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Tom London is a Actor American born on 24 august 1889 at Louisville (USA)

Tom London

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Birth name Leonard Clapham
Nationality USA
Birth 24 august 1889 at Louisville (USA)
Death 5 december 1963 (at 74 years) at Hollywood (USA)

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 he was the performer who played in the most films was "Tom London, who made his first of over 2000 appearances in the The Great Train Robbery.

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Filmography of Tom London (99 films)

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Underworld U.S.A., 1h39
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Gangster films
Actors Cliff Robertson, Beatrice Kay, Dolores Dorn, Richard Rust, Robert Emhardt, Larry Gates
Rating72% 3.6435053.6435053.6435053.6435053.643505
Fourteen-year-old Tolly Devlin sees four hoods beat his father to death. Twenty years later, the killers have risen to the top of the crime syndicate. Ever since his adolescence, Tolly's (Cliff Robertson) goal has been to avenge his father. Tolly has even become a criminal and gotten himself sent to prison so that he could get close to one of the perpetrators. Tolly becomes as vindictive and sadistic as the men he is after. He rejects the two relationships that could redeem him, his mother-figure (Beatrice Kay) and his moll (Dolores Dorn) in favor of cold, hard vengeance.
Good Day for a Hanging, 1h25
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Fred MacMurray, Robert Vaughn, Margaret Hayes, Joan Blackman, James Drury, Edmon Ryan
Rating62% 3.147773.147773.147773.147773.14777
Eddie Campbell (Robert Vaughn) watches a stagecoach as it rides toward a Nebraska town. Other members of his gang are waiting there to rob the bank. Ben Cutler (Fred MacMurray), owner of the stage line, is on board, and is returning home to be wed to Ruth Granger (Margaret Hayes).
High Noon
High Noon (1952)
, 1h25
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Western
Themes Films about religion
Actors Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, Eve McVeagh, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Roles Sam, Helen's attendant
Rating79% 3.998023.998023.998023.998023.99802
Will Kane (Gary Cooper), the longtime marshal of Hadleyville, New Mexico Territory, has just married pacifist Quaker Amy Fowler (Grace Kelly) and turned in his badge. He intends to become a storekeeper elsewhere. Suddenly, the town learns that Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald), a criminal whom Kane brought to justice, is due to arrive on the noon train.
The Phantom Rider
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime, Western
Actors Robert Kent, Peggy Stewart, LeRoy Mason, George J. Lewis, Kenne Duncan, Wally Wales
Roles Ceta
Rating60% 3.047123.047123.047123.047123.04712
Dr Jim Sterling attempts to create a police force on the Big Tree Indian Reservation. However, his efforts face sabotage, secretly directed by the apparently friendly Indian Agent Fred Carson, whose gang is currently able to rob stagecoaches wagons without opposition. In order to defeat his enemies, Sterling adopts the name and costume of the legendary "Phantom Rider."
Don't Fence Me In, 1h11
Directed by John English
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Moroni Olsen, Dale Evans, Robert Livingston, Marc Lawrence
Roles Ben Duncan, Sheriff of Twin Wells
Rating65% 3.2844253.2844253.2844253.2844253.284425
Dale Evans plays a magazine reporter who comes to Roy Rogers' and George "Gabby" Hayes' ranch to research her story about a legendary late gunslinger. When it's revealed that Gabby Hayes is actually the supposedly dead outlaw, Rogers must clear his name. Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers perform songs, including the title tune, composed by Cole Porter.
San Antonio Kid, 1h9
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Wild Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Linda Stirling, Earle Hodgins, Glenn Strange
Roles Henchman Long
Rating62% 3.137293.137293.137293.137293.13729
A geologist, Walter Garfield (LeRoy Mason, discovers oil on land owned by Ben Taylor (Jack Kirk). Believing that the deposits extend to the surrounding ranches as well, Garfield wires his company that oil may be present and then teams up with Red Ryder’s arch enemy, Ace Hanlon (Glenn Strange) . Hanlon, the local saloon owner and his gang instigate a wave of terror against the ranchers hoping to drive the ranchers away, buy their land cheaply and make a fortune selling it to Metropolitan Oil Company for whom Garfield works.
The Yellow Rose of Texas, 1h9
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, Grant Withers, Dale Evans, Chester Conklin, William Desmond, Harry Shannon
Roles Sheriff Allen
Rating54% 2.7209952.7209952.7209952.7209952.720995
Singing cowboy Roy Rogers (Roy Rogers) is an insurance investigator sent to find a stash of money lifted from a company payroll. Portraying a performer on a showboat as an undercover guise, Roy meets Betty Weston (Dale Evans), the daughter of the alleged robber Sam Weston (Harry Shannon), who has recently escaped from prison. Together, Roy and Betty set out to prove her father was wrongly accused and track down the real criminal.
Santa Fe Scouts, 55minutes
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Jimmie Dodd, Lois Collier, John James, Tom Chatterton
Roles Billy Dawson
Rating70% 3.544363.544363.544363.544363.54436
Une loi donnant des droits aux squatters est sur le point d'être votée. Un avocat veut en profiter pour s'emparer de la propriété de Tim Clay en raison de la source qui s'y trouve, et le fait accuser de meurtre, puis coupe l'approvisionnement en eau de la vallée. Les trois mesquiteers enquêtent pour trouver des preuves, puis entrent en action.
Fighting Frontier
Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, William Gould, Slim Whitaker, Tom London, Monte Montague
Rating62% 3.138653.138653.138653.138653.13865
A detective goes undercover as a bandit.
Red River Robin Hood, 57minutes
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Otto Hoffman, Russell Wade, Tom London, Earle Hodgins
Roles Sheriff Del Auston
Rating56% 2.8195852.8195852.8195852.8195852.819585