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Tom Ricketts

Actor / Screenwriter / Film Director | * 01/15/1853 († 86, 01/19/1939) | London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Thomas B. Ricketts (15 January 1853 – 19 January 1939) was an English-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of A Christmas Carol (1908), and directed one of the first motion pictures ever made in Hollywood. After directing scores of silent films, including the first film to be released by Universal Pictures, Ricketts became a prominent character actor. ()

Tom Ricketts (January 15, 1853 – January 19, 1939) was an English stage, later a Hollywood screen, actor. He also directed numerous early Hollywood Silent films, and was the writer of several.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love
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Movies with Tom Ricketts as Actor(113)

as (archive footage)1964 The Big Parade of Comedy
as Burgher1939 Son of Frankenstein
as Tom Riggins1938 Young Fugitives
as Old Man1938 Gateway
as Andrew1938 The Young in Heart
as Stationmaster (uncredited)1938 Four Men and a Prayer
as Old Man Sitting next to Mary at the Banquet Table (uncredited)1938 The Cowboy and the Lady
as Egyptologist (uncredited)1937 Carnival in Paris
as Giles Cory (Uncredited)1937 Maid of Salem
as Old Man (Uncredited)1937 Dead End
as Ray (uncredited)1937 A Star Is Born
as Stockholder - Receivership Hearing Member1937 Breakfast for Two
as Henry the Butler (uncredited)1936 After the Thin Man
as Sir Frederick (Uncredited)1936 Trouble for Two
as Reporter1936 Human Cargo
as Old Man in Hospital1936 Sing, Baby, Sing
as Attorney General's Associate1936 Daniel Boone
as Waiter1936 To Mary - with Love
as Robert, the Butler1935 Now or Never
as Don Salvador de Aragon1935 Hi, Gaucho!
as Agitator1935 Cardinal Richelieu
as Nervous Thackeray Club Waiter (uncredited)1935 Top Hat
as Pigeon Receiver1935 The Three Musketeers
as Elderly Dancer in Music is Magic Number (uncredited)1935 Music Is Magic
as Villager (uncredited)1935 The Great Impersonation
as Hotel Manager1934 The Curtain Falls
as Janitor1934 No Greater Glory
as Judge1934 The Red Rider
as Rich Man1934 Manhattan Love Song
as Barrister (Uncredited)1934 One More River
as Stoner, the Bennet Butler1934 Stolen Sweets
as Old Man in Club1934 By Your Leave
as Wiff' Wiffens (Uncredited)1934 Forsaking All Others
as Old Farmer with Barn (uncredited)1933 The Invisible Man
as Amos Gray1933 Gordon of Ghost City
as Fred's Father1933 Stage Mother
as Puppeteer1933 I Am Suzanne!
as Judge1933 Laughter in Hell
as Mr. Johnson1933 Forgotten
as Town Crier (uncredited)1933 Berkeley Square
as Pop - the Stage Doorman1933 Secret Sinners
as Mr. Pierrepont1933 Mama Loves Papa
as The Man from Manchester (Uncredited)1933 Pleasure Cruise
as Sir Pitt's Butler Parker1932 Vanity Fair
as Grandpa Zachary Thayer1932 Thrill of Youth
as Wedding Spectator (uncredited)1932 Merrily We Go to Hell
as Mrs. Walker's Dancing Partner (uncredited)1932 If I Had a Million
as Williams1932 Women Won't Tell
as Dietenhofer1932 The Expert
as Mr. Bradkin1931 Man of the World
as Tom Allison1931 Side Show
as Littleton1931 Ambassador Bill
as Elderly Party Guest (uncredited)1931 The Common Law
as Old Man at Graduation Dance (uncredited)1931 Big Business Girl
as Williams1930 Prince of Diamonds
as Elderly Fashion Show Spectator1930 The Life of the Party
as Commander1930 Sea Legs
as The Astrologer1930 The Vagabond King
as King's Aide1930 Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Rheumatic Old Man1930 Sweet Kitty Bellairs
as Colonel1929 Bulldog Drummond
as Colonel Long (as Thomas Ricketts)1929 Red Hot Speed
as Edgar, the old beau1929 Skirt Shy
as Edward Madison1929 Light Fingers
as Admiral1929 Glad Rag Doll
as Percival's Butler1928 Doomsday
as Quintus Newtoon1928 The Law and the Man
as Charles Smith1928 Interference
as Makepeace Witter1928 Just Married
as Joseph1928 Dry Martini
as The Secretary1927 Children of Divorce
as Bride's Father1927 Venus of Venice
as Old Man in Wax Museum1927 Get Your Man
as Professor Meekham1927 A Sailor's Sweetheart
as Laughing Spectator (uncredited)1927 Casey at the Bat
as Judge Elmer Elderberry Egbert Belmore1927 My Friend from India
as Butler1927 Too Many Crooks
as Deacon Ezra Boody1926 Ladies at Play
as Marquis of Hurlshire1926 Love's Blindness
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)1926 The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
as Maurice Penelli1926 The Belle of Broadway
as Jean (as Thomas Ricketts)1926 The Lily
as Henry Curlew1926 Poker Faces
as Stubbins1926 Dancing Days
as The Rounder (as Thomas Ricketts)1925 The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
as Mr. Brewster1925 Bobbed Hair
as Mr. Peck1925 Oh, Doctor!
as Valet1925 My Wife and I
as Andrew J. Casson (as Thomas Ricketts)1925 Never the Twain Shall Meet
as Archibald Crumm1924 Circe the Enchantress
as Jerry Hammond1924 Secrets of the Night
as John Standish Lane1923 The Dangerous Maid
as Lush (as Thomas Ricketts)1923 Strangers of the Night
as Charles Dinwiddie1923 Black Oxen
as General Hastings1923 Within the Law
as Rev. Dr. Romney1922 Shattered Idols
as Vidame de Pameir (as Thomas Ricketts)1922 The Eternal Flame
as Uncle James (as Thomas Ricketts)1921 Sham
as Tim Westmore1921 The Killer
as Jules Fanchette1921 Beating the Game
as Butler1920 The Desperate Hero
as Priest1920 The Willow Tree
as Potter1920 The Great Lover
as Major Archie Phipps1920 The Paliser Case
as Ebenezer Scrooge1908 A Christmas Carol

Movies with Tom Ricketts as Crew(8)

Directing/Director1918 The Crime of the Hour
Directing/Director1914 Damaged Goods
Directing/Director1912 The Belle of Bar-Z Ranch
Directing/Director1912 The Indian Raiders
Directing/Director1912 A Brave Little Woman
Writing/Writer1912 A Brave Little Woman
Directing/Director1912 The Dawn of Netta
Directing/Director1910 The Hand of Uncle Sam

Full Name: Tom Ricketts
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 01/15 1853 (January) in London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Thursday, 01/19 1939 (January) in Hollywood (aged: 86)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Josephine Ditt
Other names for Tom Ricketts (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Thomas Ricketts"
"Thomas R. Ricketts"
"Thomas B. Ricketts"
Tom Ricketts frequently works together with these people:
Lionel Belmore (12x, Actor)
Frank Lloyd (9x, Crew)
Rowland V. Lee (9x, Crew)
Arthur Hoyt (8x, Actor)
E. E. Clive (8x, Actor)
Irving Bacon (7x, Actor)
Alfred Newman (7x, Crew)
Dennis O'Keefe (6x, Actor)
Wade Boteler (6x, Actor)
Claude King (6x, Actor)
Samuel Goldwyn (6x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5162, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/28/2024