Old Tom Hutter — The Deerslayer Character Profile

About Old Tom Hutter

The patriarch of the Hutter family residing on a floating fort at Lake Otsego, aware of the Hurons' attack motivations but deliberately concealing a sinister secret that complicates alliances.

Character Facts

Played by

Jay C. Flippen

Appears in

The Deerslayer (1957)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Old Tom Hutter — Social Seeking Ally — Deerslayer (Lex Barker)

  Prospective defender requesting cooperation from the fort's patriarch.

• Old Tom Hutter — Social Seeking Ally — Chingachgook (Carlos Rivas)

  Prospective defender requesting cooperation from the fort's patriarch.

• Old Tom Hutter — Social Destination Trader — Harry March (Forrest Tucker)

  Commercial traveler arriving at a remote trading post.

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More characters from The Deerslayer

• Deerslayer (Lex Barker)
• Hetty Hutter (Rita Moreno)
• Harry March (Forrest Tucker)
• Judith Hutter (Cathy O'Donnell)
• Chingachgook (Carlos Rivas)
• Huron chief (Joseph Vitale)
• Old Warrior (John Halloran)