Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 23, 1889
Place of Birth:
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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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.
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.
Year | Movie | Role |
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1966 | Spy Smasher Returns | Crane |
1962 | 13 West Street | Prisoner (uncredited) |
1960 | Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Bum at Bar (uncredited) |
1959 | Lone Texan | Old Dan (uncredited) |
1958 | The Sheepman | Shopkeeper (uncredited) |
1958 | Money, Women and Guns | Old Prospector (uncredited) |
1958 | Man of the West | Tom (uncredited) |
1957 | The Tall Stranger | |
1957 | Domino Kid | |
1956 | Friendly Persuasion | Farmer on Front Line with Gard (uncredited) |
1956 | Quincannon, Frontier Scout | Livery Stableman (uncredited) |
1953 | Pack Train | Dan Coleman |
1952 | Apache Country | Patches - Stage Driver (uncredited) |
1952 | Rancho Notorious | Deputy in Gunsight (uncredited) |
1952 | The Old West | Chadwick (uncredited) |
1952 | Blue Canadian Rockies | Pop Phillips |
1952 | High Noon | Sam (uncredited) |
1952 | Trail Guide | Old Timer |
1951 | Rough Riders of Durango | Rancher Evans |
1951 | The Secret of Convict Lake | Jerry - Posse Member (uncredited) |
1950 | The Blazing Sun | Tom Ellis |
1950 | Cody of the Pony Express | Doc Laramie |
1950 | The Old Frontier | Banker |
1949 | Riders in the Sky | Old Man Robert |
1949 | San Antone Ambush | Bartender Tim |
1949 | Red Desert | Colonel |
1949 | Frontier Investigator | Jed |
1949 | South of Rio | Jim Weston |
1949 | Brand of Fear | Marshal Blackjack Flint |
1948 | Marshal of Amarillo | Mr. Snodgrass |
1948 | Mark of the Lash | Lem Kimmerly |
1947 | Marshal of Cripple Creek | Baker |
1947 | Jesse James Rides Again | Sam Bolton |
1947 | Dick Tracy's Dilemma | Cop in Squad Car (uncredited) |
1947 | Homesteaders of Paradise Valley | Rancher |
1947 | Blackmail | Tom - Cashier |
1947 | Twilight on the Rio Grande | U.S. Customs Agent Tom |
1947 | The Wild Frontier | Patrick MacSween |
1947 | Rustlers of Devil's Canyon | The Sheriff |
1947 | Saddle Pals | Dad Gardner |
1947 | Along the Oregon Trail | Wagon Boss |
1947 | Last Frontier Uprising | Skillet (Ranch Hand) |
1947 | Under Colorado Skies | Sheriff Blanchard |
1946 | Sheriff of Redwood Valley | Sheriff |
1946 | The Phantom Rider | Medicine Man Ceta |
1946 | King of the Forest Rangers | Tom Judson |
1946 | Santa Fe Uprising | Lafe Dibble |
1946 | Crime of the Century | Dr. Jackson |
1946 | Man from Rainbow Valley | Healey |
1946 | The Invisible Informer | Eph Shroud |
1946 | Passkey to Danger | Gerald Bates |
1946 | Night Train to Memphis | Train Conductor |
1946 | Conquest of Cheyenne | Sheriff Dan Perkins |
1946 | Sun Valley Cyclone | Sheriff |
1946 | California Gold Rush | Sheriff Peabody |
1946 | The Undercover Woman | Lem |
1946 | Rio Grande Raiders | Sheriff Tom Hammon |
1946 | Out California Way | Johnny |
1946 | Red River Renegades | Pop Underwood |
1946 | Roll on Texas Moon | Sheriff Bert Morris |
1946 | Alias Billy the Kid | Dakota |
1946 | Days of Buffalo Bill | Banty McCabe |
1945 | Oregon Trail | Sheriff Plenner |
1945 | Federal Operator 99 | Prof. Crawford |
1945 | Trail of Kit Carson | John Benton |
1945 | Sheriff of Cimarron | Frank Holden |
1945 | Don't Fence Me In | Ben Duncan |
1945 | Girls of the Big House | Sheriff at Alma's Cell |
1945 | Flame of Barbary Coast | Thompson, Townsman in Mob |
1945 | Earl Carroll Vanities | Tom the Doorman |
