Tom Ricketts is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter British born on 15 january 1853 at London (United-kingdom)
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Thomas "Tom" Ricketts (January 15, 1853 – January 20, 1939) was an English stage and silent film actor, director and screenwriter who was involved in almost 350 motion pictures.
Ricketts directed the first motion picture ever in Hollywood in 1909, entitled Justified. Starting in the honkytonks of London, he became one of the most able Shakespearean actors of his day. Ricketts directed over 100 silent films between 1909 and 1919, but in 1919 he decided to concentrate on his career as an actor. A hard worker, Ricketts acted in almost 200 films, right until his death. He appeared in one of the most popular films of the late 1930s, Son of Frankenstein, shortly before his death.
He died of pneumonia on January 20, 1939. Biography
Tom Ricketts dirige le tout premier film d'Hollywood en 1909 Justified.
Il commence dans les honky tonk londoniens, il devient un des acteurs shakespeariens les plus en vue de son époque.
Il a réalisé plus d'une centaine de films muets entre 1909 et 1919, mais en 1919 il se tourne vers une carrière d'acteur et joue dans plus de 200 films jusqu'à sa mort. Il a joué en particulier dans le Fils de Frankenstein, un succès de la fin des années 1930, peu avant sa mort.
Il meurt de pneumonie le 20 janvier 1939.
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