moving on to television, he starred as nero wolfe's assistant and leg-man archie goodwin in the a&e television series "a nero wolfe mystery" (2001–2002); he also served as an executive producer, and also directed several episodes of the series. his other directing credits include the family film "digging to china" (1997). in 2001 hutton starred in the television miniseries "ww3", and in 2006 he had a lead role in the nbc series "kidnapped", playing conrad cain, the wealthy father of a kidnapped teenager. he appeared in 13 feature films from 2006 to 2008.