1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge — Sergeant Rutledge Character Profile

About 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge

Cavalry sergeant on trial for the rape and murder of Major Custis Dabney and his daughter Lucy. Despite apparent desertion, flashbacks show he returned to warn his unit of an ambush and helped repel the attack. He is ultimately exonerated.

1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Woody Strode

Appears in

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Role

Protagonist

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• Lt. Tom Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter)
• Mary Beecher (Constance Towers)
• Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate (Billie Burke)
• Court Guard (uncredited) (Phil Adams)
• Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore (Juano Hernández)
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) (Jane Crowley)
• Officer's Wife (uncredited) (Ruth Clifford)
• Mexican (uncredited) (Mario Arteaga)
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) (Gertrude Astor)
• Mr. Owens (uncredited) (Shug Fisher)
• Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial (Willis Bouchey)
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) (Brandon Beach)