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Tom Ligon

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Handsome, chameleon character actor and sometimes lead, best known for his performances in Paint Your Wagon, the TV series The Young and the Restless, and Bang the Drum Slowly in which he also sang the title song. Ligon created the role of Orson in the prize-winning Off-Broadway musical 'Your Own Thing', and starred... See full bio »

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Thomas Bryant Ligon
in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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2011 The Heart, She Holler (TV series)
– Dare to Holler (2011)
– Death Begins at Conception (2011)
– Fear Is Dog Spelled Bassackwards (2011)
– And So It Begends (2011)
 
2011 Lost Revolution
Oliver
 
2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
Deputy Police Commissioner Freehill
– Amends (2007) … Deputy Police Commissioner Freehill
 
2007 Lost Revolution
Oliver
 
2007 Serial
Chief Joseph Spataford
 
1995-2003 Law & Order (TV series)
Gillespie / Malcolm Sanford / Phil Brucker / …
– B*tch (2003) … Phil Brucker
– Panic (2000) … Malcolm Sanford
– True North (1998) … Gillespie
– Switch (1995) … Scott Hampton
 
2001-2003 Oz (TV series)
Alvin Yood / #01Y208 Alvin Yood
– Junkyard Dawgs (2003) … Alvin Yood
– A Day in the Death... (2003) … Alvin Yood
– 4giveness (2003) … #01Y208 Alvin Yood
– Sonata da Oz (2003) … Alvin Yood
– See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil (2003) … Alvin Yood
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2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Bluebell Agency Executive
– Care (2001) … Bluebell Agency Executive
 
1993 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
T. Justin Moore
– Simple Justice (1993) … T. Justin Moore
 
1995 Another World (TV series)
Bailey Thompson / Ted (1990)
 
1989 Cutting Class
Mr. Ingalls
 
1987 Santa Barbara (TV series)
Addison
– Episode #1.711 (1987) … Addison
– Episode #1.710 (1987) … Addison
– Episode #1.709 (1987) … Addison
– Episode #1.707 (1987) … Addison
– Episode #1.706 (1987) … Addison
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1987 Dallas (TV series)
– The Ten Percent Solution (1987)
 
1983 Loving (TV series)
Billy Bristow
– Pilot (1983) … Billy Bristow
 
1983 The Demon Murder Case (TV movie)
Phillip Russo
 
1982 Young Doctors in Love
Cameo appearance
 
1978-1982 The Young and the Restless (TV series)
Lucas Lorenzo Prentiss
 
1978 Black Sheep Squadron (TV series)
Lt. R. Calder
– Operation Stand-Down (1978) … Lt. R. Calder
 
1977 Baretta (TV series)
Phelps
– Lyman P. Dokker, Fed (1977) … Phelps
 
1977 Rosetti and Ryan (TV series)
Wills
– The Ten-Second Client (1977) … Wills
 
1977 Joyride
Sanders
 
1977 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Cadet Ted Miller
– The Blue Angels (1977) … Cadet Ted Miller
 
1977 Police Woman (TV series)
– Silky Chamberlain (1977)
 
1977 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Young Man
– The Set-Up: Part 2 (1977) … Young Man
 
1976 F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (TV movie)
Alan Campbell
 
1976 Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (TV movie)
Lester Carter
 
1976 The Adams Chronicles (TV mini-series)
John Hay
– Chapter XII: Henry Adams, Historian (1976) … John Hay
 
1975 The Wide World of Mystery (TV series)
– The Black Box Murders (1975)
 
1974 The Execution of Private Slovik (TV movie)
Childs
 
1973 Bang the Drum Slowly
Piney Woods
 
1973 The Last American Hero
Lamar
 
1971 Medical Center (TV series)
David
– The Loser (1971) … David
 
1971 Jump
Chester Jump
 
1970-1971 A World Apart (TV series)
T.D. Drinkard
 
1970 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Clifford - Alice's Nephew
– The Honeymooners: Operation Protest (1970) … Clifford - Alice's Nephew
 
1969 Paint Your Wagon
Horton Fenty
 
1968 NET Playhouse (TV series)
Goldman
– The 39th Witness (1968) … Goldman
 
1966 Hawk (TV series)
Laertes
– How Close Can You Get? (1966) … Laertes
 
1964 Nothing But a Man
Teenager
 
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1973 Bang the Drum Slowly (performer: "Streets of Loredo The Cowboy's Lament")
 
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1979 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 2 July 1979 (1979) … Guest Appearance
 

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He has made many noteworthy appearances on the New York stage, including "Our Town", "Geniuses", "BAFO (Best and Final Offer)", "Den of Thieves", "The Golf Ball", "Tartuffe: Born Again", "Another Paradise", and "Have I Got A Girl for You"... See more »

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Tom Ligon and K.C. Ligon were married on New Year's Eve in 1976 by Leigh Taylor-Young in her home in Beverly Hills, California. Among those present were the bride's parents, Nora Dunfee and David Clarke, and one of Mr. Ligon's co-stars in Jump, Sally Kirkland. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo