10 Facts About Frank Sutton

Frank Sutton then enlisted in the US Army and served in the South Pacific, taking part in 14 assault landings.

Frank Sutton was a sergeant who served from 1943 to 1946 in the 6th Infantry Division's 293rd Joint Assault Signal Company.

Frank Sutton had a continuing role as Cadet Eric Rattison, the great rival of the Polaris Unit manned by the series' heroes, in Tom Corbett, Space Cadet from 1950 to 1955.

Frank Sutton had a role in The Satan Bug, a 1965 spy thriller.

Frank Sutton returned to the stage in The Andersonville Trial in the early 1960s.

Frank Sutton appeared in public service announcements in the role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter.

Frank Sutton played the brother-in-law of Nabors' character in comedy sketches.

In 1946, Sutton married soap-opera writer Toby M Igler, with whom he had two children, Joe Sutton and Amanda.

On June 28,1974, while preparing for a performance in the comedy play Luv at the Beverly Barn Dinner Playhouse in Shreveport, Louisiana, Frank Sutton died of a heart attack.

Frank Sutton is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in his hometown of Clarksville, Tennessee.