6 Best Grady Sutton Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 11, 2026

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Grady Sutton was a familiar Hollywood character actor typecast as bashful, dim-witted young men and appeared in nearly two hundred films across six decades. Rock ‘n’ Roll High School enlists the Ramones to take over a school, Living It Up whisks a railroad worker to New York over a mistaken diagnosis, Support Your Local Gunfighter mistakes a con artist for a famous gunfighter, and Dr. Socrates gets a small-town doctor treating a gangster. Why Be Good? and Vito round out the list.

Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) 01

Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)

TMDB ★ 6.3

Grady Sutton features in this cult comedy where a group of rock-loving students enlists the Ramones to help them take over their school and fight an oppressive new administration.

Directed by Allan Arkush · 1h 33m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Night Flight Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Living It Up (1954) 02

Living It Up (1954)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Grady Sutton appears in this Martin and Lewis comedy about a railroad worker mistakenly diagnosed with radiation poisoning who is whisked to New York City for the trip of a lifetime.

Directed by Norman Taurog · 1h 34m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Dr. Socrates (1935) 03

Dr. Socrates (1935)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Grady Sutton features in this crime drama about a disgraced surgeon turned small-town doctor who gets pulled into treating a dangerous gang.

Directed by William Dieterle · 1h 10m · Rated NR

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Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) 04

Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Grady Sutton is in this James Garner comedy western about a con artist mistaken for a famous gunfighter who is hired by two rival mining companies to drive each other out of town.

Directed by Burt Kennedy · 1h 31m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Why Be Good? (1929) 05

Why Be Good? (1929)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Grady Sutton is in this lively silent-era romantic comedy about a carefree flapper who unwittingly falls for her boss's son.

Directed by William A. Seiter · 1h 24m · Rated NR

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Vito (2011) 06

Vito (2011)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Grady Sutton is in this documentary chronicling gay activist Vito Russo's journey from Stonewall to becoming a passionate voice against AIDS-era injustice.

Directed by Jeffrey Schwarz · 1h 33m

Where to watch

Stream: OVID · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.