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Tom Tyler (I) (1903–1954)

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Popular American star of silent and early sound Westerns and serials. Raised in Michigan, he went through a number of strenuous jobs (sailor, boxer lumberjack, coal miner, etc.) before landing in Los Angeles and getting work as a movie extra and stuntman. His good looks and athletic physique (he was a champion weight-lifter) led to an offer to play the lead in a series of silent Westerns... See full bio »

Born:

Vincent Markowski
in Port Henry, New York, USA

Died:

(age 50) in Hamtramck, Michigan, USA
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1956 Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (TV series)
District Marshal
– Comanche Kid (1956) … District Marshal
 
1952-1953 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
Henchman Hank / Henchman Snake-Eye / Lanky henchman at Hideout / …
– Bandidos (1953) … Lanky henchman at Hideout
– Thunder Out West (1953) … Slender Thug in the White Hat
– The Trail of the Witch (1952) … Henchman Snake-Eye
– Trouble at Silver Creek (1952) … Henchman Hank
 
1953 Cow Country
Pete
 
1953 Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid (TV short)
Deputy Ed
 
1952 Cowboy G-Men (TV series)
Henchman Cactus
– Salted Mines (1952) … Henchman Cactus
 
1952 Sky King (TV series)
Al
– The Giant Eagle (1952) … Al
 
1952 What Price Glory
Capt. Davis (uncredited)
 
1952 The Lion and the Horse
Bud Sabin
 
1952 Outlaw Women
Chillawaka Charlie
 
1952 Road Agent
Henchman Larkin
 
1951-1952 Boston Blackie (TV series)
– The Big H Murder (1952)
– Roller Coaster Murder (1951)
 
1952 The Roy Rogers Show (TV series)
Andy - Deputy / Henchman
– Outlaw's Town (1952) … Henchman
– The Outlaw's Girl (1952) … Andy - Deputy
 
1951-1952 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
Sheriff
– Mexican Gun Running Story (1952) … Sheriff
– Johnny Deuce (1951) … Sheriff
 
1951-1952 The Range Rider (TV series)
Indian / Shotgun Guard
– Ambush in Coyote Canyon (1952) … Shotgun Guard (uncredited)
– The Ghost of Poco Loco (1951) … Indian (uncredited)
 
1951 Mysterious Island
Union Dispatch Rider (uncredited)
 
1951 Best of the Badmen
Frank James
 
1951 The Great Missouri Raid
Allen Parmer
 
1950-1951 The Cisco Kid (TV series)
Sheriff / Sheriff Jim Turner
– Uncle Disinherits Niece (1951) … Sheriff
– Phoney Sheriff (1951) … Sheriff
– Haven for Heavies (1951) … Sheriff Jim Turner
– Wedding Blackmail (1950) … Sheriff
 
1950 Trail of Robin Hood
Tom Tyler
 
1950 Dick Tracy (TV series)
Coffeehead
– The Payroll Robbery (1950) … Coffeehead
 
1950 Rio Grande Patrol
Chet Yance
 
1950 Fast on the Draw
Outlaw Leader
 
1950 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Jeff Garth
– Damsels in Distress (1950) … Jeff Garth
 
1950 West of the Brazos
Henchman Sam
 
1950 Colorado Ranger
Henchman Pete
 
1950 Crooked River
Henchman Weston
 
1950 Marshal of Heldorado
Mike Tulliver
 
1950 Hostile Country
Tom Brady
 
1950 The Daltons' Women
Emmett Dalton
 
1950 Riders of the Range
The Ringo Kid
 
1949 Samson and Delilah
Gristmill Captain (uncredited)
 
1949 Square Dance Jubilee
Henchman Buck
 
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Cpl. Mike Quayne
 
1949 Masked Raiders
Trig Trevett
 
1949 Lust for Gold
Luke (uncredited)
 
1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (uncredited)
 
