Burt Mustin

Highest Rated: 100% Cat Ballou (1965)

Lowest Rated: 11% Raintree County (1957)

Birthday: Feb 8, 1884

Birthplace: Not Available

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

		Credit
No Score Yet	Baker's Hawk	General	—	1987
No Score Yet	The Strongest Man in the World	Regent Appleby	—	1975
38%	Mame	Uncle Jeff	—	1974
No Score Yet	Miracle on 34th Street	Roy	—	1973
No Score Yet	Skin Game	Actor	—	1971
No Score Yet	Hail, Hero!	Old Man #2	—	1969
No Score Yet	The Witchmaker	Boatman	—	1969
40%	A Time for Dying	Seth	—	1969
No Score Yet	Speedway	Actor	—	1968
No Score Yet	Tiger by the Tail	Tom Dugger	—	1968
43%	The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin	Townsman (uncredited)	—	1967
No Score Yet	The Reluctant Astronaut	Ned	—	1967
67%	The Ghost and Mr. Chicken	Mr. Deligondo	—	1966
85%	The Cincinnati Kid	Old Man	—	1965
100%	Cat Ballou	Accuser	—	1965
60%	Sex and the Single Girl	Harvey	—	1964
79%	The Killers	Elderly Man	—	1964
25%	What a Way to Go!	Crawleyville Lawyer	—	1964
No Score Yet	The Misadventures of Merlin Jones	Bailiff	—	1964
No Score Yet	Twilight of Honor	Court Clerk	—	1963
86%	The Thrill of It All	Butler	—	1963
86%	Son of Flubber	1st Bailiff	—	1963
90%	Home from the Hill	Gas Station Attendant	—	1960
100%	The Big Country	Actor	—	1958
22%	Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!	Milton Evans	—	1958
11%	Raintree County	Granpa Peters	—	1957
No Score Yet	These Wilder Years	Old Man	—	1956
No Score Yet	Storm Center	Carl	—	1956
86%	The Desperate Hours	Actor	—	1955
No Score Yet	Silver Lode	Spectator	—	1954
100%	Executive Suite	Sam Teal	—	1954
No Score Yet	She Couldn't Say No	Amos	—	1954
No Score Yet	Cattle Queen of Montana	Dan	—	1954
No Score Yet	The Moonlighter	Turnkey (uncredited)	—	1953
No Score Yet	Vicki	Bellboy	—	1953
No Score Yet	One Girl's Confession	Gardener	—	1953
No Score Yet	A Lion Is in the Streets	Swith	—	1953
No Score Yet	The Silver Whip	Uncle Ben	—	1953
100%	The Lusty Men	Jeremiah	—	1952
No Score Yet	Talk About a Stranger	Mr. McEley	—	1952
No Score Yet	The Sellout	Elk M. Ludens	—	1952
75%	Detective Story	Janitor	—	1951

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	The Andy Griffith Show 1960-1968	Sam Benson Crowley Jud Fletcher Old Geezer Jud Judd Judd Crowley Jubal Guest	2019 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961
No Score Yet	Phyllis 1975-1977	Arthur Lanson	1976
No Score Yet	All in the Family 1971-1979	Guard Justin Quigley	1976 1975 1974 1973 1971
No Score Yet	Sanford and Son 1972-1977	Malloy	1973
77%	The Brady Bunch 1969-1974	Collins	1973
No Score Yet	The Streets of San Francisco 1972-1977	Elmer Pierce	1973 1972
No Score Yet	Bewitched 1964-1972	Mailman Old Man Old Man of the Mountain	1971 1967 1966
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Uncle Finney	1968 1966
No Score Yet	The Monkees 1966-1968	Melvin's Butler Kimba	1967 1966
93%	Batman 1966-1968	MacDonald	1966
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Old Codger Mashburn Old Man Jake Smith	1966 1965 1963 1961
No Score Yet	The Fugitive 1963-1967	Charley	1965
No Score Yet	The Beverly Hillbillies 1962-1971	Humphrey Humphrey the Chauffeur	1965 1964
No Score Yet	The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961-1966	Donald	1963
80%	The Twilight Zone 1959-1964	Burt Carlson	1962 1960 1959
No Score Yet	Leave It to Beaver 1957-1963	Gus	1962 1961 1960 1959 1957
No Score Yet	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-1962	Garvis	1961
No Score Yet	Maverick 1957-1962	Henry	1958 1957

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