Tom Wilson (actor)
Tom Wilson | |
---|---|
As the cop in The Kid (1921) | |
Born |
Helena, Montana, USA | August 27, 1880
Died |
February 19, 1965 84) Los Angeles, California, USA | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1915-1963 |
Tom Wilson (August 27, 1880 – February 19, 1965) was an American film actor.[1] He appeared in 254 films between 1915 and 1963. He was born in Helena, Montana, and died in Los Angeles, California. Wilson had notable supporting roles in the Silent era, like "The Kindly Officer" in D. W. Griffith's epic Intolerance (1916), the angry policeman in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid (1921) and a boxing coach in Buster Keaton's comedy Battling Butler (1926). After the rise of sound film, he was reduced to small roles for the rest of his long film career.
Selected filmography
- Little Marie (1915)
- The Highbinders (1915)
- The Lucky Transfer (1915)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) (playing an African-American in blackface)
- Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)
- The Half-Breed (1916)
- The Children Pay (1916)
- Intolerance (1916)
- Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916)
- The Americano (1916)
- Pay Me! (1917)
- Shoulder Arms (1918)
- A Dog's Life (1918)
- The Greatest Question (1919)
- A Day's Pleasure (1919)
- Sunnyside (1919)
- The Professor (1919)
- Dinty (1920)
- The Kid (1921)
- Two Minutes to Go (1921)
- Red Hot Romance (1922)
- My Wife's Relations (1922)
- Minnie (1922)
- On Time (1924)
- The Heart Buster (1924)
- What Fools Men (1925)
- Manhattan Madness (1925)
- Madame Behave (1925)
- The Best Bad Man (1925)
- Battling Butler (1926)
- Bring Home the Turkey (1927)
- Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
- Riley the Cop (1928)
- Strong Boy (1929)
- Road to Paradise (1930)
- Picture Snatcher (1933)
- Devil's Island (1939)
References
- ↑ "Tom Wilson". British Film Institute. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tom Wilson (actor). |
- Tom Wilson on IMDb
- Tom Wilson at Find a Grave
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.