1949 The Younger Brothers
Hatch
 
1949 I Shot Jesse James
Frank James
 
1948 Blood on the Moon
Frank Reardon
 
1948 The Three Musketeers
1st Traveller (uncredited)
 
1948 The Golden Eye (scenes deleted)
 
1948 Red River
Quitter (uncredited)
 
1948 Return of the Bad Men
Wild Bill Yeager
 
1948 The Dude Goes West
Spiggoty
 
1947 Cheyenne
Pecos
 
1946 Never Say Goodbye
Policeman (uncredited)
 
1946 Badman's Territory
Frank James
 
1945 San Antonio
Lafe McWilliams
 
1945 They Were Expendable
Captain at Airport (uncredited)
 
1945 Sing Me a Song of Texas
Steve Andrews
 
1944 The Princess and the Pirate
Lieutenant (uncredited)
 
1944 Ladies of Washington
Agent (uncredited)
 
1944 Boss of Boomtown
Jim Ward
 
1944 The Navy Way
Triangle A Ranch Hand (uncredited)
 
1944 Gun to Gun (short)
Capt.. Haines (uncredited)
 
1943 The Phantom
Godfrey Prescott / The Phantom
 
1943 Wagon Tracks West
Clawtooth
 
1943 Riders of the Rio Grande
Stony Brooke
 
1943 Santa Fe Scouts
Stony Brooke
 
1943 The Blocked Trail
Stony Brooke
 
1943 Thundering Trails
Stony Brooke
 
1942 Valley of Hunted Men
Stony Brooke
 
1942 Shadows on the Sage
Stony Brooke
 
1942 The Talk of the Town
Clyde Bracken
 
1942 The Phantom Plainsmen
Stony Brooke
 
1942 Westward Ho
Stony Brooke
 
1942 Raiders of the Range
Stony Brooke
 
1942 Valley of the Sun
Geronimo
 
1942 Code of the Outlaw
Stony Brooke
 
1941 West of Cimarron
Stony Brooke
 
1941 Gauchos of El Dorado
'Stony' Brooke
 
1941 Riders of the Timberline
Henchman Bill Slade
 
1941 Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
Stony Brooke
 
1941 Bad Men of Missouri
Deputy Sheriff Dave (uncredited)
 
1941 Border Vigilantes
Henchman Yager
 
1941 Adventures of Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel
 
1941 Buck Privates
Ring Announcer at Boxing Match (uncredited)
 
1940 The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Ranger Gilpin (uncredited)
 
1940 Cherokee Strip
Frank Lovell
 
1940 The Mummy's Hand
Kharis
 
1940 The Westerner
King Evans
 
1940 Brother Orchid
Curley Matthews
 
1940 The Light of Western Stars
Sheriff Tom Hawes
 
1940 The Grapes of Wrath
Deputy Handcuffing Casy (uncredited)
 
1939 Gone with the Wind
Commanding Officer During Evacuation (uncredited)
 
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
Capt. Morgan (uncredited)
 
