Tom London
388 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 23, 1889
- Died
- Dec 5, 1963 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- Len Clapham · Leonard Clapham · Leonard Clapman · Leonard T. Clapman
Biography
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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.
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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.
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Known for
Tom London: movies and TV shows
Acting (407)
- 1978
- 1966 Spy Smasher Returns
as Crane
- 1962 13 West Street
as Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Bum at Bar (uncredited)
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Lone Texan
as Old Dan (uncredited)
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Money, Women and Guns
as Old Prospector (uncredited)
- 1958 Man of the West
as Tom (uncredited)
- 1958
- 1958 The Sheepman
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1956 Friendly Persuasion
as Farmer on Front Line with Gard (uncredited)
- 1956
- 1956 Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Livery Stableman (uncredited)
- 1955 Top Gun
as Casey (uncredited)
- 1955
- 1955 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp · TV
as Old Man Craig (uncredited) / Jigger (uncredited) / Stableman (uncredited) / Moss Grimmick (uncredited) · 4 episodes
- 1954
- 1954
- 1953
- 1953 Pack Train
as Dan Coleman
- 1952 Blue Canadian Rockies
as Pop Phillips
- 1952
- 1952 The Old West
as Chadwick (uncredited)
- 1952
- 1952 High Noon
as Sam (uncredited)
- 1952 Apache Country
as Patches - Stage Driver (uncredited)
- 1952 Rancho Notorious
as Deputy in Gunsight (uncredited)
- 1952 Trail Guide
as Old Timer
- 1951 The Secret of Convict Lake
as Jerry - Posse Member (uncredited)
- 1951 Rough Riders of Durango
as Rancher Evans
- 1950 The Blazing Sun
as Tom Ellis
- 1950
- 1950 The Old Frontier
as Banker
- 1950 Cody of the Pony Express
as Doc Laramie
- 1949 Red Desert
as Colonel
- 1949 Riders in the Sky
as Old Man Robert
- 1949 San Antone Ambush
as Bartender Tim
- 1949
- 1949 South of Rio
as Jim Weston
- 1949 Brand of Fear
as Marshal Blackjack Flint
- 1949 Frontier Investigator
as Jed
- 1948 Mark of the Lash
as Lem Kimmerly
- 1948 Marshal of Amarillo
as Mr. Snodgrass
- 1947 Under Colorado Skies
as Sheriff Blanchard
- 1947 The Wild Frontier
as Patrick MacSween
- 1947 Along the Oregon Trail
as Wagon Boss
- 1947 Marshal of Cripple Creek
as Baker
- 1947 Jesse James Rides Again
as Sam Bolton
- 1947 Blackmail
as Tom - Cashier
- 1947 Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
as The Sheriff
- 1947 Saddle Pals
as Dad Gardner
- 1947 Dick Tracy's Dilemma
as Cop in Squad Car (uncredited)
- 1947 Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
as Rancher
- 1947 Twilight on the Rio Grande
as U.S. Customs Agent Tom
- 1947 Last Frontier Uprising
as Skillet (Ranch Hand)
- 1946 Out California Way
as Johnny
- 1946 Santa Fe Uprising
as Lafe Dibble
- 1946 Roll on Texas Moon
as Sheriff Bert Morris
- 1946 Rio Grande Raiders
as Sheriff Tom Hammon
- 1946 The Invisible Informer
as Eph Shroud
- 1946 Conquest of Cheyenne
as Sheriff Dan Perkins
- 1946 Red River Renegades
as Pop Underwood
- 1946 Night Train to Memphis
as Train Conductor
- 1946 Man from Rainbow Valley
as Healey
- 1946 Passkey to Danger
as Gerald Bates
- 1946 Sun Valley Cyclone
as Sheriff
- 1946 King of the Forest Rangers
as Tom Judson
- 1946 Alias Billy the Kid
as Dakota
- 1946 Sheriff of Redwood Valley
as Sheriff
- 1946 Crime of the Century
as Dr. Jackson
- 1946 California Gold Rush
as Sheriff Peabody
- 1946 Days of Buffalo Bill
as Banty McCabe
- 1946 The Phantom Rider
as Medicine Man Ceta
- 1946 The Undercover Woman
as Lem
- 1945 Wagon Wheels Westward
as Fake Judge Worth
- 1945 The Cherokee Flash
as Utah
- 1945 Colorado Pioneers
as Sand Snipe
- 1945 Girls of the Big House
as Sheriff at Alma's Cell
- 1945 Rough Riders of Cheyenne
as Sheriff Edwards
- 1945 Don't Fence Me In
as Ben Duncan
- 1945 Marshal of Laredo
as Barton
- 1945 Sunset in El Dorado
as Sheriff Gridley
- 1945 Behind City Lights
as Andrew Coleman
- 1945 Oregon Trail
as Sheriff Plenner
- 1945 Trail of Kit Carson
as John Benton
- 1945 Federal Operator 99
as Prof. Crawford
- 1945 Flame of Barbary Coast
as Thompson, Townsman in Mob
- 1945 Corpus Christi Bandits
as Rocky - Henchman
- 1945 Earl Carroll Vanities
as Tom the Doorman
- 1945 Sheriff of Cimarron
as Frank Holden
- 1945 Grissly's Millions
as Policeman Ralph
- 1944 Thoroughbreds
as Pop
- 1944 Firebrands of Arizona
as Wagon Driver
- 1944 Faces in the Fog
as Auto Court Manager
- 1944 Zorro's Black Whip
as James Bradley
- 1944 Vigilantes of Dodge City
as Denver
- 1944 Sheriff of Sundown
as Sheriff Tom Carpenter
- 1944 Code of the Prairie
as Henchman Loomis
- 1944 Cheyenne Wildcat
as Harrison Colby
- 1944 Stagecoach to Monterey
as Chester Wade
- 1944 San Antonio Kid
as Long
- 1944 The Girl Who Dared
as Neilson - Gas Station Owner (uncredited)
- 1944 Silver City Kid
as Sheriff Gibson
- 1944 Call of the Rockies
as Henchman Hansen
- 1944 Marshal of Reno
as Sheriff
- 1944 The Yellow Rose of Texas
as Sheriff Allen
- 1944 The Lady and the Monster
as Man Who Tails Cory (Uncredited)
- 1944 Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Sheriff McBride
- 1944 Beneath Western Skies
as Earl Phillips
- 1944 Captain America
as Mack
- 1944 The Fighting Seabees
as Johnson (uncredited)
- 1943 The Woman of the Town
as Crockett Henchman
- 1943 Canyon City
as Sheriff Slocum
- 1943 Overland Mail Robbery
as Sheriff
- 1943 False Colors
as Poncho Townsman
- 1943 Bullets and Saddles
as Marshal (archive footage)
- 1943 Hail to the Rangers
as Jessup
- 1943 The Renegade
as Pete
- 1943 Wagon Tracks West
as Lem Martin
- 1943 Silver Spurs
as Henchman
- 1943 Batman
as Andrews
- 1943 Song of Texas
as Race Official
- 1943 Captive Wild Woman
as Ship's Captain (archive footage)
- 1943 West of Texas
as Steve Conlon
- 1943 Wild Horse Stampede
as Henchman Lefty
- 1943 Santa Fe Scouts
as Billy Dawson
- 1943 The Ox-Bow Incident
as Deputy (uncredited)
- 1943 Idaho
as Henchman
- 1943 Bad Men of Thunder Gap
as Hank Turner
- 1943 No Place for a Lady
as Air Raid Warden (? - ever seen in final cut?)
- 1943 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Henchman Pete
- 1942 Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Henchman
- 1942 The Valley of Vanishing Men
as Slater
- 1942 American Empire
as Rider with Crowder's Posse (uncredited)
- 1942 Red River Robin Hood
as Del Auston
- 1942 Bandit Ranger
as Cattle Rustler (uncredited)
- 1942 The Secret Code
as Weather Bureau Guard
- 1942 The Omaha Trail
as Oxen Train Bullwhacker
- 1942 Shadows on the Sage
as Franklin
- 1942 Riders of the West
as Slim - Lanky Henchman
- 1942 The Sons of the Pioneers
as Joe #1 - Henchman
- 1942 Perils of the Royal Mounted
as Gaynor
- 1942 Stardust on the Sage
as Henchman MacGowan
- 1942 Down Texas Way
as Bartender Pete
- 1942 Land of the Open Range
as Henchman Tracy Briggs
- 1942 Spy Smasher
as Crane
- 1942 Ghost Town Law
as Ace, Chief Thug
- 1942 Lone Star Ranger
as Henchman (uncredited)
- 1942 Valley of the Sun
as Trooper Parker (uncredited)
- 1942 West of Tombstone
as Morris
- 1942 Arizona Terrors
as Second Dialogue Tenant-Rancher
- 1941 Forbidden Trails
as Marshal Tom
- 1941 Dude Cowboy
as Silver City Sheriff
- 1941 Underground Rustlers
as Henchman Tom Harris
- 1941 Riding the Sunset Trail
as Sheriff Hays
- 1941 Twilight on the Trail
as Henchman Gregg
- 1941 Stick to Your Guns
as Ranch Foreman Waffles
- 1941 Bad Man of Deadwood
as Townsman
- 1941 The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
as Curley - Saloon Henchman
- 1941 Dynamite Canyon
as Captain Gray
- 1941 Fugitive Valley
as Marshal Warren
- 1941 Wanderers of the West
as Montana Sheriff
- 1941 The Son of Davy Crockett
as Ranger Logan
- 1941 Billy the Kid
as Leader (uncredited)
- 1941 The Spider Returns
as Detective
- 1941 Robbers of the Range
as Henchman Monk Saunders
- 1941 The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Cop Getting Crane
- 1941 Western Union
as Slade Henchman #3
- 1941 Across the Sierras
as Man on Wagon
- 1941 Romance of the Rio Grande
as U. S. Marshal
- 1940 Riders from Nowhere
as Mason
- 1940 The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Thug with Explosives
- 1940 Junior G-Men
as Kearney - Riot Squad Cop (uncredited)
- 1940 The Green Archer
as Detective with Shiner
- 1940 Trailing Double Trouble
as Henchman Kirk
- 1940 The Gay Caballero
as Man at Fiesta
- 1940 Wagon Train
as Henchman Charlie
- 1940 Brigham Young
as Raider
- 1940 Melody Ranch
as Henchman Joe #2
- 1940 Boom Town
as Sheriff Harris (uncredited)
- 1940 When the Daltons Rode
as Lyncher
- 1940 Roll Wagons Roll
as Henchman Matt Grimes
- 1940 The Ranger and the Lady
as Independent Freight Wagon Driver
- 1940 Stage to Chino
as Dolan - Henchman
- 1940 Deadwood Dick
as Jake
- 1940 Winners of the West
as Henchman Webb
- 1940 Wild Horse Range
as Arnold
- 1940 Lillian Russell
as Frank
- 1940 Gaucho Serenade
as Sheriff Tom Olson
- 1940 Shooting High
as Eph Carson
- 1940 Dark Command
as Messenger
- 1940 Viva Cisco Kid
as Town Marshal
+ 207 more credits