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Tom Wilson (August 27, 1880 – February 19, 1965) was an American film actor. He appeared in 254 films between 1915 and 1963. He was born in Helena, Montana, and died in Los Angeles, California. Wilson had notable supporting roles in the Silent era, like "The Kindly Officer" in D. W. Griffith's epic Intolerance (1916), the angry policeman in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid (1921) and a boxing coach in Buster Keaton's comedy Battling Butler (1926). After the rise of sound film, he was reduced to small roles for the rest of his long film career.
Filmography
Actor
1963
Critic's Choice as
First Nighter in Audience (uncredited)
1961
The Absent Minded Professor as
Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
1959
The Miracle as
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1959
The FBI Story as
Chicago Passerby (uncredited)
1959
The Young Philadelphians as
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1959
Warlock as
Townsman (uncredited)
1959
Compulsion as
Juror (uncredited)
1958
Maverick (TV Series) as
Townsman / Juror
- The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill (1959) - Juror (uncredited)
- Yellow River (1959) - Townsman (uncredited)
- The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick (1958) - Townsman (uncredited)
- Day of Reckoning (1958) - Townsman (uncredited)
1958
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! as
Townsman at Meeting (uncredited)
1958
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) as
Inquest Spectator
- The Well-Selected Frame (1958) - Inquest Spectator (uncredited)
1958
Westbound as
Townsman (uncredited)
1958
Bronco (TV Series) as
Train Passenger
- Quest of the Thirty Dead (1958) - Train Passenger (uncredited)
1958
The Fiend Who Walked the West as
Barn Fight Spectator (uncredited)
1958
Sugarfoot (TV Series) as
Townsman
- Short Range (1958) - Townsman (uncredited)
1958
Darby's Rangers as
Citizen (uncredited)
1957
Peyton Place as
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1957
The Helen Morgan Story as
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
1957
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend as
Townsman (uncredited)
1956
Three Brave Men as
Man at Co-Operative Meeting (uncredited)
1956
Edge of Hell
1956
Miracle in the Rain as
Auction Extra (uncredited)
1955
The View from Pompey's Head as
Trainman (uncredited)
1955
Illegal as
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1955
The Shrike as
Actor in Play (uncredited)
1955
So You Want to Be on a Jury (Short) as
Juror (uncredited)
1955
Battle Cry as
Arcade Proprietor (uncredited)
1954
A Star Is Born as
Stagehand Carrying Poles / Passerby Outside Hotel (uncredited)
1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue as
Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
1953
Thy Neighbor's Wife
1953
The System as
Sidewalk Spectator (uncredited)
1953
The Man Behind the Gun as
Barfly (uncredited)
1952
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima as
Villager (uncredited)
1952
The Story of Will Rogers as
Stagehand in Wings (uncredited)
1952
The Winning Team as
Central City Baseball Fan (uncredited)
1952
5 Fingers as
Customer (uncredited)
1952
Room for One More as
Boy Scout Ceremony Attendee (uncredited)
1951
I'll See You in My Dreams as
Man in Sing-Along Audience (uncredited)
1951
Tomorrow Is Another Day as
Man on Street Corner (uncredited)
1951
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison as
Donovan's Cellmate (uncredited)
1951
I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. as
Barfly / Union Meeting Attendee (uncredited)
1951
Lightning Strikes Twice as
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1951
The Enforcer as
Passerby (uncredited)
1950
Highway 301 as
Bank Customer (uncredited)
1950
Pretty Baby as
Passerby (uncredited)
1950
The Great Jewel Robber as
Convict (uncredited)
1950
Bright Leaf as
Worker (uncredited)
1950
Perfect Strangers as
Lunchroom Customer / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1950
Montana as
Townsman (uncredited)
1949
The Inspector General as
Villager (uncredited)
1949
The Girl from Jones Beach as
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1949
The Fountainhead as
Rally Spectator (uncredited)
1949
A Kiss in the Dark as
Tenant (uncredited)
1949
Flaxy Martin as
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1949
John Loves Mary as
Hotel Porter (uncredited)
1948
Embraceable You as
Newspaper Truck Deliveryman (uncredited)
1947
Hollywood Wonderland (Short) as
Spectator on Set (uncredited)
1947
Stallion Road as
Sam - Teller's Groom (uncredited)
1947
Nora Prentiss as
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1947
The Unfaithful as
Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
1946
Two Guys from Milwaukee as
Passerby Outside Movie Theatre (uncredited)
1946
A Stolen Life as
Tom - Townsman on Dock (uncredited)
1945
Spade Cooley: King of Western Swing (Short) as
Store Clerk (uncredited)
1945
Rhapsody in Blue as
Stagehand (uncredited)
1944
Trial by Trigger (Short) as
Tom - Bartender (uncredited)
1944
Mr. Skeffington as
Witness (uncredited)
1944
Shine on Harvest Moon as
Stage Hand (uncredited)
1943
Northern Pursuit as
Guest at Inn (uncredited)
1943
Action in the North Atlantic as
Bar Patron (uncredited)
1942
Vaudeville Days (Short) as
Man in Audience (uncredited)
1942
The Big Shot as
Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)
1941
One Foot in Heaven as
Fireman Angus (uncredited)
1941
Those Good Old Days (Short) as
Stagehand (uncredited)
1941
Three Sons o' Guns as
Expressman (uncredited)
1941
Bad Men of Missouri as
Carpetbagger #2 in Montage (uncredited)
1941
Bullets for O'Hara as
Fisherman (uncredited)
1941
Sergeant York as
Turkey Shoot Participant (uncredited)
1941
The Wagons Roll at Night as
Barker (uncredited)
1941
Strange Alibi as
Prison Yard Guard (uncredited)
1941
Knockout as
Mac, Man in Gym (uncredited)
1941
Meet John Doe as
Diner Patron / Radio Station Audience Member (uncredited)
1941
Footsteps in the Dark as
Burlesque Patron Yelling 'You Said It Blondie!' (uncredited)
1941
Cheers for Miss Bishop as
Dance Caller (uncredited)
1940
South of Suez as
Tavern Patron (uncredited)
1940
Always a Bride as
Charlie
1940
Tugboat Annie Sails Again as
Big Guy on Dock (uncredited)
1940
City for Conquest as
Man on Fire Escape (uncredited)
1940
Boom Town as
Man in Saloon (uncredited)
1940
Money and the Woman as
Mr. Crane (uncredited)
1940
River's End as
Dance Caller (uncredited)
1940
They Drive by Night as
Man Outside Barney's (uncredited)
1940
Pony Express Days (Short) as
Man Outside of Russell, Majors & Waddell's (uncredited)
1940
The Man Who Talked Too Much as
Prisoner (uncredited)
1940
Gambling on the High Seas as
Crewman (uncredited)
1940
Torrid Zone as
Passerby as Train Moves (uncredited)
1940
An Angel from Texas as
Townsman (uncredited)
1940
3 Cheers for the Irish as
Bottle Thrower in Bar (uncredited)
1940
Castle on the Hudson as
Convict in Yard (uncredited)
1939
Private Detective as
Man Seeing Jinx's Getaway (uncredited)
1939
We Are Not Alone as
Extra on Bench in Amusement Park (uncredited)
1939
Kid Nightingale as
Kid's Trainer (uncredited)
1939
