Tom London

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

136

Movies

387

Born: August 23, 1889 – December 5, 1963
From: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tom London (August 24, 1889 – December 5, 1963) was an American veteran actor who played frequently in B-Westerns. According to The Guinness Book of Movie Records, London is credited with appearing in the most films in the history of Hollywood, this according to the 2001 book Film Facts, where it states that the performer who played in the most films was "Tom London, who made his first of over 2000 appearances in The Great Train Robbery, 1903. Born Leonard Clapham in Louisville, Kentucky, he got his start in movies as a props man in Chicago, Illinois. His debut was in 1915 in the Western Lone Larry, performing under his own name. In 1925, after having appeared in many silent films, he changed his name to Tom London, and used that name for the rest of his career. The first film in which he was billed under his new name was Winds of Chance, a World War I film, in which he played "Sgt. Rock". London was a trick rider and roper, and used his trick skills in scores of Westerns. In the silent film era he often played villainous roles, while in later years he often appeared as the sidekick to Western stars like Sunset Carson in several films. One of the busiest character actors, he appeared in over 600 films. London made many guest appearances in television shows through the 1950s, such as The Range Rider, with Jock Mahoney and Dick Jones. He also played Sam, the attendant of Helen Ramirez (Katy Jurado) in High Noon. His last movie was Underworld U.S.A. in 1961, and his final roles on TV were in Lawman and The Dakotas. London died at his home in North Hollywood at age 81 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Works

387 films

High Noon

19527.7

All Quiet on the Western Front

19307.8

Zorro's Black Whip

19445.9

Friendly Persuasion

19566.6

Spy Smasher

19426.1

Western Union

19416.0

Batman

19436.2

Jesse James

19396.5

The Ox-Bow Incident

19437.7

Man of the West

19586.6

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

19317.2

Forbidden Trails

19415.6

Dark Command

19406.4

I'm No Angel

19336.4

The Sheepman

19586.9

Brigham Young

19404.6

The Arizona Terror

19318.0

Rancho Notorious

19526.5

Our Hospitality

19237.5

The Fighting Seabees

19446.2

Boom Town

19406.9

Chasing Trouble

19269.0

A Volta do Besouro Verde

19406.8

Fighting Fury

19348.0

Fighting Hero

193410.0

Made for Each Other

19396.1

The Tall Stranger

19576.5

Border Vengeance

19256.0

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

19475.5

Captain America

19445.3

Lady for a Day

19337.1

Grissly's Millions

19456.5

Bachelor Bait

19346.5

Allegheny Uprising

19395.9

Ridin' Double

19248.0

Smashing the Rackets

19386.7

Northwest Passage

19406.6

The Bar-C Mystery

19268.0

Sheer Luck

193110.0

Saddle Pals

19476.5

Desert Greed

19269.0

Baby Take a Bow

19345.7

Dude Cowboy

19416.0

Air Police

193110.0

Flame of Barbary Coast

19455.5

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

19605.9

The Sons of the Pioneers

19429.0

Lillian Russell

19406.7

Platinum Blonde

19316.7

The Secret of Convict Lake

19516.6

The Yellow Cameo

19287.0

The Night Riders

19395.8

The Storm

19307.0

Blue Canadian Rockies

19527.0

The Spider Returns

19418.5

Rawhide Mail

19348.0

13 West Street

19626.1

Timber Terrors

19356.5

American Empire

19425.0

Hell's Heroes

19297.1

Silver Spurs

19434.8

When the Daltons Rode

19406.2

Billy the Kid

19415.3

Man from Rainbow Valley

19469.0

Hi-Yo Silver

19407.0

Idaho

19436.3

The Son of Davy Crockett

194110.0

Girls of the Big House

19457.5

The Shadow

19407.3

The Cherokee Flash

19458.0

The Blazing Sun

195010.0

The Bronc Stomper

192810.0

Wild Horse Range

194010.0

Sheriff of Sundown

19449.0

The Long Loop on the Pecos

19279.0

The Oregon Trail

19397.5

Melody Ranch

19406.2

The Omaha Trail

19427.0

Wagon Tracks West

19439.0

The Night Rider

19328.0

Money, Women and Guns

19585.8

The Lawless Nineties

19365.5

The Secret Six

19315.6

Mills of the Gods

19348.0

Heroes of the Range

19369.0

Land of the Open Range

194210.0

Way Down East

19354.3

Homesteaders of Paradise Valley

19475.2

Santa Fe Stampede

19385.6

The Right of the Strongest

19248.0

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

19329.0

The Countess of Monte Cristo

19346.3

Perils of the Royal Mounted

19427.0

The Green Archer

19406.6

The Boss of Rustler's Roost

19289.0

Jungle Menace

19377.0

Wolf Tracks

192010.0

Let Us Live

19396.8

In Old Arizona

19285.4

Southward Ho!

