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Tom Tryon

Actor / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Novelist / Writer | * 01/14/1926 († 65, 09/04/1991) | Hartford, Connecticut (United States of America (USA))
Thomas Lester Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American actor and novelist. As an actor, he was billed as Tom Tryon and is best known for playing the title role in the film The Cardinal (1963), featured roles in the war films The Longest Day (1962) and In Harm's Way (1965), acting with John Wayne in both movies, and especially the Walt Disney television character Texas John Slaughter (1958–1961). Tryon later turned to the writing of prose fiction and screenplays, and wrote several successful science fiction, horror and mystery novels as Thomas Tryon. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Western | War

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The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's A ...

The Longest Day

PG

1962 | 3.8/5 | 2h 58min
War, Action, Drama
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Ruth is an unusual character in the Bible. First she's a female protagonist, one of a select few there. Secondly her story gets its own book in the Old Testament, a short item of only four chapters. L ...

The Story of Ruth

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1960 | 3.6/5 | 2h 12min
Drama
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A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012. ...

The Cardinal

NR

1963 | 3.3/5 | 2h 55min
Drama, History, War
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A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese. ...

In Harm's Way

NR

1965 | 3.3/5 | 2h 45min
War, Drama
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Movies with Tom Tryon as Actor(18)

as himself1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Frank Bigelow1969 Color Me Dead
as Lin McAdam1967 Winchester '73
as Capt. Demas Harrod1965 The Glory Guys
as Mac McConnell1965 In Harm's Way
as Stephen Fermoyle1963 The Cardinal
as Capt. Richmond Talbot1962 Moon Pilot
as Steven Burkett1962 Something's Got to Give
as Lt. Wilson1962 The Longest Day
as Pfc. Skip Roth1961 Marines, Let's Go
as Mahlon1960 The Story of Ruth
as Texas John Slaughter1960 Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
as Texas John Slaughter1959 Gundown at Sandoval
as Bill Farrell1958 I Married a Monster from Outer Space
as San Sanders1957 The Unholy Wife
as E.V. 'Marsh' Marshall1956 The Scarlet Hour
as Beauregard 'Cinch' Saunders1956 Three Violent People
as Pvt. Mason1956 Screaming Eagles

TV Shows/Series with Tom Tryon as Actor(15)

as Scott Breckenridge1965 The Big Valley
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Tom Banning1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Kevin Doyle1962 The Virginian
as Howie Sheppard1962 The Virginian
as Andrew Hiller / Cliff Darrow1962 The Virginian
as Dr. William Ellis1961 Dr. Kildare
1958 Texas John Slaughter
as himself1956 The Steve Allen Show
as Jeff Anderson1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Tony Drummond1955 The Millionaire
1955 Matinee Theater
1955 Frontier
as David1953 GE Theater

Movies with Tom Tryon as Crew(5)

Writing/Story1978 Fedora
Production/Executive Producer1972 The Other
Writing/Screenplay1972 The Other
Writing/Novel1972 The Other
Production/Executive Producer1971 Johnny Got His Gun

TV Shows/Series with Tom Tryon as Crew(1)

Writing/Novel1978 The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

Full Name: Thomas Tom Tryon
Born: Thursday, 01/14 1926 (January) in Hartford, Connecticut (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 09/04 1991 (September) in Los Angeles (aged: 65)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Yale University
Other names for Tom Tryon (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Thomas Tryon"
Tom Tryon frequently works together with these people:
Bing Russell (18x, Actor)
John Hoyt (17x, Actor)
James Whitmore (17x, Actor)
John Harmon (17x, Actor)
Harlan Warde (15x, Actor)
Lee Marvin (14x, Actor)
Claude Akins (14x, Actor)
Robert B. Williams (14x, Actor)
Bill Quinn (14x, Actor)
Whit Bissell (13x, Actor)
Royal Dano (13x, Actor)
Otto Preminger (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:209151, Added: 07/24/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024