Smashing the Money Ring as
Convict (uncredited)
1939
On Your Toes as
Stagehand (uncredited)
1939
Slapsie Maxie's (Short) as
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1939
Angels Wash Their Faces as
Policeman at Bowling Alley (uncredited)
1939
Dust Be My Destiny as
Work Farm Guard (uncredited)
1939
Indianapolis Speedway as
Racetrack Official (uncredited)
1939
Hell's Kitchen as
Guard (uncredited)
1939
Daughters Courageous as
Man Watching Pool Shot (uncredited)
1939
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter as
Milt - Second Deputy Sheriff
1939
The Kid from Kokomo as
Old Man in Fistfight (uncredited)
1939
Women in the Wind as
Cleveland Spectator (uncredited)
1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder as
Pool Hall Proprietor (uncredited)
1939
They Made Me a Criminal as
Kid Tacoma (uncredited)
1939
Devil's Island as
Emil
1939
King of the Underworld as
Deputy (uncredited)
1938
Swingtime in the Movies (Short) as
Onlooker on Movie Set (uncredited)
1938
Heart of the North as
Post Customer / Mob Leader (uncredited)
1938
Nancy Drew: Detective as
Brennan, the Gate Guard (uncredited)
1938
The Sisters as
Square Dance Caller (uncredited)
1938
Valley of the Giants as
Landowner (uncredited)
1938
My Bill as
Onlooker (uncredited)
1938
Penrod's Double Trouble as
Brill (uncredited)
1938
Crime School as
Washroom Guard (uncredited)
1938
Torchy Blane in Panama as
Brother Rayne (uncredited)
1938
He Couldn't Say No as
Mover Bringing Statues (uncredited)
1938
Over the Wall as
Pinball Proprietor (uncredited)
1938
Penrod and His Twin Brother as
Herman (uncredited)
1938
The Daredevil Drivers as
Husky Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1938
Romance Road (Short) as
Dynamiter (uncredited)
1938
Sergeant Murphy as
Slaughterhouse Horse Handler (uncredited)
1937
Missing Witnesses as
Arrival at Grand Central Station (uncredited)
1937
Submarine D-1 as
Visitor at Roseland (uncredited)
1937
She Loved a Fireman as
Dance Contest Spectator (uncredited)
1937
The Adventurous Blonde as
Onlooker in Crowd (uncredited)
1937
Alcatraz Island as
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1937
Wine, Women and Horses as
Truck Driver (uncredited)
1937
Varsity Show as
Stagehand (uncredited)
1937
Confession as
Man in Court Sitting Next to Mrs. Koslov (uncredited)
1937
They Won't Forget as
Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
1937
Empty Holsters as
Bartender (uncredited)
1937
Dance Charlie Dance as
Second Carpenter (uncredited)
1937
Public Wedding as
Detective at Airport (uncredited)
1937
White Bondage as
Cal Daily (uncredited)
1937
Blazing Sixes as
Bartender (uncredited)
1937
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop as
Yacht Club Attendant Watchman (uncredited)
1937
The Go Getter as
Pete - a Logger (uncredited)
1937
The Prince and the Pauper as
One-Eyed Beggar (uncredited)
1937
The Cherokee Strip as
Mr. Wellman (uncredited)
1937
Land Beyond the Law as
First Town Loafer (uncredited)
1937
Midnight Court as
Tough Vagrant (uncredited)
1937
Once a Doctor as
Policeman at Accident Site (uncredited)
1937
Smart Blonde as
Janitor with Hose (uncredited)
1936
Gold Diggers of 1937 as
Baggage Man (uncredited)
1936
King of Hockey as
Penalty Timekeeper (uncredited)
1936
The Captain's Kid as
Bill Brown
1936
The Case of the Black Cat as
Waffle Shop Construction Foreman (uncredited)
1936
Down the Stretch as
Court Policeman (uncredited)
1936
Trailin' West as
Livery Stable Proprietor (uncredited)
1936
Love Begins at 20 as
Fred - Detective
1936
Earthworm Tractors as
Accident Spectator (uncredited)
1936
Hot Money as
Chris (uncredited)
1936
Public Enemy's Wife as
