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