19395.5

False Colors

19434.7

Gun Play

19356.0

Western Gold

19379.0

Gaucho Serenade

19406.5

Mandrake the Magician

19395.9

Juvenile Court

19386.0

Stardust on the Sage

19425.5

Cody of the Pony Express

19508.0

Top Gun

19556.6

Down Texas Way

19426.5

San Antone Ambush

19497.0

Riders of the Black Hills

19387.0

The Two Gun Man

19317.0

The Lady and the Monster

19446.0

Beggars in Ermine

19347.3

Rollin' Westward

19395.8

Wagon Train

19406.4

Fugitive Valley

19416.0

Shooting High

19407.0

Arizona Terrors

19427.0

Apache Country

19529.0

Mountain Rhythm

19396.0

No Place for a Lady

19436.0

Five Little Peppers at Home

19407.0

The Crime Doctor

19343.8

Westbound Stage

19394.5

Bad Man of Deadwood

19415.3

Under Colorado Skies

19477.0

Red Desert

19497.0

Angel's Holiday

19376.0

Lone Texan

19597.0

Along the Oregon Trail

19479.0

The Apache Raider

192810.0

Stage to Chino

19405.9

Gordon of Ghost City

19336.5

Domino Kid

19575.8

The Old West

19527.0

The Nuisance

19336.0

The Phantom Rider

19466.5

King of the Forest Rangers

19467.0

The Lone Ranger

19387.0

Deadwood Dick

19407.0

Tex Takes a Holiday

19328.0

Trailing Double Trouble

19407.5

Night Train to Memphis

19469.0

The Renegade Ranger

19386.0

Call of the Rockies

19446.3

The Wolf Dog

19337.4

The Old Frontier

195010.0

Westward Bound

19307.5

The Ranger and the Lady

19407.3

Underground Rustlers

19416.5

Captive Wild Woman

19435.3

Passkey to Danger

19468.0

Six Shootin' Sheriff

19386.3

The Woman of the Town

19436.4

Black Bandit

19388.0

I Believed in You

19347.0

Robbers of the Range

19417.7

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

19565.2

Guns and Guitars

19365.8

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

19416.1

Phantom Rancher

19404.6

Stick to Your Guns

19415.7

The Fugitive

19338.0

Radio Patrol

193710.0

Sworn Enemy

19365.8

Romance of the Rio Grande

19414.7

Without Honor

19325.4

Earl Carroll Vanities

19455.4

Stagecoach to Monterey

19447.0

Justice Takes a Holiday

19338.0

Phantom Ranger

19384.7

The Frame-Up

19376.5

Valley of the Sun

19426.3

The Gay Caballero

19406.0

River's End

19306.4

The Secret Code

19425.9

Cheyenne Wildcat

19446.0

The Lion Man

19199.0

Don't Fence Me In

19455.8

Sunset Trail

19396.3

Spell of the Circus

19308.0

Frontier Investigator

19499.0

Trail Guide

19526.3

Canyon City

19438.0

The Fighting Devil Dogs

19386.8

The Dangerous Maid

192310.0

See America Thirst

19307.0

Twilight on the Rio Grande

19473.1

Rustlers of Devil's Canyon

194710.0

The Girl Who Dared

19446.1

The Mystery Rider

19289.0

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

19336.3

Blackmail

19474.2

Twilight on the Trail

19415.0

Jesse James Rides Again

194710.0

O'Malley of the Mounted

19367.0

Junior G-Men

19406.5

Code of the Prairie

19447.0

The Long Chance

19228.0

The Last of the Duanes

191910.0

Last Frontier Uprising

194710.0

Wild Horse Stampede

19434.5

Viva Cisco Kid

19406.4

The Miracle Rider

19355.5

Santa Fe Scouts

19439.0

Song of Texas

19436.3

Safety in Numbers

19305.5

Across the Sierras

19414.5

The Air Hawk

192410.0

Ghost Valley Raiders

19408.0

To the Last Man

19239.0

Roll Wagons Roll

19405.5

Lone Cowboy

19334.0

Troopers Three

19307.0

Hidden Valley Outlaws

19448.0

The Thirteenth Guest

19325.2

King of the Jungle

19335.8

Under Northern Lights

19208.0

Rough Riders of Durango

19517.0

Borrowed Wives

19305.3

San Antonio Kid

19448.0

Mystery Ranch

19345.0

Faces in the Fog

19444.3

Law of the Ranger

19377.0

The Demon Rider

19258.0

The Third Alarm

193010.0

Days of Buffalo Bill

19467.0

Roll on Texas Moon

19466.3

Avenging Waters

19367.0

The Heritage of the Desert

19249.0

Winners of the West

19407.0

Quick Millions

19317.3

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

19416.5

The Galloping Ghost

19314.7

Chinatown Nights

19294.4

The Cowboy and the Lady

192210.0

Rio Grande Ranger

19368.0

Smoky

193310.0

Red River Renegades

194610.0

Sunset Pass

19338.0