Police Captain (uncredited)
1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws as
First Bailiff (uncredited)
1936
The White Angel as
Man 'Cooking' Shirts (uncredited)
1936
The Big Noise as
Talkative Sign Painter (uncredited)
1936
Early to Bed as
Joe (uncredited)
1936
Bullets or Ballots as
Jailer (uncredited)
1936
Romance in the Air (Short) as
Jailer (uncredited)
1936
The Law in Her Hands as
Second Trial Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1936
Treachery Rides the Range as
Denver - Henchman
1936
The Singing Kid as
Stagehand (uncredited)
1936
Road Gang as
Bull - Guard at Blackfoot (uncredited)
1935
Captain Blood as
Pirate (uncredited)
1935
Moonlight on the Prairie as
Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
1935
Personal Maid's Secret as
Pedestrian (uncredited)
1935
Dr. Socrates as
Clem - a Townsman (uncredited)
1935
Keystone Hotel (Short) as
Tough Mug (uncredited)
1935
The Goose and the Gander as
Jack - Baggage Man (uncredited)
1935
Going Highbrow as
Diner in Cafe (uncredited)
1935
Stranded as
Immigrant (uncredited)
1935
Mary Jane's Pa as
Tom - Marvin's Campaign Worker (uncredited)
1935
Go Into Your Dance as
Casino de Paree Designer (uncredited)
1935
'G' Men as
Agent (uncredited)
1935
The Case of the Curious Bride as
First Workman (uncredited)
1935
A Night at the Ritz as
Café Patron (uncredited)
1935
Sweet Music as
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1934
Sweet Adeline as
Sixth Stage Hand (uncredited)
1934
The Secret Bride as
Court Policeman (uncredited)
1934
Murder in the Clouds as
Pat - Barkeeper (uncredited)
1934
The Firebird as
Moving Man (uncredited)
1934
The St. Louis Kid as
Diner Counterman (uncredited)
1934
We Live Again as
Guard (uncredited)
1934
6 Day Bike Rider as
Lame Farmer (uncredited)
1934
Treasure Island as
Pirate (uncredited)
1934
The Circus Clown as
Man in Audience (uncredited)
1934
The Personality Kid as
White's Trainer (uncredited)
1933
From Headquarters as
Elevator Starter (uncredited)
1933
The Chief as
Blink, a Henchman
1933
Bureau of Missing Persons as
Tony - Investigator (uncredited)
1933
Picture Snatcher as
Leo
1933
Lost in Limehouse (Short) as
Undetermined Role
1933
The Mind Reader as
Hank's Friend (uncredited)
1933
Girl Missing as
Hotel Detective (uncredited)
1933
Blondie Johnson as
Swede (uncredited)
1932
Mr. Bride (Short) as
Capt. Wilson (uncredited)
1932
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure (Short) as
House Slave
1932
The Phantom Express as
Callahan - the Roundhouse Foreman (uncredited)
1932
The Engineer's Daughter; or, Iron Minnie's Revenge (Short)
1931
Sooky as
Officer Duncan
1931
The Great Junction Hotel (Short)
1931
Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (Short) as
Royal Musician
1931
The Vice Squad as
Night Court Attendant
1930
The Doorway to Hell as
Big Shot Kelly - Gangster
1930
Road to Paradise as
Jerry the Greek (uncredited)
1930
The Big House as
Sandy
1930
Big Boy as
Tucker
1929
Dark Skies as
Mike
1929
The Valiant as
Tom the Printer (uncredited)
1929
Strong Boy as
Baggage Master
1928
Riley the Cop as
Sergeant
1928
Pioneer Scout as
Handy Anderson
1927
Ham and Eggs at the Front as
Ham
1927
No Control as
Asthma
1927
When a Man Loves as
Convict on Convict Ship (uncredited)
1927
Bring Home the Turkey (Short) as
Uncle Tom
1926
Across the Pacific as
Tom
1926
Battling Butler as
Battling Butler's Trainer
1926
The Rainmaker as
Chocolate
1925
The Best Bad Man as
Sam
1925
Madame Behave as
Creosote
1925
Manhattan Madness as
Porter
1925
California Straight Ahead as
Sambo
1925
What Fools Men as
Business Rival
1925
American Pluck as
Jefferson Lee
