Fred Tuttle
Actor, Film actor
1919 – 2003
Who was Fred Tuttle?
Frederick Herman "Fred" Tuttle was an American dairy farmer, film actor and one-time candidate for the U.S. Senate from the state of Vermont. He was born in Tunbridge, Vermont, and lived there all his life, except for his service in the United States Army during World War II.
Tuttle left high school in his sophomore year to work on his family's farm. He married his wife Dorothy in 1961, and later retired from farming in 1984..
After his retirement, he appeared in several movies directed by Vermont filmmaker John O'Brien, including Nosey Parker and Man with a Plan. He starred in the latter, playing a retired farmer who decides to run for U.S. Representative from Vermont.
In 1998 Tuttle was persuaded to run in the Republican US Senate primary. His opponent was Jack McMullen, a multi-millionaire who had lived in Massachusetts for most of his life. McMullen faced opposition from some Vermont Republicans who felt that he was a carpetbagger who apparently moved to Vermont for the sole purpose of establishing residency for a Senate run. The Vermont primary structure allows Democrats and Independents to vote in the Republican primary, and many people foresaw the possibility that Tuttle would beat McMullen by drawing votes across party lines. In addition, some may have hoped that a Tuttle campaign would help to publicize the film Man with a Plan.
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- Born
- Jul 18, 1919
Tunbridge - Also known as
- Frederick Herman "Fred" Tuttle
- Spouses
- Dorothy Tuttle
(1961 - 2003/10/04)
- Dorothy Tuttle
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Vermont
- Tunbridge
- Died
- Oct 4, 2003
Tunbridge
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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