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Thomas Meighan (1879–1936)

Actor

Sadly, this once-popular silent screen star and older matinée idol for Paramount Studios, is all but forgotten today. Thomas "Tommy" Meighan was one of the rulers of the Hollywood roost, between the years 1915 and 1928. He was born in Pittsburgh, his father a president of a major manufacturing company... See full bio »

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in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 57) in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA
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1934 Peck's Bad Boy
Henry Peck
 
1932 Madison Sq. Garden
Bill Carley
 
1932 Cheaters at Play
Michael Lanyard
 
1931 Skyline
Gordon A. McClellan
 
1931 Young Sinners
Tom McGuire
 
1929 The Argyle Case
Alexander Kayton
 
1928 The Mating Call
Leslie Hatten
 
1928 The Racket
Captain McQuigg
 
1927 The City Gone Wild
John Phelan
 
1927 We're All Gamblers
Lucky Sam McCarver
 
1927 Blind Alleys
Captain Dan Kirby
 
1926 The Canadian
Frank Taylor
 
1926 Tin Gods
Roger Drake
 
1926 The New Klondike
Tom Kelly
 
1925 Irish Luck
Tom Donahue/Lord Fitzhugh
 
1925 The Man Who Found Himself
Tom Macauley
 
1925 Old Home Week
Tom Clark
 
1925 Coming Through
Tom Blackford
 
1924 Tongues of Flame
Henry Harrington
 
1924 The Alaskan
Alan Holt
 
1924 The Confidence Man
Dan Corvan
 
1924 Pied Piper Malone
Jack Malone
 
1923 Woman-Proof
Tom Rockwood
 
1923 Homeward Bound
Jim Bedford
 
1923 The Ne'er-Do-Well
Kirk Anthony
 
1922 Back Home and Broke
Tom Redding
 
1922 The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Burke Hammond
 
1922 Manslaughter
Daniel J. O'Bannon
 
1922 If You Believe It, It's So
Chick Harris (a crook)
 
1922 Our Leading Citizen
Daniel Bentley, lawyer
 
1922 The Bachelor Daddy
Richard Chester
 
1922 Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan (short)
 
1921 A Prince There Was
Charles Edward Martin
 
1921 Cappy Ricks
Matt Peasley
 
1921 The Conquest of Canaan
Joe Louden
 
1921 White and Unmarried
Billy Kane
 
1921 The City of Silent Men
Jim Montgomery
 
1921 The Easy Road
Leonard Fayne
 
1921 Frontier of the Stars
Buck Leslie
 
1920 Conrad in Quest of His Youth
Conrad Warrener
 
1920 Civilian Clothes
Capt. Sam McGinnis
 
1920 The Prince Chap
William Peyton
 
1920 Why Change Your Wife?
Robert Gordon
 
1919 Male and Female
William Crichton - The Butler
 
1919 The Thunderbolt
Bruce Corbin
 
1919 The Miracle Man
Tom Burke
 
1919 The Probation Wife
Harrison Wade
 
1919 The Heart of Wetona
John Hardin
 
1919 Peg o' My Heart
Sir Gerald Adair
 
1918 The Forbidden City
John Worden
 
1918 Out of a Clear Sky
Robert Lawrence
 
1918 In Pursuit of Polly
Colby Mason
 
1918 Heart of the Wilds
Sergeant Tom Gellatly
 
1918 Missing
Sir William Farrel
 
1918 M'Liss
Charles Gray
 
1918 Eve's Daughter
John Norton
 
1918 Madame Jealousy
Valour
 
1917 The Land of Promise
Frank Taylor
 
1917 Arms and the Girl
Wilfred Ferrers
 
1917 The Mysterious Miss Terry
Gordon True
 
1917 Her Better Self
Dr. Robert Keith
 
1917 The Silent Partner
Edward Royle
 
1917 Sleeping Fires
David Gray
 
1917 Sapho
Jean Gaussin
 
1917 The Slave Market
John Barton
 
1916 The Heir to the Hoorah
Joe Lacy
 
1916 The Storm
Robert Fielding
 
1916 Common Ground
Judge David Evans
 
1916/II The Dupe
Jimmy Regan
 
1916 The Clown
Dick Ordway
 
1916 The Sowers
Prince Paul Alexis
 
1916 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Jack Hale
 
1916 Pudd'nhead Wilson
Chambers
 
1915 The Immigrant
David Harding
 
1915 Armstrong's Wife
David Armstrong
 
1915 The Secret Sin
Jack Herron
 
1915 Blackbirds
Jack Doggins/Hon. Nevil Trask
 
1915 Out of the Darkness
Harvey Brooks
 
1915 The Fighting Hope
Burton Temple
 
1915 Kindling
'Honest' Heine Schultz
 
1914 Danny Donovan, the Gentleman Cracksman (short)
Dandy Donovan, the Gentleman Cracksman
 
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1926 Fascinating Youth
Himself - Thomas Meighan
 
1923 Hollywood
Himself
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 13 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1922 A Trip to Paramountown (documentary short)
Himself
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 1 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1918 Norma Talmadge and Thomas Meighan in a Liberty Loan Appeal (short)
Himself
 
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1934 Movie Memories #2 (documentary short)
 

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Personal Details

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(1903). Stage Play: Major Andre. Written by Clyde Fitch. Savoy Theatre: 11 Nov 1903- Nov 1903 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Arthur Byron, Arnold Daly, Wallace Eddinger, Adam Fox, Chrystal Herne, Angela Keir, Allan Kingsberry, Frederick Lane, Ernest Lawford, Frank J. McIntyre, Thomas Meighan... See more »

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Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Trivia:

Meighan did not mix socially with other actors. He played golf often with Ring Lardner and Booth Tarkingtonwas and was reportedly very friendly with Irish tenor John McCormack, Gene Tunney, and President Calvin Coolidge. See more »

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