1945 | Grissly's Millions | Policeman Ralph |
1945 | Marshal of Laredo | Barton |
1945 | Colorado Pioneers | Sand Snipe |
1945 | Wagon Wheels Westward | Fake Judge James E. Worth |
1945 | The Cherokee Flash | Utah |
1945 | Corpus Christi Bandits | Rocky - Henchman |
1945 | Rough Riders of Cheyenne | Sheriff Edwards |
1945 | Sunset in El Dorado | Sheriff Gridley |
1944 | The Yellow Rose of Texas | Sheriff Allen |
1944 | Marshal of Reno | Sheriff |
1944 | San Antonio Kid | Long |
1944 | Stagecoach to Monterey | Chester Wade |
1944 | The Girl Who Dared | Neilson - Gas Station Owner (uncredited) |
1944 | Vigilantes of Dodge City | Denver |
1944 | Call of the Rockies | Henchman Hansen |
1944 | Thoroughbreds | Pop |
1944 | Faces in the Fog | Auto Court Manager |
1944 | The Fighting Seabees | Johnson (uncredited) |
1944 | Cheyenne Wildcat | Harrison Colby |
1944 | Hidden Valley Outlaws | Sheriff McBride |
1944 | Code of the Prairie | Henchman Loomis |
1944 | Beneath Western Skies | Earl Phillips |
1944 | Firebrands of Arizona | Wagon Driver |
1944 | Sheriff of Sundown | Sheriff Tom Carpenter |
1944 | Silver City Kid | Sheriff Gibson |
1944 | Zorro's Black Whip | James Bradley |
1944 | The Lady and the Monster | Man Who Tails Cory (Uncredited) |
1944 | Captain America | Mack |
1943 | Canyon City | Sheriff Slocum |
1943 | Wild Horse Stampede | Henchman Lefty |
1943 | Wagon Tracks West | Lem Martin |
1943 | Santa Fe Scouts | Billy Dawson |
1943 | Bad Men of Thunder Gap | Hank Turner |
1943 | The Ox-Bow Incident | Deputy (uncredited) |
1943 | The Renegade | Pete |
1943 | Hail to the Rangers | Jessup |
1943 | Overland Mail Robbery | Sheriff |
1943 | Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Henchman Pete |
1943 | West of Texas | Steve Conlon |
1943 | Silver Spurs | Henchman |
1943 | The Woman of the Town | Crockett Henchman |
1943 | False Colors | Poncho Townsman |
1943 | Idaho | Henchman |
1943 | Song of Texas | Race Official |
1943 | Bullets and Saddles | Marshal (archive footage) |
1943 | Captive Wild Woman | Ship's Captain (archive footage) |
1943 | Batman | Andrews |
1943 | No Place for a Lady | Air Raid Warden (? - ever seen in final cut?) |
1942 | American Empire | Rider with Crowder's Posse (uncredited) |
1942 | West of Tombstone | Morris |
1942 | Stardust on the Sage | Henchman MacGowan |
1942 | Ghost Town Law | Ace, Chief Thug |
1942 | Down Texas Way | Bartender Pete |
1942 | Spy Smasher | Crane |
1942 | Perils of the Royal Mounted | Gaynor |
1942 | The Valley of Vanishing Men | Slater |
1942 | Land of the Open Range | Henchman Tracy Briggs |
1942 | Red River Robin Hood | Sheriff Del Auston |
1942 | Shadows on the Sage | Franklin |
1942 | Lone Star Ranger | Henchman (uncredited) |
1942 | Arizona Terrors | Second Dialogue Tenant-Rancher |
1942 | Bandit Ranger | Cattle Rustler (uncredited) |
1942 | Sons of the Pioneers | Joe #1 - Henchman |
1942 | Ridin' Down the Canyon | Henchman |
1942 | Valley of the Sun | Trooper Parker |
1942 | The Omaha Trail | Oxen Train Bullwhacker |
1942 | Riders of the West | Slim - Lanky Henchman |
1942 | The Secret Code | Weather Bureau Guard |
1941 | Dynamite Canyon | Captain Gray |
1941 | Bad Man of Deadwood | Townsman |
1941 | Romance of the Rio Grande | U. S. Marshal |
1941 | Riding the Sunset Trail | Sheriff Hays |
1941 | Robbers of the Range | Henchman Monk Saunders |
1941 | Forbidden Trails | Marshal Tom |
1941 | Wanderers of the West | Montana Sheriff |
1941 | Stick to Your Guns | Ranch Foreman Waffles |
1941 | Twilight on the Trail | Henchman Gregg |
