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Tom Wilson(1880-1965)

  • Actor
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Tom Wilson in Thy Neighbor's Wife (1953)
Tom Wilson was born on 27 August 1880 in Helena, Montana, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Yankee Way (1917), Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927) and The Children Pay (1916). He died on 19 February 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornAugust 27, 1880
DiedFebruary 19, 1965(84)
BornAugust 27, 1880
DiedFebruary 19, 1965(84)
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Buster Keaton, Snitz Edwards, and Tom Wilson in Battling Butler (1926)
Myrna Loy and Tom Wilson in Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
Tom Wilson in The Kid (1921)
Heinie Conklin, William Irving, and Tom Wilson in Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
Myrna Loy, Heinie Conklin, and Tom Wilson in Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
Myrna Loy and Tom Wilson in Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
Myrna Loy, Heinie Conklin, and Tom Wilson in Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
Myrna Loy, Heinie Conklin, and Tom Wilson in Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
Buster Keaton and Tom Wilson in Battling Butler (1926)
Donald Crisp, Cy Kendall, Helen MacKellar, Wayne Morris, and Tom Wilson in Valley of the Giants (1938)
J. Edwin Brown, Lon Chaney, William Clifford, Claire Du Brey, Dorothy Phillips, Evelyn Selbie, William Stowell, and Tom Wilson in Pay Me! (1917)
J. Edwin Brown, Lon Chaney, William Clifford, John George, Dick La Reno, Dorothy Phillips, Evelyn Selbie, William Stowell, and Tom Wilson in Pay Me! (1917)

Known for

George Walsh in The Yankee Way (1917)
The Yankee Way
  • George Washington Brown
  • 1917
Myrna Loy in Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
Ham and Eggs at the Front
5.7
  • Ham
  • 1927
Lillian Gish, Loyola O'Connor, and Violet Wilkey in The Children Pay (1916)
The Children Pay
7.0
  • Officer
  • 1916
Sink or Swim
  • George Washington Brown
  • 1920

Credits

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Actor

  • Lucille Ball and Bob Hope in Critic's Choice (1963)
    Critic's Choice
    • (uncredited)
  • The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
    The Absent Minded Professor
    • (uncredited)
  • The Miracle (1959)
    The Miracle
    • (uncredited)
  • James Stewart and Vera Miles in The FBI Story (1959)
    The FBI Story
    • (uncredited)
  • The Young Philadelphians (1959)
    The Young Philadelphians
    • (uncredited)
  • Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Richard Widmark, Dorothy Malone, and Dolores Michaels in Warlock (1959)
    Warlock
    • (uncredited)
  • Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman in Compulsion (1959)
    Compulsion
    • (uncredited)
  • Maverick (1957)
    Maverick
    • (uncredited)
  • Paul Newman, Joan Collins, Jack Carson, and Joanne Woodward in Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
    Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
    • (uncredited)
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    77 Sunset Strip
    • (uncredited)
  • Randolph Scott, Virginia Mayo, and Karen Steele in Westbound (1958)
    Westbound
    • (uncredited)
  • Ty Hardin in Bronco (1958)
    Bronco
    • (uncredited)
  • Sugarfoot (1957)
    Sugarfoot
    • (uncredited)
  • Darby's Rangers (1958)
    Darby's Rangers
    • (uncredited)
  • Peyton Place (1957)
    Peyton Place
    • (uncredited)

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • The Birth of a Nation (1915)
    The Birth of a Nation
    • (uncredited)

Personal details

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    • August 27, 1880
    • Helena, Montana, USA
    • February 19, 1965
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)

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    He specialized in portraying African-American characters, for which roles he would use makeup made out of burnt cork and sometimes hairpieces that made him look as if he had a fringe of white hair. His appearance in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid was off-type and without any of his usual makeup.

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