1971

The Astronaut

Actor
Don Masters
Movie
1971

The Interns

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1970

The Doris Day ShowStream

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Series
1968

Adam-12Stream

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1968

MannixStream

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R.B. Thompson
Series
1967

Family AffairStream

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Series
1966

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

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Jesse James
Movie
1966

I SpyStream

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Series
1965

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.Stream

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Captain Edwards
Series
1964

FlipperStream

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Series
1964

The VirginianStream

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Sam Horn
Series
1962

The Devil's Bedroom

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Jim
Movie
1962

Target: The Corruptors

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1961

The Clown and the Kid

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Peter
Movie
1961

Surfside 6

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Series
1960

Three Came to Kill

Actor
Hal Parker
Movie
1960

Men Into Space

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Dr. Guthrie Durlock
Show
1959

LaramieStream

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Fred Powers
Series
1959

RawhideStream

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Series
1959

The Rebel Set

Actor
Ray Miller
Movie
1959

Blood and Steel

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Lieutenant Dave Jenson
Movie
1959

U.S. Marshal

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Andrew Sykes
Show
1958

Behind Closed Doors

Actor
Show
1958

Gun Fever

Actor
Sam Weller
Movie
1958

The Restless Gun

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Peter Garrick
Series
1957

Perry MasonStream

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Wally Dunbar
Series
1957

Wagon TrainStream

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1957

Tales of Wells FargoStream

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Eli Fisher
Series
1957

Drango

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Capt. Marc Banning
Movie
1957

Taming Sutton's Gal

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Frank McClary
Movie
1957

Broken Arrow

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Tom Jeffords
Series
1956

Glory

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Chad Chadburn
Movie
1956

The Great Locomotive ChaseStream

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William Pittenger
Movie
1956

Hour of Stars

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Show
1955

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsStream

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Ralph Morrow
Series
1955

GunsmokeStream

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Carl Benton
Series
1955

Marshal Dillon

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1955

Battle CryStream

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Pvt./Cpl. Marion "Sister Mary" Hotchkiss
Movie
1955

Apache Uprising

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Tom Jeffords
Movie
1955

Man With the GunStream

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Jeff Castle
Movie
1955

Diane

Actor
Regnault
Movie
1955

Climax!

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Series
1954

Studio 57

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1954

Rogue's March

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Lt. Jersey
Movie
1953

All the Brothers Were Valiant

Actor
Dick Morrell
Movie
1953

Scandal at Scourie

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Artemus
Movie
1953

Escape From Fort BravoStream

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Bailey
Movie
1953

Death Valley DaysStream

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Milton Clark
Series
1952

Shadow in the Sky

Actor
Clayton
Movie
1952