Actor. He was best known for playing the character roles of scientists, policemen, miners, valets, specialists, farmers, professors, servants, priests, wise men, village cobblers, judges, clerks, lawyers, salesmen, museum curators, veterans, composers, hobos, lighthouse keepers, station agents, businessmen, fathers, constables, doctors, and reverends, usually in silent comedy films and dramatic films. He will be best remembered for appearing in a series of short comedy films in which he played the role of 'Constable Plum' including, "Landing The Hose Reel" (1915), "The Chronicles Of Bloom Center" (1915), "Shoo Fly" (1915), "The Come Back Of Percy" (1915), "A Thing Or Two Movies" (1915), "The Run On Percy" (1915), "Perkin's Pep Producer" (1915), "The Manicure Girl" (1916), "Spooks" (1916), "No Sire-ee Bob!" (1916), "When The Circus Came To Town" (1916), and "Apple Butter" (1916). He was born one of five children as William Vearl Hutchison to Thomas Hutchison (1844-1911), and his wife Elizabeth Smith McKeand Hutchison (1842-1930), in Edinburgh, Scotland, on May 16, 1869. The family then lived in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1871, and eventually immigrated to the United States and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, shortly thereafter. He moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue an acting career. He made his actual film debut playing the role of the '2nd Policeman' in the short film comedy, "Goody Goody Jones" (1912). The film, which was directed by Frank Montgomery, which was produced by William Nicholas Selig, which was written for the screen by Adele Bosworth, and which also starred George Hernandez, Lillian Hayward, Camille Astor, Lillian Clark, Lee Morris, Al Ernest Garcia, and Fernando Gálvez, tells the story of Mr. Jones, unlike many husbands, is entirely too domestic to suit his wife. She dislikes his excessive lovemaking and decides to get some pills that, taken in his office, will make the outside world more attractive. The anti-kissing wife succeeds in getting the pills and, from an ardent lover of his wife and home. Jones becomes a wife hater and smashes the "God Bless Our Home" motto. He raves at her and goes out to become impressed with every woman he sees, kissing the maid before he does so. On his way about town nursemaids, society ladies and, in fact, the whole female population look good to Jones. He puts them in a panic and pursues them over walls, into manholes, up the sides of houses all the while followed by a bunch of would-be important policemen. Mrs. Jones learns the value of her husband's love and resolves to cut out the pill dope in the future. Besides, playing the role of the '2nd Policeman' in the short film comedy, "Goody Goody Jones" (1912), and playing the role of 'Constable Plum' including, "Landing The Hose Reel" (1915), "The Chronicles Of Bloom Center" (1915), "Shoo Fly" (1915), "The Come Back Of Percy" (1915), "A Thing Or Two Movies" (1915), "The Run On Percy" (1915), "Perkin's Pep Producer" (1915), "The Manicure Girl" (1916), "Spooks" (1916), "No Sire-ee Bob!" (1916), "When The Circus Came To Town" (1916), and "Apple Butter" (1916), his many other film credits include, "His Masterpiece" (1912), "The Girl And The Cowboy" (1912), "The Man From The Dragon Land" (1912), "Land Sharks vs. Sea Dogs" (1912), "The Trade Gun Bullet" (1912), "The Substitute Model" (1912), "Monte Cristo" (1912), "Getting Atmosphere" (1912), "Her Educator" (1912), "Miss Aubry's Love Affair" (1912), "The Vintage Of Fate" (1912), "The Last Of Her Tribe" (1912), "The Lipton Cup: Introducing Sir Thomas Lipton" (1913), "The Governor's Daughter" (1913), "The Three Wise Men" (1913), "Her Only Son" (1913), "The Flaming Forge" (1913), "Yankee Doodle Dixie" (1913), "The Story Of Lavinia" (1913), "The Old Clerk" (1913), "Sally In Our Alley" (1913), "A Prisoner Of Cabanas" (1913), "Margarita And The Mission Funds" (1913), "The Hoyden's Awakening" (1913), "Vengeance Is Mine" (1913), "Hiram Buys An Auto" (1913), "An Old Actor" (1913), "In The Long Ago" (1913), "The Wordless Message" (1913), "The Woodfire At Martin's" (1913), 'A Flag Of Two Wars" (1913), "The Fighting Lieutenant" (1913), "The Breaded Buckskin Bag" (1913), "The Acid Test" (1913), "The Mansion Of Misery" (1913), "The Flight Of The Crow" (1913), "The Child Of The Sea" (1913), "The Redemption Of Railroad Jack" (1913), "Bumps And Willie" (1913), "The Dream Of Dan McGuire" (1913), "Outwitted By Billy" (1913), "Unto The Third And Fourth Generation" (1914), "Second Childhood" (1914), "The Girl Behind The Barrier" (1914), "The Rummage Sale" (1914), "Wiggs Takes The Rest Cure" (1914), "Carmelita's Revenge" (1914), "Oh! Look Who's Here!" (1914), "Garrison's Finish" (1914), "The Tonsorial Leopard Tamer" (1914), "The Mystery Of The Seven Chests" (1914), "Diamonds Are Trumps" (1916), "The Regeneration Of Jim Halsey" (1916), "The Gold Ship" (1916), "Small Town Stuff" (1916), "Happiness Of Three Women" (1917), "Delayed In Transit" (1917), "Mr. Bingo, The Bachelor" (1917), "Everybody Was Satisfied" (1917), "Bill And The Bearded Lady" (1917), "Baseball At Mudville" (1917), "Trials And Tribulations" (1917), "The Bush Leaguer" (1917), "The Fair Barbarian" (1917), and "The Strange Woman" (1918). His last film role was playing 'Lemuel Butterfield' in "Captain Kidd, Jr." (1919). The film was directed by William Desmond Taylor, was written for the screen by Frances Marion, and was based on the play, "Captain Kidd Junior" (1916), by Rida Johnson Young, and also starred Mary Pickford, Douglas MacLean, and Spottiswoode Aitken, Robert Gordon, Winter Hall, Marcia Manon, Victor Potel, Vin Moore, Clarence Geldert, Louise Emmons, and Joan Marsh, tells the story of an old man who wills a map to his grandson, with instructions showing a buried treasure, but it is accidentally sold to a book store. The owner and her granddaughter Mary discover it. Mary and her boyfriend an aspiring author, meet with the desperate grandson and agree to share the treasure. The treasure turns out to be a box containing a note proclaiming " Good Health. " The grandson discovers the hunt was a test, and a fortune left by his grandfather is held in trust. Mary's boyfriend sells one of his novels and they happily become engaged. The film was released to the general public on April 6, 1919, just a few months after his death. During his acting career, he also used the stage name of William Hutcheson. He passed away following a short illness that resulted in peritonitis that resulted from appendicitis in Los Angeles, California, on September 7, 1918, at the age of 49. Following his death, his funeral services were held by the Garrett Company Mortuary in Los Angeles, California, and he was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. He was married to Clara Hicks Hutchison (1867-1925), in Salt Lake City, Utah, on December 18, 1890. The couple had two children together, Helen Hutchison (1892-1971, last name later Owen), and Elliott Hartwell Hutchison (1898-1963). His wife Clara survived him, passing away in Ogden, Utah, on December 9, 1925, at the age of 58, and she is buried in Ogden City Cemetery in Ogden, Utah.