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Occupation
  
Actor, Writer

Name
  
Tommy Nolan

Role
  
Actor


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Full Name
  
Bernard Girouard

Born
  
January 15, 1948 (age 76) (
1948-01-15
)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Residence
  
San Fernando Valley, California, United States

Movies and TV shows
  
Batman Begins, Buckskin, Voyage of the Rock Aliens, School Spirit, Pretty Woman

Similar People
  
Leo McCarey, Donald Ogden Stewart, Delmer Daves, Garry Marshall, Christopher Nolan

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Tom Nolan (born Bernard Girouard; January 15, 1948) is a Canadian-American actor whose career dates back to his work as a child star in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Background

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Nolan was born Bernard Girouard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to parents of French and Irish descent. His family moved to Beverly in Essex County in northeastern Massachusetts, where he immediately started dance classes. His television debut was as Edward, Prince of Wales, the son of Henry VIII, on NBC's Hallmark Hall of Fame. The jug-eared lad often portrayed young boys with afflictions, such as a crippled youngster on an episode of CBS's My Friend Flicka or an asthmatic on NBC's Medic, the first television medical series. He appeared in two episodes of the NBC anthology series, Thriller: as a disturbed young boy in "Child's Play" and as a violently protective brother in "Parasite Mansion".

Child actor

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At the age of ten, Nolan was cast as Jody O'Connell in the NBC Western series Buckskin, which ran for thirty-nine episodes from July 3, 1958 to September 14, 1959. It started as a summer replacement series for The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford and was held over after a month's hiatus in October 1958. It was repeated in the summers of 1959 and 1965.

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Sally Brophy played Jody's widowed mother, Annie O'Connell, who ran the boarding house in the fictitious town of Buckskin, Montana. Mike Road portrayed the marshal, Tom Sellers. The program was unique in that it was a nonviolent western seen from a child's perspective, with Tommy narrating each episode while sitting on his corral fence and playing his harmonica. The program focused on the interesting individuals who passed through Buckskin in the heyday of the Old West. The series was successful enough for a spin-off comic book with Nolan's character, and his autograph was sought at parades, conventions, and other public gatherings. Brophy and Nolan also appeared as a guest on The Ford Show.

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After Buckskin (which continued in repeats on an irregular basis until 1965), Nolan appeared in other western series, such as CBS's Rawhide and Gunsmoke, ABC's The Rifleman and The Rebel, and NBC's Wagon Train and Riverboat (as young Tommy Jones in the 1959 episode, "The Boy from Pittsburgh"). He had a recurring role on CBS's Lassie as well.

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Even before Buckskin, Nolan had unsuccessfully sought the lead role in Circus Boy but lost to Micky Dolenz, later of The Monkees. He was unable to find another regular series, and he ended the first half of his acting career with a small part in The Moonshine War (1970).

Later years

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Nolan has penned articles for Playboy, The Los Angeles Times, and the Village Voice.

Tom Nolan later had minor roles in Up the Creek (1984), School Spirit (1985), Blue Heat (1990), Pretty Woman (1990), Taking Care of Business (1990), Pacific Heights (1990), The Thing Called Love (1993), and White Man's Burden (1995).

Tom Nolan is sometimes confused with another actor also named Tom Nolan who appeared in Yanks (1979), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), and Tequila Sunrise (1988).

Nolan resides in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles.

After Buckskin, the then 12-year-old Nolan summed up his situation accordingly:

"They teach you to succeed, but you're unprepared for failure. You're led to expect fame, but no one tells you about the rejection waiting at the end of the trip. Something fantastic had been given to me, then taken away, leaving a big hollow place at the center of my twelve-year-old life."

