Burt Mustin
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Life literally began at 60 for American actor Burt Mustin, who didn't enter show business until that age and didn't make his film debut until Detective Story (1951), at which time he was 68. After a decade of uncredited movie roles as hillbilly patriarchs and Town's Oldest Citizens, Mustin began getting name recognition for numerous TV appearances in the late '50s and early '60s. The actor was a particular favorite of producer/actor Jack Webb, who cast Mustin several times on Dragnet; in one episode Burt was an octogenarian burglar, and in another was a retired detective who solved a murder case - and chewed out a young cop for not knowing the proper way to take fingerprints! Situation comedy producers made good use of Burt Mustin as well, and he was featured in innumerable cameos on such programs as The Dick Van Dyke Show, Get Smart and The Jack Benny Program, usually stealing most of the laughs from the stars. Mustin had regular TV roles as eccentric neighbor Finley on Date with the Angels, Gus the Fireman on Leave It to Beaver, barber shop patron Jud Crowley on The Andy Griffith Show, the amorous senior-citizen husband of Queenie Smith on The Funny Side, and nursing-home refugee Justin Quigley on All in the Family. Mustin got the biggest press coverage of his career when, in character as Arthur Lanson, he married Mother Dexter - played by 82-year-old Judith Lowry - on the December 13, 1976 episode of Phyllis. It was a hilarious and, in retrospect, poignant moment in TV history: Judith Lowry had died a few days before the program was aired, and Burt Mustin, who was too ill to watch the show, passed away six weeks later.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Baker's Hawk |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | The Strongest Man in the World |
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— | 1975 |
33% | Mame |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Miracle on 34th Street |
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— | 1973 |
No Score Yet | Skin Game |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | Hail, Hero! |
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— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | The Witchmaker |
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— | 1969 |
40% | A Time for Dying |
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— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | Speedway |
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— | 1968 |
No Score Yet | Tiger by the Tail |
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— | 1968 |
50% | The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin |
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— | 1967 |
No Score Yet | The Reluctant Astronaut |
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— | 1967 |
67% | The Ghost and Mr. Chicken |
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— | 1966 |
86% | The Cincinnati Kid |
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— | 1965 |
89% | Cat Ballou |
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— | 1965 |
50% | Sex and the Single Girl |
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— | 1964 |
80% | The Killers |
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— | 1964 |
22% | What a Way to Go! |
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— | 1964 |
No Score Yet | The Misadventures of Merlin Jones |
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— | 1964 |
No Score Yet | Twilight of Honor |
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— | 1963 |
88% | The Thrill of It All |
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— | 1963 |
88% | Son of Flubber |
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— | 1963 |
90% | Home from the Hill |
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— | 1960 |
100% | The Big Country |
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— | 1958 |
30% | Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! |
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— | 1958 |
10% | Raintree County |
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— | 1957 |
No Score Yet | These Wilder Years |
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— | 1956 |
No Score Yet | Storm Center |
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— | 1956 |
86% | The Desperate Hours |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | Silver Lode |
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— | 1954 |
100% | Executive Suite |
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— | 1954 |
No Score Yet | She Couldn't Say No |
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— | 1954 |
No Score Yet | Cattle Queen of Montana |
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— | 1954 |
No Score Yet | The Moonlighter |
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— | 1953 |
No Score Yet | Vicki |
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— | 1953 |
No Score Yet | One Girl's Confession |
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— | 1953 |
80% | A Lion Is in the Streets |
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— | 1953 |
No Score Yet | The Silver Whip |
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— | 1953 |
100% | The Lusty Men |
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— | 1952 |
No Score Yet | Talk About a Stranger |
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— | 1952 |
No Score Yet | The Sellout |
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— | 1952 |
67% | Detective Story |
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— | 1951 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
The Andy Griffith Show
1960-1968
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No Score Yet |
Phyllis
1975-1977
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No Score Yet |
All in the Family
1971-1979
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No Score Yet |
Sanford and Son
1972-1977
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78% |
The Brady Bunch
1969-1974
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No Score Yet |
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-1977
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No Score Yet |
Bewitched
1964-1972
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No Score Yet |
Gunsmoke
1955-1975
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72% |
Batman
1966-1968
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No Score Yet |
The Monkees
1966-1968
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No Score Yet |
Bonanza
1959-1973
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No Score Yet |
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-1971
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No Score Yet |
The Fugitive
1963-1967
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No Score Yet |
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961-1966
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No Score Yet |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-1965
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82% |
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
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No Score Yet |
Leave It to Beaver
1957-1963
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No Score Yet |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-1962
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No Score Yet |
Maverick
1957-1962
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