WIKI: Bowen Charlton "Sonny" Tufts III (July 16, 1911 – June 4, 1970) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for the films he made as a contract star at Paramount in the 1940s, including So Proudly We Hail!. He also starred in the cult classic Cat-Women of the Moon.

Sonny Tufts' career decline was compounded by his alcoholism and his off-screen antics.[9] In March 1954, a stripper named Barbara Gray Atkins sued Tufts for $25,000 in damages after 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 while his two friends and he were visiting her home.[21] Atkins later dropped the lawsuit against Tufts.[22][23][24]

In April 1954, a 19-year-old dancer named Margarie Von accused Tufts of 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 while she was relaxing aboard a yacht docked off the coast of Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach. Von sued Tufts for $26,000, claiming the bite left a three-inch scar. Von later settled for $600.[22][25] In August 1955, a third complaint was lodged against Tufts when Adrienne Fromann claimed the actor beat and bruised her at a restaurant. She demanded $20,000 in damages.[26]

"He drinks too much and lives too lavishly", said his ex-wife Barbara.[27]