1925
Seven Days as
Policeman
1925
The Million Dollar Handicap as
Tom
1924
Secrets of the Night as
Thomas Jefferson White
1924
Fools in the Dark as
Diploma' - Percys Black Valet
1924
The Heart Buster as
George
1924
His Darker Self as
Bill Jackson
1924
When Knighthood Was in Tower (Short)
1924
On Time as
Casanova Clay
1924
The Love Bandit as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1923
The Courtship of Myles Standish as
Fallon (Pirate)
1923
Soft Boiled as
The Butler
1923
Little Johnny Jones (uncredited)
1923
Itching Palms as
Mac
1923
The Remittance Woman as
Higginson
1923
Goodbye Girls as
Jordan
1923
Quicksands as
Sgt. Johnson
1922
Minnie as
Boardinhouse Janitor
1922
Trouble (uncredited)
1922
Alias Julius Caesar as
Mose
1922
My Wife's Relations (Short) as
Brother (uncredited)
1922
Reported Missing as
Sam
1922
Red Hot Romance as
Thomas Snow
1921
Two Minutes to Go as
Football Coach
1921
The Vagrant (Short) as
The Cop
1921
Where Men Are Men as
'Dutch' Monahan
1921
Scrap Iron as
Bill Dugan
1921
The Kid as
Policeman (uncredited)
1920
Isobel or the Trail's End as
Cpl. Bucky Smith
1920
Dinty as
Barry Flynn
1920
The Soft Boiled Yegg (Short)
1920
Sink or Swim as
George Washington Brown
1920
Don't Ever Marry as
House Detective
1919
The Professor (Short) as
Man in Flophouse (uncredited)
1919
The Greatest Question as
Uncle Zeke
1919
A Day's Pleasure (Short) as
Large Husband on Boat (uncredited)
1919
Sunnyside (Short) as
Boss (uncredited)
1918
Shoulder Arms (Short) as
Dumb German Wood-Cutter
1918
The Bond (Short) as
Industry (uncredited)
1918
Who's Your Father? (Short) as
Black Father (uncredited)
1918
A Dog's Life (Short) as
Policeman (uncredited)
1918
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley as
'Snitch' McCarthy
1918
Hungry Lions in a Hospital (Short) as
M. Balmer - Mortician
1918
Cheating the Public as
'Bull' Thompson
1917
Roaring Lions and Wedding Bells (Short)
1917
The Yankee Way as
George Washington Brown
1917
Pay Me! as
'Mac' Jepson
1917
Wild and Woolly as
Casey - Engineer (uncredited)
1917
The Immigrant (Short) as
Gambler on ship
1917
An Old Fashioned Young Man as
Dan Morton
1916
The Americano as
Hartod Armitage White - aka Whitey
1916
The Children Pay as
Officer
1916
Atta Boy's Last Race as
Bill Golden
1916
The Little Liar as
Maggie's Father
1916
Intolerance as
The Kindly Policeman
1916
Hell-to-Pay Austin as
Bill
1916
The Half-Breed as
Dick Curson
1916
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (Short) as
Police Chief I.M. Keene
1916
Reggie Mixes In as
The Bouncer
1916
Daphne and the Pirate as
Pirate (uncredited)
1915
Martyrs of the Alamo as
Sam Houston
1915
A Yankee from the West as
Jim Dorsey, Milford's Pal
1915
Little Marie (Short) as
Sam Coggini
1915
Gridley's Wife (Short)
1915
The Highbinders (Short) as
Jack Donovan
1915
A Man for All That (Short) as
The Warden
1915
Sympathy Sal (Short) as
Seth Selby
1915
The Old Chemist (Short) as
Walter Kemp
1915
The Emerald Brooch (Short) as
Hannigan
1915
The Lucky Transfer (Short) as
Ford
1915
Bobby's Bandit (Short) as
The Stranger
1915
The Boundary Line (Short) as
Ty-ee Htas - The Father
1915
His Last Deal (Short) as
Dan Mallory, The Father
1915
The Birth of a Nation as
Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
1914
Another Chance (Short)(as J.E. Wilson)
1914
A Mother's Influence (Short) as
The Burglar
Assistant Director
1915
The Birth of a Nation (assistant director - uncredited)
Archive Footage
1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Documentary)
1919
The Mother and the Law as
The Kindly Heart
References
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