1939 Frontier Marshal
Buck Newton (uncredited)
 
1939 The Night Riders
Jackson
 
1939 Stagecoach
Luke Plummer
 
1938 King of Alcatraz
Gus Banshek
 
1937 Lost Ranch
Tom Wade
 
1937 Brothers of the West
Tom Wade
 
1937 Orphan of the Pecos
Tom Rayburn
 
1937 Mystery Range
Tom Wade
 
1937 The Feud of the Trail
Tom Wade / Jack Granger
 
1937 Cheyenne Rides Again
Tom 'Cheyenne Tommy' Wade
 
1936 The Phantom of the Range
Jerry Lane
 
1936 Rip Roarin' Buckaroo
'Scotty' McQuade
 
1936 Santa Fe Bound
Tom Crenshaw
 
1936 The Last Outlaw
Al Goss
 
1936 Pinto Rustlers
Tom Evans posing as Tom Dawson
 
1936 Roamin' Wild
Tom Barton
 
1936 Ridin' On
Tom Rork
 
1936 Fast Bullets
Ranger Tom Hilton
 
1935 Trigger Tom
Tom Hunter
 
1935 Powdersmoke Range
Sundown Saunders
 
1935 Rio Rattler
Tom Denton
 
1935 The Laramie Kid
Tom Talbot
 
1935 The Silver Bullet
Tom Henderson
 
1935 Silent Valley
Sheriff Tom Hall
 
1935 Born to Battle
'Cyclone' Tom Saunders
 
1935 Tracy Rides
Sheriff Tom Tracy
 
1935 Coyote Trails
Tom Riley
 
1935 Unconquered Bandit
Tom Morgan
 
1934 Terror of the Plains
Tom Lansing
 
1934 Fighting Hero
Tom Hall
 
1934 Mystery Ranch
Bob Morris
 
1934 Ridin' Thru
Tom Saunders
 
1933 War of the Range
Tom Bradley
 
1933 Phantom of the Air
Bob Raymond
 
1933 Deadwood Pass
Tom Whitlock
 
1933 Clancy of the Mounted
Sergeant Tom Clancy
 
1933 When a Man Rides Alone
The Llano Kid
 
1932 The Forty-Niners
'Tennessee' Matthews
 
1932 Jungle Mystery
Kirk Montgomery
 
1932 Honor of the Mounted
RCMP Constable Tom Halliday
 
1932 Vanishing Men
Sheriff Doug Barrett
 
1932 The Man from New Mexico
Jess Ryder
 
1932 Single-Handed Sanders
Matt Sanders
 
1931 Galloping Thru
Tom McGuire
 
1931 Battling with Buffalo Bill
William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
 
1931 Two Fisted Justice
'Kentucky' Carson
 
1931 The Man from Death Valley
Dave
 
1931 Partners of the Trail
Larry Condon
 
1931 Rider of the Plains
Blackie Saunders
 
1931 God's Country and the Man
Tex Malone posing as Steve Rawlins
 
1931 West of Cheyenne
Tom Langdon
 
1931 The Phantom of the West
Jim Lester
 
1930 Her Man
Sailor (uncredited)
 
1930 The Canyon of Missing Men
Dave Brandon
 
1930 Half Pint Polly (short)
Don Wilson
 
1930 Call of the Desert
Rex Carson
 
1929 'Neath Western Skies
Tex McCloud
 
1929 Pioneers of the West
Phil Sampson
 
1929 The Lone Horseman
Jack Gardner
 
1929 The Phantom Rider
Dick Cartwright
 
1929 The Man from Nevada
Jack Carter
 
1929 The Law of the Plains
O'Brien
 
1929 The Pride of Pawnee
Kirk Stockton
 
1929 Idaho Red
Andy Thornton
 
1929 Gun Law
Tom O'Brien
 
1929 Trail of the Horse Thieves
Vic Stanley
 
1928 Tyrant of Red Gulch
Tom Masters
 
1928 The Avenging Rider
Tom Larkin
 
1928 Terror Mountain
Tom Tyler
 
1928 The Texas Tornado
Tom Jones
 
1928 Phantom of the Range
Duke Carlton
 
1928 When the Law Rides
Tom O'Malley
 
1927 The Desert Pirate
Tom Corrigan
 
1927 The Cherokee Kid
Bill Duncan
 
1927 The Flying U Ranch
Señor Miguel García
 
1927 Tom's Gang
Dave Collins
 
1927 Splitting the Breeze
Death Valley Drake
 
1927 Cyclone of the Range
Tom MacKay
 
1927 The Sonora Kid
Tom MacReady
 
1927 Lightning Lariats
Tom Potter
 
1926 Red Hot Hoofs
Tom Buckley
 
1926 Out of the West
Tom Hanley
 
1926 Tom and His Pals
Tom Duffy
 
1926 The Cowboy Cop
Jerry McGill
 
1926 The Masquerade Bandit
Jeff Morton
 
1926 Wild to Go
Tom Blake
 
1926 The Arizona Streak
Dandy Carrell
 
1926 Born to Battle
Dennis Terhune
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Charioteer (uncredited)
 
1925 The Cowboy Musketeer
Tom Latigo
 
1925 The Only Thing
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1925 The Wyoming Wildcat
Phil Stone
 
1925 Let's Go Gallagher
Tom Gallagher
 
1925 Wild Horse Mesa
Cowboy (uncredited)
 
1924 Leatherstocking
Indian (as Vincent Markowski)
 
1924 Three Weeks
Extra (uncredited)
 
1923 The Eagle's Talons
Extra (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
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1940 Brother Orchid (performer: "My Little Buckaroo" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 Lost Ranch (performer: "Tucson Mary")
 
1937 The Feud of the Trail (performer: "The Old Chisholm Trail")
 
Show ShowStunts (1 title)
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (stunts - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (documentary short)
Himself - at Mocambo (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2002 De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros (video documentary)
Captain Marvel
 
2001 Hopalong Cassidy: Public Hero #1 (TV documentary)
(uncredited)
 
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1999 Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (video documentary short)
Kharis
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1979 The Horror Show (documentary)
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
 
1952 The Yellow Haired Kid
Sheriff
 
1950 King of the Bullwhip
Townsman (uncredited)
 
1950 I Shot Billy the Kid
Gang Member (uncredited)
 
1944 The Mummy's Curse
Kharis in flashback (uncredited)
 
1942 The Mummy's Tomb
Kharis (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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(1953) Unsold pilot: He starred in a pilot for a western series called "Crossroad Avengers--The Adventures of the Tucson Kid". Tom Keene co-starred, and it was written and directed by Edward D. Wood Jr.

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Alternate Names:

Vincent Markowski

Height:

6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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Briefly married to actress Jeanne Martel. She co-starred with Tom in a few of his sound westerns in 1936 and 1937. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo