Tom London
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-08-23
Day of Death
1963-12-05 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Tom London
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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.
Known For
Acting
(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)
Lone Texan
as Old Dan (uncredited)
(1958)
Man of the West
as Tom (uncredited)
(1958)
The Sheepman
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
(1958)
Money, Women and Guns
as Old Prospector (uncredited)
(1957)
(1957)
(1956)
Friendly Persuasion
as Farmer on Front Line with Gard (uncredited)
(1956)
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Livery Stableman (uncredited)
(1953)
Pack Train
as Dan Coleman
(1952)
High Noon
as Sam (uncredited)
(1952)
Rancho Notorious
as Deputy in Gunsight (uncredited)
(1952)
Trail Guide
as Old Timer
(1952)
The Old West
as Chadwick (uncredited)
(1952)
Apache Country
as Patches - Stage Driver (uncredited)
(1952)
Blue Canadian Rockies
as Pop Phillips
(1951)
The Secret of Convict Lake
as Jerry - Posse Member (uncredited)
(1951)
Rough Riders of Durango
as Rancher Evans
(1950)
The Old Frontier
as Banker
(1950)
Cody of the Pony Express
as Doc Laramie
(1950)
The Blazing Sun
as Tom Ellis
(1949)
Riders in the Sky
as Old Man Robert
(1949)
South of Rio
as Jim Weston
(1949)
Brand of Fear
as Marshal Blackjack Flint
(1949)
San Antone Ambush
as Bartender Tim
(1949)
Red Desert
as Colonel
(1949)
Frontier Investigator
as Jed
(1948)
Marshal of Amarillo
as Mr. Snodgrass
(1948)
Mark of the Lash
as Lem Kimmerly
(1947)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
as Cop in Squad Car (uncredited)
(1947)
Along the Oregon Trail
as Wagon Boss
(1947)
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
as Rancher
(1947)
Under Colorado Skies
as Sheriff Blanchard
(1947)
Jesse James Rides Again
as Sam Bolton
(1947)
Twilight on the Rio Grande
as U.S. Customs Agent Tom
(1947)
Marshal of Cripple Creek
as Baker
(1947)
Saddle Pals
as Dad Gardner
(1947)
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
as The Sheriff
(1947)
Blackmail
as Tom - Cashier
(1947)
Last Frontier Uprising
as Skillet (Ranch Hand)
(1947)
The Wild Frontier
as Patrick MacSween
(1946)
Roll on Texas Moon
as Sheriff Bert Morris
(1946)
Crime of the Century
as Dr. Jackson
(1946)
Conquest of Cheyenne
as Sheriff Dan Perkins
(1946)
Out California Way
as Johnny
(1946)
Days of Buffalo Bill
as Banty McCabe
(1946)
Sun Valley Cyclone
as Sheriff
(1946)
Santa Fe Uprising
as Lafe Dibble
(1946)
Passkey to Danger
as Gerald Bates
(1946)
Rio Grande Raiders
as Sheriff Tom Hammon
(1946)
Alias Billy the Kid
as Dakota
(1946)
King of the Forest Rangers
as Tom Judson
(1946)
Red River Renegades
as Pop Underwood
(1946)
The Invisible Informer
as Eph Shroud
(1946)
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
as Sheriff
(1946)
The Phantom Rider
as Medicine Man Ceta
(1946)
Night Train to Memphis
as Train Conductor
(1946)
California Gold Rush
as Sheriff Peabody
(1946)
Man from Rainbow Valley
as Healey
(1946)
The Undercover Woman
as Lem
(1945)
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Thompson, Townsman in Mob
(1945)
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Tom the Doorman
(1945)
Oregon Trail
as Sheriff Plenner
(1945)
Trail of Kit Carson
as John Benton
(1945)
The Cherokee Flash
as Utah
(1945)
Corpus Christi Bandits
as Rocky - Henchman
(1945)
Federal Operator 99
as Prof. Crawford
(1945)
Colorado Pioneers
as Sand Snipe
(1945)
Grissly's Millions
as Policeman Ralph
(1945)
Sunset in El Dorado
as Sheriff Gridley
(1945)
Sheriff of Cimarron
as Frank Holden
(1945)
Don't Fence Me In
as Ben Duncan
(1945)
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
as Sheriff Edwards
(1945)
Wagon Wheels Westward
as Fake Judge James E. Worth
(1945)
Marshal of Laredo
as Barton
(1945)
Girls of the Big House
as Sheriff at Alma's Cell
(1944)
The Fighting Seabees
as Johnson (uncredited)
(1944)
Captain America
as Mack
(1944)
Call of the Rockies
as Henchman Hansen
(1944)
The Yellow Rose of Texas
as Sheriff Allen
(1944)
Zorro's Black Whip
as James Bradley
(1944)
The Lady and the Monster
as Man Who Tails Cory (Uncredited)
(1944)
Code of the Prairie
as Henchman Loomis
(1944)
Vigilantes of Dodge City
as Denver
(1944)
Sheriff of Sundown
as Sheriff Tom Carpenter
(1944)
Thoroughbreds
as Pop
(1944)
Faces in the Fog
as Auto Court Manager
(1944)
The Girl Who Dared
as Neilson - Gas Station Owner (uncredited)
(1944)
Marshal of Reno
as Sheriff
(1944)
Cheyenne Wildcat
as Harrison Colby
(1944)
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Sheriff McBride
(1944)
San Antonio Kid
as Long
(1944)
Firebrands of Arizona
as Wagon Driver
(1944)
Beneath Western Skies
as Earl Phillips
(1944)
Silver City Kid
as Sheriff Gibson
(1944)
Stagecoach to Monterey
as Chester Wade
(1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Deputy (uncredited)
(1943)
Batman
as Andrews
(1943)
False Colors
as Poncho Townsman
(1943)
Idaho
as Henchman
(1943)
Silver Spurs
as Henchman
(1943)
No Place for a Lady
as Air Raid Warden (? - ever seen in final cut?)
(1943)
The Woman of the Town
as Crockett Henchman
(1943)
Hail to the Rangers
as Jessup
(1943)
Wagon Tracks West
as Lem Martin
(1943)
Song of Texas
as Race Official
(1943)
Canyon City
as Sheriff Slocum
(1943)
Overland Mail Robbery
as Sheriff
(1943)
Santa Fe Scouts
as Billy Dawson
(1943)
Wild Horse Stampede
as Henchman Lefty
(1943)
The Renegade
as Pete
(1943)
Bullets and Saddles
as Marshal (archive footage)
(1943)
Captive Wild Woman
as Ship's Captain (archive footage)
(1943)
West of Texas
as Steve Conlon
(1943)
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
as Hank Turner
(1943)
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Henchman Pete
(1942)
American Empire
as Rider with Crowder's Posse (uncredited)
(1942)
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Henchman
(1942)
The Secret Code
as Weather Bureau Guard
(1942)
Valley of the Sun
as Trooper Parker
(1942)
Riders of the West
as Slim - Lanky Henchman
(1942)
West of Tombstone
as Morris
(1942)
Bandit Ranger
as Cattle Rustler (uncredited)
(1942)
Ghost Town Law
as Ace, Chief Thug
(1942)
Spy Smasher
as Crane
(1942)
The Omaha Trail
as Oxen Train Bullwhacker
(1942)
Down Texas Way
as Bartender Pete
(1942)
Sons of the Pioneers
as Joe #1 - Henchman
(1942)
Shadows on the Sage
as Franklin
(1942)
Lone Star Ranger
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1942)
Red River Robin Hood
as Sheriff Del Auston
(1942)
Arizona Terrors
as Second Dialogue Tenant-Rancher
(1942)
Perils of the Royal Mounted
as Gaynor
(1942)
Land of the Open Range
as Henchman Tracy Briggs
(1942)
The Valley of Vanishing Men
as Slater
(1942)
Stardust on the Sage
as Henchman MacGowan
(1941)
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Townsman
(1941)
Western Union
as Slade Henchman #3
(1941)
Stick to Your Guns
as Ranch Foreman Waffles
(1941)
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
as Curley - Saloon Henchman
(1941)
Billy the Kid
as Leader (uncredited)
(1941)
The Spider Returns
as Detective
(1941)
Fugitive Valley
as Marshal Warren
(1941)
Twilight on the Trail
as Henchman Gregg
(1941)
Forbidden Trails
as Marshal Tom
(1941)
Across the Sierras
as Man on Wagon
(1941)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Cop Getting Crane
(1941)
Robbers of the Range
as Henchman Monk Saunders
(1941)
Riding the Sunset Trail
as Sheriff Hays
(1941)
Underground Rustlers
as Henchman Tom Harris
(1941)
Wanderers of the West
as Montana Sheriff
(1941)
Dude Cowboy
as Silver City Sheriff
(1941)
The Son of Davy Crockett
as Ranger Logan
(1941)
Romance of the Rio Grande
as U. S. Marshal
(1941)
Dynamite Canyon
as Captain Gray
(1940)
Dark Command
as Messenger
(1940)
Boom Town
as Sheriff Harris (uncredited)
(1940)
Brigham Young
as Raider
(1940)
The Ranger and the Lady
as Independent Freight Wagon Driver
(1940)
Northwest Passage
as Ranger
(1940)
Lillian Russell
as Frank
(1940)
When the Daltons Rode
as Lyncher
(1940)
Gaucho Serenade
as Sheriff Tom Olson
(1940)
Phantom Rancher
as Sheriff Parker
(1940)
Roll Wagons Roll
as Henchman Matt Grimes
(1940)
Deadwood Dick
as Jake
(1940)
The Shadow
as Hijacked Truck Driver
(1940)
Wagon Train
as Henchman Charlie
(1940)
Shooting High
as Eph Carson
(1940)
Melody Ranch
as Henchman Joe #2
(1940)
The Green Archer
as Detective with Shiner
(1940)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Thug with Explosives
(1940)
Stage to Chino
as Dolan - Henchman
(1940)
Junior G-Men
as Kearney - Riot Squad Cop (uncredited)
(1940)
Riders from Nowhere
as Mason
(1940)
Hi-Yo Silver
as Felton
(1940)
Viva Cisco Kid
as Town Marshal
(1940)
Winners of the West
as Henchman Webb
(1940)
Five Little Peppers at Home
as Miner
(1940)
Ghost Valley Raiders
as Sheriff
(1940)
The Gay Caballero
as Man at Fiesta
(1940)
Trailing Double Trouble
as Henchman Kirk
(1940)
Wild Horse Range
as Arnold
(1939)
Jesse James
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1939)
Made for Each Other
as Ranger (uncredited)
(1939)
Let Us Live
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1939)
Flaming Lead
as Bart Daggett
(1939)
The Oregon Trail
as Pete Cave Henchman
(1939)
Allegheny Uprising
as Settler at McDowell's Mill
(1939)
The Man from Texas
as Henchman Slim
(1939)
Westbound Stage
as Henchman Parker
(1939)
Patrola na hranicích Mexika
as Phoney Union Sergeant
(1939)
Sunset Trail
as Jake
(1939)
The Night Riders
as Rancher Wilson
(1939)
Full Confession
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
(1939)
Mountain Rhythm
as Deputy Tom
(1939)
Mandrake the Magician
as Mill River Inn Henchman
(1939)
Fangs of the Wild
as Larry Dean
(1939)
Rollin' Westward
as Sheriff
(1939)
Lure of the Wasteland
as Foreman
(1938)
The Lone Ranger
as Henchman Felton
(1938)
Juvenile Court
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
(1938)
Six Shootin' Sheriff
as Bar X Foreman
(1938)
Riders of the Black Hills
as Henchman Red Stevens
(1938)
Song of the Buckaroo
as Sheriff Wade
(1938)
Smashing the Rackets
as Dixon - Detective
(1938)
Santa Fe Stampede
as Marshal Jim Wood
(1938)
Outlaws of Sonora
as Sheriff Trask
(1938)
Prairie Moon
as Henchman Steve
(1938)
(1938)
Phantom Ranger
as Reynolds
(1938)
The Fighting Devil Dogs
as Henchman Wilson
(1938)
Pioneer Trail
as Sam Harden
(1938)
The Renegade Ranger
as Henchman Red
(1937)
Sky Racket
as Agent-Passenger (Car Chase)
(1937)
Angel's Holiday
as Truck Driver
(1937)
Western Gold
as Clem
(1937)
Secret Valley
as 2nd Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1937)
Bar-Z Bad Men
as Sig Bostell
(1937)
Law of the Ranger
as Henchman Pete
(1937)
Jungle Menace
as Detective Interrogating Pete
(1937)
Blossoms On Broadway
as Cop (uncredited)
(1937)
Radio Patrol
as Eddie Lewis
(1937)
Springtime in the Rockies
as Tracy
(1937)
The Frame-Up
as Fred (uncredited)
(1937)
The Silver Trail
as Looney
(1937)
Roaring Timber
as Henchman Duke
(1936)
The Lawless Nineties
as Henchman Ward
(1936)
Rio Grande Ranger
as Henchman Sneed
(1936)
Guns and Guitars
as Henchman Connor
(1936)
The Border Patrolman
as Johnson
(1936)
Call of the Prairie
as Dealer
(1936)
Heroes of the Range
as Bud
(1936)
Avenging Waters
as Henchman Huffy
(1936)
Wildcat Saunders
as Pete Hawkins
(1936)
Sworn Enemy
as Gangster (uncredited)
(1936)
O'Malley of the Mounted
as Lefty - Henchman
(1935)
Rio Rattler
as Ranger Bob Adams
(1935)
The Miracle Rider
as Sewell
(1935)
Skull and Crown
as Henchman Jennings
(1935)
Hong Kong Nights
as Blake
(1935)
The Last of the Clintons
as Luke Todd
(1935)
The Fighting Marines
as Miller
(1935)
The Test
as Trapper (uncredited)
(1935)
Gun Play
as Meeker
(1935)
Way Down East
as Town Choir Singer (uncredited)
(1935)
Toll of the Desert
as Sheriff Jackson
(1935)
Timber Terrors
as Burke
(1935)
Courage of the North
as Mordant
(1935)
The Cactus Kid
as Sheriff
(1934)
Beggars in Ermine
as Steel Worker (uncredited)
(1934)
Baby Take a Bow
as Man on Train (Uncredited)
(1934)
The Crime Doctor
as Detective at Airport Arrest (uncredited)
(1934)
I Believed in You
as Policeman
(1934)
The Oil Raider
as Oil Well Driller (uncredited)
(1934)
Mystery Mountain
as Rattler Henchman Morgan
(1934)
Twisted Rails
as Sheriff James
(1934)
Mills of the Gods
as Workman
(1934)
Rawhide Mail
as Barfly Al
(1934)
Fighting Fury
as Chet
(1934)
Ferocious Pal
as Dave Brownell
(1934)
Mystery Ranch
as Holdup man
(1934)
Bachelor Bait
as Detective (uncredited)
(1934)
When Lightning Strikes
as Wolf
(1934)
St. Louis Woman
as Lions Coach Ryan
(1933)
Lady for a Day
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
(1933)
I'm No Angel
as Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)
(1933)
Made on Broadway
as Plainclothesman
(1933)
King of the Jungle
as Lion Attendant (uncredited)
(1933)
Sunset Pass
as Ben
(1933)
The Nuisance
as Kelley's Associate (uncredited)
(1933)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
as Member of Rocci's Mob
(1933)
Lone Cowboy
as Conductor (uncredited)
(1933)
The Big Cage
as Ship Captain
(1933)
Police Car 17
as Detective (uncredited)
(1933)
Smoky
as Horse Trader
(1933)
The Fugitive
as Tom
(1933)
The Wolf Dog
as Brooks
(1933)
Gordon of Ghost City
as Pat Campbell
(1933)
Perils of Pauline
as Soldier at American Consulate
(1933)
The Iron Master
as Turner
(1933)
Clancy of the Mounted
as Corporal McGregor
(1932)
Trailing the Killer
as Sheriff
(1932)
The Night Rider
as Jeff Barton
(1932)
The Thirteenth Guest
as Detective Carter (Uncredited)
(1932)
Beyond the Rockies
as Kirk Tracy
(1932)
Manhattan Tower
as Mechanic (uncredited)
(1932)
Honor of the Mounted
as Henchman
(1932)
Cock of the Air
as Military Policeman
(1932)
Without Honor
as 'Sholt' Fletcher
(1932)
Gold
as Sheriff
(1932)
The Boiling Point
as Pete Mallis - Henchman
(1932)
The Lost Special
as Dirk / Detective Dane
(1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(1931)
The Secret Six
as Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
(1931)
Platinum Blonde
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1931)
The Galloping Ghost
as Mullins
(1931)
Range Law
as Henchman Cleve
(1931)
Gun Smoke
as Hank Bailey
(1931)
The Two Gun Man
as Lem Tolliver
(1931)
Quick Millions
as Atlas Newsreel Man (uncredited)
(1931)
West of Broadway
as Cowhand (uncredited)
(1931)
The Arizona Terror
as Henchman Chuckawalla
(1931)
(1931)
Sheer Luck
as Police Lieutenant
(1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front
as 1st Medic Orderly (uncredited)
(1930)
River's End
as Mountie
(1930)
The Storm
as Head Mountie
(1930)
Westward Bound
as Dick - Rustler
(1930)
Troopers Three
as Sgt. Hank Darby
(1930)
The Woman Racket
as Hennessy
(1930)
Safety in Numbers
as Motorist (uncredited)
(1930)
Bar-L Ranch
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1930)
Under Texas Skies
as Fake Captain Hartford
(1930)
Spell of the Circus
as Butte Morgan
(1930)
Borrowed Wives
as Mac, the Motorcycle Cop
(1930)
See America Thirst
as Spumoni Hood (uncredited)
(1930)
Firebrand Jordan
as Ed Burns
(1930)
The Third Alarm
as Fireman Tom
(1930)
(1930)
Sid's Long Count
as Policeman
(1929)
Hell's Heroes
as Croupier (uncredited)
(1929)
Chinatown Nights
as Cop
(1929)
The Harvest of Hate
as Martin Trask
(1929)
Queen of the Northwoods
as Garvin / The Wolf-Devil
(1928)
In Old Arizona
as Man in Saloon (uncredited)
(1928)
The Michigan Kid
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1928)
The Mystery Rider
as David Manning / The Claw
(1927)
The Golden Stallion
as Jules La Roux
(1926)
West of the Rainbow's End
as Harry Palmer
(1926)
A String of Diamonds
as Slippery Jack Elmm
(1926)
Desert Greed
as Ranger (uncredited)
(1926)
Dangerous Traffic
as Marc Brandon
(1926)
Code of the Northwest
as Pvt. Frank Stafford
(1925)
The Demon Rider
as Black Hawk
(1925)
Border Vengeance
as Flash Denby
(1925)
Silent Sheldon
as Bill Fadden
(1925)
The Cowboy Musketeer
as Joe Dokes
(1925)
Three in Exile
as Jed Hawkings
(1924)
The Heritage of the Desert
as Dave Naab
(1924)
Mile-a-Minute Morgan
as Kenneth Winster
(1923)
Our Hospitality
as James Canfield (uncredited)
(1923)
The Call of the Canyon
as Lee Stanton
(1923)
The Dangerous Maid
as Guard
(1923)
To the Last Man
as Guy
(1923)
(1922)
The Long Chance
as John Corbaly (as Leonard Clapham)
(1922)
Nan of the North
as Dick Driscoll (as Leonard Clapham)
(1921)
Colorado
as David Collins (as Leonard Clapham)
(1920)
'in Wrong' Wright
as Sheriff
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1919)
(1919)
The Last of the Duanes
as (as Leonard Clapham)
(1919)
The Lone Star Ranger
as Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham)
(1919)
(1919)
The Great Air Robbery
as Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham)
(1916)
Liberty
as (as Leonard Clapham)
(1916)
The Purple Mask
as Robert Jackson, Inventor (as Leonard Clapham)