1941 | Dude Cowboy | Silver City Sheriff |
1941 | The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Cop Getting Crane |
1941 | The Son of Davy Crockett | Ranger Logan |
1941 | The Spider Returns | Detective |
1941 | Fugitive Valley | Marshal Warren |
1941 | The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury | Curley - Saloon Henchman |
1941 | Across the Sierras | Man on Wagon |
1941 | Western Union | Slade Henchman #3 |
1941 | Underground Rustlers | Henchman Tom Harris |
1941 | Billy the Kid | Leader (uncredited) |
1940 | Trailing Double Trouble | Henchman Kirk |
1940 | Shooting High | Eph Carson |
1940 | Phantom Rancher | Sheriff Parker |
1940 | Stage to Chino | Dolan - Henchman |
1940 | Riders from Nowhere | Mason |
1940 | The Gay Caballero | Man at Fiesta |
1940 | Viva Cisco Kid | Town Marshal |
1940 | Wild Horse Range | Arnold |
1940 | Roll Wagons Roll | Henchman Matt Grimes |
1940 | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Thug with Explosives |
1940 | Five Little Peppers at Home | Miner |
1940 | The Shadow | Hijacked Truck Driver |
1940 | The Ranger and the Lady | Independent Freight Wagon Driver |
1940 | Brigham Young | Raider |
1940 | Gaucho Serenade | Sheriff Tom Olson |
1940 | When the Daltons Rode | Lyncher |
1940 | Boom Town | Sheriff Harris (uncredited) |
1940 | Dark Command | Messenger |
1940 | Wagon Train | Henchman Charlie |
1940 | Deadwood Dick | Jake |
1940 | Winners of the West | Henchman Webb |
1940 | Northwest Passage | Ranger |
1940 | Lillian Russell | Frank |
1940 | The Green Archer | Detective with Shiner |
1940 | Junior G-Men | Kearney - Riot Squad Cop (uncredited) |
1940 | Melody Ranch | Henchman Joe #2 |
1940 | Ghost Valley Raiders | Sheriff |
1940 | Hi-Yo Silver | Felton |
1939 | The Man from Texas | Henchman Slim |
1939 | Full Confession | Prison Guard (uncredited) |
1939 | Southward Ho! | Phoney Union Sergeant |
1939 | Flaming Lead | Bart Daggett |
1939 | Westbound Stage | Henchman Parker |
1939 | Jesse James | Soldier (uncredited) |
1939 | The Oregon Trail | Pete Cave Henchman |
1939 | Mandrake the Magician | Mill River Inn Henchman |
1939 | Made for Each Other | Ranger (uncredited) |
1939 | Let Us Live | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
1939 | The Night Riders | Rancher Wilson |
1939 | Allegheny Uprising | Settler at McDowell's Mill |
1939 | Fangs of the Wild | Larry Dean |
1939 | Rollin' Westward | Sheriff |
1939 | Lure of the Wasteland | Foreman |
1939 | Sunset Trail | Jake |
1939 | Mountain Rhythm | Deputy Tom |
1938 | Pioneer Trail | Sam Harden |
1938 | Santa Fe Stampede | Marshal Jim Wood |
1938 | Outlaws of Sonora | Sheriff Trask |
1938 | Prairie Moon | Henchman Steve |
1938 | The Fighting Devil Dogs | Henchman Wilson |
1938 | The Lone Ranger | Henchman Felton |
1938 | Black Bandit | |
1938 | Phantom Ranger | Reynolds |
1938 | The Renegade Ranger | Henchman Red |
1938 | Six Shootin' Sheriff | Bar X Foreman |
1938 | Smashing the Rackets | Dixon - Detective |
1938 | Song of the Buckaroo | Sheriff Wade |
1938 | Juvenile Court | Policeman at Accident (uncredited) |
1938 | Riders of the Black Hills | Henchman Red Stevens |
1937 | Western Gold | Clem |
1937 | Springtime in the Rockies | Tracy |
1937 | Bar-Z Bad Men | Sig Bostell |
1937 | Law of the Ranger | Henchman Pete |
1937 | Secret Valley | 2nd Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
1937 | Radio Patrol | Eddie Lewis |
1937 | Jungle Menace | Detective Interrogating Pete |
1937 | Sky Racket | Agent-Passenger (Car Chase) |
1937 | The Silver Trail | Looney |
1937 | Angel's Holiday | Truck Driver |
