Victor triumphs over Sutton Ames on ‘The Young and the Restless’

Sutton Ames

Victor Newman got the goods on Sutton Ames because this is the way things always work out in Genoa City. The Newman patriarch rarely losses when he sets his mind on a goal and this time he was determined to help Amanda prove that her grandfather was a murderer. Sutton is the one who set things in motion for Ms. Sinclair's father to die. Ames was caught on tape saying that he was not going to allow his unwed daughter's pregnancy to destroy his career so he ruined any chance that Amanda's dad would find her and her twin sister Hilary.

Victor Newman has been ruthless but in 40 years he has never actually purposefully caused anyone to die. Sutton seems like he is every bit as calculating as Victor and perhaps back in the day he might have made a formidable opponent. Some who watch THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS are wondering why Jack Landrón only surfaced now in this short term role. There are fans who say Amanda's grandfather could have given Jack Abbott and the Newman patriarch a lot of challenges that would have kept things interesting in Genoa City.

It looks like Sutton will now be going to jail for his crime although he insisted that the charges against him won't stick. Imani was shocked to find out what her grandfather had done but Amanda was truly livid. She will now do everything in her power to see that her grandfather is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Sutton's time on-screen obviously is coming to a close but some who watch THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS say they which he had a longer run on the CBS soap.

Jack Landron

The actor who portrays Sutton is of Afro-Puertorican descent. He was born Juán Cándido Washington y Landrón, in thePuerta De Tierra section of Puerto Rico on June 2, 1938. In addition to acting, Jack Landron is also a songwriter and folksinger. He changed his name when he relocated to Manhattan to pursue his acting career. Name changes were once common in Hollywood because the less ethnic they sounded the better the chance of an entertainer being hired for diverse roles.

His family moved to Boston which led to the actor being motivated his parents' belief that better schools, education, and a better overall life, would be available to young Juan Candido Washington y Landron. He quickly became proficient in English which led to love for the spoken word, in its varied forms. Landron's grandfather's had a thick Spanish accent, while his grandmother exhibited a West Indian speech pattern. The older couple who lived next door to the family offered Yiddish dialect.

All of this worked together and Jack found that he enjoyed mimicry which led to voice-over work. He later co-starred with Martin Sheen and Lotte Lenya in the National Educational Television production of Tennessee Williams' one-act play Ten Blocks on the Camino Real in 1966. he married and later became a single father of 2 daughters.

Landrón is a member of the board of the New York Screen Actors' Guild and in the fall of 2007 he appeared in Maxwell Anderson’s Night Over Taos, He relocated to West Hollywood, in 2009 in order to pursue work in film and television. He currently lives in Los Angeles' Chinatown and in 2012 with his children grown he began working in the theater along with doing many commercials.