Born Eugene Osmond Stephen Congdon in Rawalpindi in 1908, he was the son of a Royal Munster Fusiliers officer and grew up in colonial India. After attempts at tea planting in Assam and a stint farming in South Africa, he relocated to Hollywood to pursue acting. While serving in the U.S. Navy during World II, he obtained American citizenship in 1943 and legally adopted the stage name John Sutton.…