1937 | Roaring Timber | Henchman Duke |
1937 | Blossoms On Broadway | Cop (uncredited) |
1937 | The Frame-Up | Fred (uncredited) |
1936 | Rio Grande Ranger | Henchman Sneed |
1936 | Heroes of the Range | Bud |
1936 | The Lawless Nineties | Henchman Ward |
1936 | Guns and Guitars | Henchman Connor |
1936 | The Border Patrolman | Johnson |
1936 | Sworn Enemy | Gangster (uncredited) |
1936 | Avenging Waters | Henchman Huffy |
1936 | Call of the Prairie | Dealer |
1936 | Wildcat Saunders | Pete Hawkins |
1936 | O'Malley of the Mounted | Lefty - Henchman |
1935 | Rio Rattler | Ranger Bob Adams |
1935 | The Fighting Marines | Miller |
1935 | The Test | Trapper (uncredited) |
1935 | Toll of the Desert | Sheriff Jackson |
1935 | Hong Kong Nights | Blake |
1935 | The Miracle Rider | Sewell |
1935 | The Last of the Clintons | Luke Todd |
1935 | Courage of the North | Mordant |
1935 | The Cactus Kid | Sheriff |
1935 | Gun Play | Meeker |
1935 | Way Down East | Town Choir Singer (uncredited) |
1935 | Timber Terrors | Burke |
1935 | Skull and Crown | Henchman Jennings |
1934 | Twisted Rails | Sheriff James |
1934 | When Lightning Strikes | Wolf |
1934 | Fighting Fury | Chet |
1934 | The Crime Doctor | Detective at Airport Arrest (uncredited) |
1934 | The Oil Raider | Oil Well Driller (uncredited) |
1934 | Mystery Ranch | Holdup man |
1934 | St. Louis Woman | Lions Coach Ryan |
1934 | Mystery Mountain | Rattler Henchman Morgan |
1934 | Rawhide Mail | Barfly Al |
1934 | Ferocious Pal | Dave Brownell |
1934 | Baby Take a Bow | Man on Train (Uncredited) |
1934 | Bachelor Bait | Detective (uncredited) |
1934 | Mills of the Gods | Workman |
1934 | I Believed in You | Policeman |
1933 | Lady for a Day | Reception Guest (uncredited) |
1933 | Lone Cowboy | Conductor (uncredited) |
1933 | The Nuisance | Kelley's Associate (uncredited) |
1933 | The Wolf Dog | Brooks |
1933 | Sunset Pass | Ben |
1933 | I'm No Angel | Sideshow Spectator (uncredited) |
1933 | King of the Jungle | Lion Attendant (uncredited) |
1933 | Broadway Thru a Keyhole | Member of Rocci's Mob |
1933 | Gordon of Ghost City | Pat Campbell |
1933 | The Iron Master | Turner |
1933 | Smoky | Horse Trader |
1933 | Police Car 17 | Detective (uncredited) |
1933 | The Big Cage | Ship Captain |
1933 | Perils of Pauline | Soldier at American Consulate |
1933 | The Fugitive | Tom |
1933 | Clancy of the Mounted | Corporal McGregor |
1933 | Made on Broadway | Plainclothesman |
1932 | Gold | Sheriff |
1932 | Without Honors | 'Sholt' Fletcher |
1932 | Manhattan Tower | Mechanic (uncredited) |
1932 | The Night Rider | Jeff Barton |
1932 | The Boiling Point | Pete Mallis - Henchman |
1932 | Cock of the Air | Military Policeman |
1932 | Trailing the Killer | Sheriff |
1932 | Beyond the Rockies | Kirk Tracy |
1932 | The Lost Special | Dirk / Detective Dane |
1932 | The Thirteenth Guest | Detective Carter (Uncredited) |
1932 | Honor of the Mounted | Henchman |
1931 | The Secret Six | Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited) |
1931 | The Galloping Ghost | Mullins |
1931 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
1931 | The Two Gun Man | Lem Tolliver |
1931 | The Arizona Terror | Henchman Chuckawalla |
1931 | Range Law | Henchman Cleve |
1931 | Quick Millions | Atlas Newsreel Man (uncredited) |
1931 | Gun Smoke | Hank Bailey |
1931 | Platinum Blonde | Reporter (uncredited) |
1931 | Trails of the Golden West | |
1931 | West of Broadway | Cowhand (uncredited) |
1930 | Firebrand Jordan | Ed Burns |
1930 | Romance of the West | |
1930 | Spell of the Circus | Butte Morgan |
