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