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Tom Laughlin (I) More at IMDbPro »

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Trained in hapkido karate by karate master Bong Soo Han.

Tom's movie Billy Jack (1971) cost $800,000 to make and grossed over $65 million.

Has done extensive research on Jungian psychology and alternative cancer therapy treatments.

Intends to run against Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor of California.

Garnered 147 votes in the January, 2004, New Hampshire primary.

Attended and graduated from Washington High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He returned to the school in 1978 and told an assembly that he was a 'greaser' during his High School years, and that he once beat up Gene Wilder. Wilder went to the same school and lived in the same neighborhood.

Frank Laughlin, the name that Tom Laughlin often used as a pseudonym, is actually his son's name.

Was a running back for the University of Minnesota football team, and later tried out for the old Chicago Cardinals in the NFL.

Played Billy Jack for the fifth time in "The Return Of Billy Jack" (1985), an unfinished film in which Billy Jack battled child pornographers.

Where Are They Now

(January 2004) Living in Camarillo, California.

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