1930 | Under Texas Skies | Fake Captain Hartford |
1930 | The Third Alarm | Fireman Tom |
1930 | The Storm | Head Mountie |
1930 | Borrowed Wives | Mac, the Motorcycle Cop |
1930 | Troopers Three | Sgt. Hank Darby |
1930 | The Woman Racket | Hennessy |
1930 | River's End | Mountie |
1930 | See America Thirst | Spumoni Hood (uncredited) |
1930 | Safety in Numbers | Motorist (uncredited) |
1930 | Westward Bound | Dick - Rustler |
1930 | Bar-L Ranch | Henchman (uncredited) |
1930 | Sid's Long Count | Policeman |
1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front | 1st Medic Orderly (uncredited) |
1929 | Queen of the Northwoods | Garvin / The Wolf-Devil |
1929 | Chinatown Nights | Cop |
1929 | The Harvest of Hate | Martin Trask |
1929 | Hell's Heroes | Croupier (uncredited) |
1928 | The Michigan Kid | Minor Role (uncredited) |
1928 | The Mystery Rider | David Manning / The Claw |
1928 | In Old Arizona | Man in Saloon (uncredited) |
1927 | The Golden Stallion | Jules La Roux |
1926 | Desert Greed | Ranger (uncredited) |
1926 | A String of Diamonds | Slippery Jack Elmm |
1926 | West of the Rainbow's End | Harry Palmer |
1926 | Dangerous Traffic | Marc Brandon |
1926 | Code of the Northwest | Pvt. Frank Stafford |
1925 | Three in Exile | Jed Hawkings |
1925 | Silent Sheldon | Bill Fadden |
1925 | The Demon Rider | Black Hawk |
1925 | The Cowboy Musketeer | Joe Dokes |
1925 | Border Vengeance | Flash Denby |
1924 | The Heritage of the Desert | Dave Naab |
1924 | Mile-a-Minute Morgan | Kenneth Winster |
1923 | Our Hospitality | James Canfield (uncredited) |
1923 | To the Last Man | Guy |
1923 | The Call of the Canyon | Lee Stanton |
1923 | The Dangerous Maid | Guard |
1923 | Shell Shocked Sammy | |
1922 | Nan of the North | Dick Driscoll (as Leonard Clapham) |
1922 | The Long Chance | John Corbaly (as Leonard Clapham) |
1921 | Colorado | David Collins (as Leonard Clapham) |
1920 | King of the Circus | |
1920 | The Texas Kid | |
1920 | Wolf Tracks | |
1920 | Masked | |
1920 | 'in Wrong' Wright | Sheriff |
1919 | The Last of the Duanes | (as Leonard Clapham) |
1919 | The Lone Star Ranger | Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham) |
1919 | The Boss of the Rancho | |
1919 | The Great Air Robbery | Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham) |
1916 | Liberty | (as Leonard Clapham) |
1916 | The Purple Mask | Robert Jackson, Inventor (as Leonard Clapham) |
Year | TV Show | Role |
---|---|---|
1978 | Western von gestern | O'Shea |
1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Stagecoach Driver |
1958 | Lawman | Pete |
1958 | Bat Masterson | Prisoner (uncredited) |
1957 | Perry Mason | Cabbie |
1957 | Maverick | Farmer |
1956 | Broken Arrow | (uncredited) |
1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Old Man Craig (uncredited) |
1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Jigger (uncredited) |
1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Stableman (uncredited) |
1955 | Cheyenne | Old-Timer (uncredited) |
1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Moss Grimmick (uncredited) |
1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Deputy Sheriff Carlson (uncredited) |
1954 | Annie Oakley | Ranch Hand |
1954 | Annie Oakley | Buckhorn - Diablo Stage Manager |
1954 | Annie Oakley | Pop Leeds |
1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | |
1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Ranson |
1952 | Adventures of Superman | Peter Thomas |
1950 | The Gene Autry Show | The Sheriff |
1949 | The Lone Ranger | Sheriff Allbright |
1949 | The Lone Ranger | Sheriff Dexter |