Brian Geoffrey Hutton (May 2, 1935 – August 19, 2014) was an American film director and actor. As a filmmaker, he was best known for directing the World War II action films Where Eagles Dare (1968) and Kelly's Heroes (1970).
In 1958, Hutton played a young gunfighter named The Kid in the episode "Yampa Crossing" of the western series Sugarfoot. The following year, he portrayed a remorseful defendant on trial for causing a traffic death in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (the episode "Your Witness"). Hutton played twins in an episode of Have Gun Will Travel as Adam and Sam M.
Hutton also taught acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, where he staged a production of The Connection that starred Robert Blake and was produced by Albert S. Ruddy.
Hutton then did Sol Madrid (1967) for producer Elliot Kastner. Kastner hired Hutton to direct Where Eagles Dare, from a screenplay by Alistair MacLean at MGM starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. It was a huge success.
MGM hired Hutton to direct Clint Eastwood again in Kelly's Heroes. He was going to do Sleep is for the Rich for Kastner but it was never made. In November 1972 Martin Poll announced he would direct The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing but he did not make the final movie.
Retirement
After Night Watch came out in 1973, Hutton stopped making films for seven years because he lost his enthusiasm for it.