Edgar Latimer Hinton Jr. (March 26, 1919 October 12, 1958) was an
American actor known particularly for guest-starring roles on
television westerns. He was the father of actor Darby Hinton (born
1957), who was only fourteen months old, when Ed Hinton perished in an
airplane crash on Santa Catalina Island off the California
coast.Hinton was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, the son of Edgar
Latimer Hinton II, Sr. (18681934). His father owned the Seashore Hotel
and Steel Pier, whose pier was one of the earliest for entertaining
over the ocean in Wrightsville Beach, N.C. and all of the town's
laundry businesses back then, as well as being a community actor in
Wilmington himself. In 1948, Ed Hinton was cast as Kurt Shand in the
film Harpoon. This would seem to have been his first acting role,
however the Internet Movie Data Base does indicate that he appeared in
an uncredited role as a Dartmouth College student in the 1938 film
entitled Spring Madness, starring Sterling Holloway. IMDB contends
that Hinton was born on March 26, 1919, which would be age-consistent
for Spring Madness. TV Guide omits Spring Madness from Hinton's list
of screen credits and instead begins ten years later with
Harpoon.Hinton had uncredited roles in the films Samson and Delilah
(1949) and in two 1951 productions, The Red Badge of Courage and I Was
a Communist for the FBI, as agent Jim Broderick. The latter film
inspired the syndicated television series, I Led Three Lives, in which
Hinton appeared, apparently in only one episode, "Relatives" (1955),
as Special Agent Henderson. Richard Carlson starred as informant
Herbert Philbrick.In 1954, Hinton appeared in some of his first
television roles with an appearance on the CBS series Captain
Midnight, starring Richard Webb, later of the syndicated series,
Border Patrol.
American actor known particularly for guest-starring roles on
television westerns. He was the father of actor Darby Hinton (born
1957), who was only fourteen months old, when Ed Hinton perished in an
airplane crash on Santa Catalina Island off the California
coast.Hinton was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, the son of Edgar
Latimer Hinton II, Sr. (18681934). His father owned the Seashore Hotel
and Steel Pier, whose pier was one of the earliest for entertaining
over the ocean in Wrightsville Beach, N.C. and all of the town's
laundry businesses back then, as well as being a community actor in
Wilmington himself. In 1948, Ed Hinton was cast as Kurt Shand in the
film Harpoon. This would seem to have been his first acting role,
however the Internet Movie Data Base does indicate that he appeared in
an uncredited role as a Dartmouth College student in the 1938 film
entitled Spring Madness, starring Sterling Holloway. IMDB contends
that Hinton was born on March 26, 1919, which would be age-consistent
for Spring Madness. TV Guide omits Spring Madness from Hinton's list
of screen credits and instead begins ten years later with
Harpoon.Hinton had uncredited roles in the films Samson and Delilah
(1949) and in two 1951 productions, The Red Badge of Courage and I Was
a Communist for the FBI, as agent Jim Broderick. The latter film
inspired the syndicated television series, I Led Three Lives, in which
Hinton appeared, apparently in only one episode, "Relatives" (1955),
as Special Agent Henderson. Richard Carlson starred as informant
Herbert Philbrick.In 1954, Hinton appeared in some of his first
television roles with an appearance on the CBS series Captain
Midnight, starring Richard Webb, later of the syndicated series,
Border Patrol.
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