Tom London

Known for

Acting

Born

August 23, 1889

Birthplace

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Died

December 5, 1963 (aged 74)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tom London (August 24, 1889 – December 5, 1963) was an American veteran actor who played frequently in B-Westerns. According to The Guinness Book of Movie Records, London is credited with appearing in the most films in the history of Hollywood, this according to the 2001 book Film Facts, where it states that the performer who played in the most films was "Tom London, who made his first of over 2000 appearances in The Great Train Robbery, 1903.

Born Leonard Clapham in Louisville, Kentucky, he got his start in movies as a props man in Chicago, Illinois. His debut was in 1915 in the Western Lone Larry, performing under his own name. In 1925, after having...

Best known work

High Noon

1952

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931

Our Hospitality

1923

Man of the West

1958

Friendly Persuasion

1956

Perry Mason

1957

Batman

1943

Rancho Notorious

1952

Filmography

1978
Western von gesternTV
as O'Shea (1 episode)
1966
Spy Smasher Returns
as Crane
1962
13 West Street
as Prisoner (uncredited)
1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Bum at Bar (uncredited)
1959
Law of the PlainsmanTV
as Stagecoach Driver (1 episode)
1959
Lock-UpTV
as Carrey - Watchman (1 episode)
1959
Lone Texan
as Old Dan (uncredited)
1958
Bat MastersonTV
as Prisoner (uncredited) (1 episode)
1958
LawmanTV
as Pete (2 episodes)
1958
Money, Women and Guns
as Old Prospector (uncredited)
1958
Man of the West
as Tom (uncredited)
1958
BroncoTV
as Rowdy O'Brien (1 episode)
1958
The Sheepman
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
1957
The Tall Stranger
1957
Domino Kid
1957
MaverickTV
as Farmer (1 episode)
1957
Perry MasonTV
as Cabbie (1 episode)
1957
Wagon TrainTV
as Man Holding Booth's Horse (uncredited) (1 episode)
1956
Friendly Persuasion
as Farmer on Front Line with Gard (uncredited)
1956
Broken ArrowTV
as (uncredited) (1 episode)
1956
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Livery Stableman (uncredited)
1955
Top Gun
as Casey (uncredited)
1955
CheyenneTV
as Old-Timer (uncredited) (1 episode)
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpTV
as Old Man Craig (uncredited) (1 episode), as Jigger (uncredited) (1 episode), as Stableman (uncredited) (1 episode), as Moss Grimmick (uncredited) (1 episode)
1954
The Wonderful World of DisneyTV
as Deputy Sheriff Carlson (uncredited) (1 episode)