Overview

• Jimmy Hunt passed away at age 85 on July 18 in Simi Valley after suffering a heart attack six weeks earlier.
• His screen career from 1945 to 1953 encompassed 35 films, most notably Cheaper by the Dozen and the sci-fi classic Invaders From Mars.
• At 14, he chose to retire from acting to focus on education and later served three years in the US Army before entering the corporate world.
• He resurfaced in 1986 for a cameo as a police chief in Tobe Hooper’s Invaders From Mars remake and continued receiving residual checks decades later.
• He is survived by his wife Roswitha, sons Randy and Ron, daughter-in-law Christina, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.