Queen of the Northwoods

19298.0

Bullets and Saddles

19436.3

Nan of the North

192210.0

The Cactus Kid

19355.7

Trails of the Golden West

19318.0

Sunset in El Dorado

19455.7

Gun Smoke

19316.7

The Social Buccaneer

19237.0

Sheriff of Redwood Valley

19466.5

Perils of Pauline

19336.5

The Valley of Vanishing Men

19429.0

Ferocious Pal

193410.0

Rough Riders of Cheyenne

19457.0

Sheriff of Cimarron

19458.0

The Big Cage

19338.0

The Return of the Riddle Rider

19278.0

Shadows on the Sage

194210.0

Thoroughbreds

19449.0

Secret Valley

19375.3

Flaming Lead

19395.5

The Yellow Rose of Texas

19446.1

Made on Broadway

19337.0

The Woman Racket

19306.0

Red River Robin Hood

19426.2

The Lost Special

19326.0

Marshal of Cripple Creek

19477.0

Rio Rattler

19357.5

Riders of the West

19426.5

Wanderers of the West

19417.0

The Border Patrolman

19367.2

West of Broadway

19316.8

Beyond the Rockies

19326.0

Prairie Moon

193810.0

Roaring Timber

19376.0

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

19439.0

Riders from Nowhere

19407.0

Full Confession

19395.6

Marshal of Amarillo

19489.0

Pioneer Trail

19389.0

Overland Mail Robbery

19439.0

Alias Billy the Kid

19467.5

Firebrands of Arizona

19448.0

Oregon Trail

194510.0

Riding the Sunset Trail

19415.0

Cock of the Air

19327.7

Mystery Mountain

19346.5

Ridin' Down the Canyon

19427.5

Federal Operator 99

19457.5

Sid's Long Count

1930

Trail of Kit Carson

19457.0

Dangerous Traffic

19266.0

Vigilantes of Dodge City

19448.0

Bar-Z Bad Men

19374.4

Bandit Ranger

19424.7

Sun Valley Cyclone

19467.0

The Renegade

19437.5

The Last of the Clintons

19357.0

The Silver Trail

19375.6

The Fighting Marines

19356.5

Liberty

1916

Rio Grande Raiders

19469.0

Fangs of the Wild

19396.2

The Lone Star Ranger

19199.0

Santa Fe Uprising

19467.0

Riders in the Sky

19496.4

Courage of the North

19355.5

Mark of the Lash

19486.5

Toll of the Desert

19358.0

Out California Way

19467.5

South of Rio

19497.0

Springtime in the Rockies

19375.5

Spy Smasher Returns

19668.3

Manhattan Tower

19326.0

Beneath Western Skies

19447.5

Behind City Lights

19457.0

Brand of Fear

19496.5

The Invisible Informer

19468.0

Marshal of Reno

19448.0

Crime of the Century

19466.5

The Michigan Kid

19289.0

Code of the Northwest

19269.0

Sky Racket

19373.9

Skull and Crown

19355.8

The Wild Frontier

19479.0

Lure of the Wasteland

19397.0

Hail to the Rangers

194310.0

Silent Sheldon

19257.0

Call of the Prairie

19365.8

When Lightning Strikes

19347.5

Leave It to Susan

19199.0

Song of the Buckaroo

193810.0

Police Car 17

19335.5

California Gold Rush

19467.5

Pack Train

19536.5

Honor of the Mounted

19327.0

Blossoms On Broadway

19374.8

The Boiling Point

19327.0

Ghost Town Law

19426.0

Snowed In

192610.0

Wildcat Saunders

193610.0

Outlaws of Sonora

19386.5

Wagon Wheels Westward

19457.5

Twisted Rails

19345.5

Masked

19209.0

Clancy of the Mounted

19338.0

Corpus Christi Bandits

19459.0

Lone Star Ranger

19425.3

The Great Air Robbery

19199.0

Gold

19326.7

Bar-L Ranch

19307.0

The Oil Raider

193410.0

The Golden Stallion

19277.0

Bad Men of Thunder Gap

19438.0

The Iron Master

19337.0

The Undercover Woman

19463.3

The Cowboy Musketeer

192510.0

Firebrand Jordan

19309.0

Dynamite Canyon

19419.0

The Test

19354.3

Colorado Pioneers

19457.0

Conquest of Cheyenne

19467.0

Range Law

193110.0

West of the Rainbow's End

192610.0

Romance of the West

19309.0

Three in Exile

19258.0

The Harvest of Hate

192910.0

St. Louis Woman

19346.0

West of Tombstone

19429.0

The Man from Texas

19399.0

Trailing the Killer

19327.0

Under Texas Skies

19306.5

West of Texas

19438.0

King of the Circus

19208.0

Marshal of Laredo

19458.0

Silver City Kid

19447.0

The Purple Mask

1916

Colorado

19219.0

The Texas Kid

19208.0

'in Wrong' Wright

192010.0

Shell Shocked Sammy

19239.0

Hong Kong Nights

19355.7

A String of Diamonds

1926

Mile-a-Minute Morgan

19249.0

The Boss of the Rancho

1919

The Call of the Canyon

19237.0