Filmography

Actor
1970
The Moonshine War as
Lowell
1970
The Grasshopper as
Vic
1969
Gunsmoke (TV Series) as
Sonny
- The Innocent (1969) - Sonny
1969
Chastity as
Tommy
1968
Something for a Lonely Man (TV Movie) as
Rafe Runkel (as Tommy Nolan)
1968
The High Chaparral (TV Series) as
Wilbur
- Tornado Frances (1968) - Wilbur
1968
Maryjane as
Frenchy
1967
The Young Warriors as
Tremont
1966
Combat! (TV Series) as
Pvt. Hamilton
- Gitty (1966) - Pvt. Hamilton
1964
Kiss Me, Stupid as
Johnnie Mulligan (as Tommy Nolan)
1958
Wagon Train (TV Series) as
Billy / Dick Jarvis / Tuck Hardy / ...
- The Sam Darland Story (1962) - Billy (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Dick Jarvis Story (1960) - Dick Jarvis (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Cappy Darrin Story (1959) - Tuck Hardy (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Rex Montana Story (1958) - Timmy Clark (as Butch Bernard)
1962
Bachelor Father (TV Series) as
Steve
- Boys Will Be (1962) - Steve (as Tommy Nolan)
1962
The Rifleman (TV Series) as
Hab Carraway
- Guilty Conscience (1962) - Hab Carraway (as Tommy Nolan)
1960
Thriller (TV Series) as
Rennie Harrod / Hank Hattering
- Parasite Mansion (1961) - Rennie Harrod (as Tommy Nolan)
- Child's Play (1960) - Hank Hattering (as Tommy Nolan)
1961
The Rebel (TV Series) as
Paul Fellows
- Shriek of Silence (1961) - Paul Fellows (as Tommy Nolan)
1960
Lassie (TV Series) as
Don / Bob / Bob Alder
- Bows and Arrows (1960) - Bob (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Blind Dog (1960) - Bob Alder (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Explorers (1960) - Don (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Space Traveler (1960) - Don (as Tommy Nolan)
1960
The Best of the Post (TV Series) as
Charles
- The Little Terror (1960) - Charles (as Butch Bernard)
1960
Rawhide (TV Series) as
Joey Gardner
- Incident of the Night Visitor (1960) - Joey Gardner (as Tommy Nolan)
1958
General Electric Theater (TV Series) as
Buddy Jericho / Thad Gaines / Jay
- The Graduation Dress (1960) - Buddy Jericho (as Tommy Nolan)
- A Turkey for the President (1958)
- Stopover (1958) - Thad Gaines (as Butch Bernard)
- Angel in the Air (1958) - Jay (as Butch Bernard)
1960
Markham (TV Series) as
Jimmy Standish
- The Young Conspirator (1960) - Jimmy Standish (as Tommy Nolan)
1960
The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV Series) as
Irving Gallup / Irving Gallop
- Dimples (1960) - Irving Gallup (as Tommy Nolan)
- Cypress Grade School (1960) - Irving Gallop (as Tommy Nolan)
1959
Riverboat (TV Series) as
Tommy Jones
- The Boy from Pittsburgh (1959) - Tommy Jones (as Tommy Nolan)
1958
Buckskin (TV Series) as
Jody O'Connell
- The Better Mouse Trap (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Mary MacNamara (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- A Question of Courage (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- I'll Sing at Your Wedding (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Manager (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Mail-Order Groom (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Annie's Old Beau (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Charlie, My Boy (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Venus Adjourner (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Act of Faith (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- A Well of Gold (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Cousin Casey (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Knight Who Owned Buckskin (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Little Heathen (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Who Killed Pat Devlin? (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Fry's Wife (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Coup Stick (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Mr. Rush's Secretary (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Monkey's Uncle (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Greatest Man in History (1959) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Bullnappers (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- A Man from the Mountains (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- A Permanent Juliet (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Miss Pringle (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Money Man (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- A Picture of Pa (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Tell Me, Leonardo (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- China Boy (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Hunter's Moon (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Ghost of Balaclava (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Gold Watch (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Tree of Death (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Lament for Durango (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- Cash Robertson (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Trial of Chrissy Miller (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Ballad of Gabe Pruitt (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Outlaw's Boy (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Man Who Waited (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
- The Lady from Blackhawk (1958) - Jody O'Connell (as Tommy Nolan)
1958
The Left Handed Gun as
Boy (uncredited)
1958
Desire Under the Elms as
Eben / Boy (uncredited)
1958
Matinee Theatre (TV Series)
- Cave-In (1958) - (as Butch Bernard)
1957
How to Marry a Millionaire (TV Series) as
Austin Beaumont Jr.
- The Brat (1957) - Austin Beaumont Jr. (as Butch Bernard)
1957
Studio 57 (TV Series)
- Face of a Killer (1957) - (as Butch Bernard)
1957
The Thin Man (TV Series) as
Boy
- Come Back Darling Asta (1957) - Boy (as Butch Bernard)
1957
Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series)
- The Face of a Killer (1957) - (as Butch Bernard)
1957
Jeanne Eagels as
Frank Satori's Child #2 (uncredited)
1957
An Affair to Remember as
Tyrone (uncredited)
1957
All Mine to Give as
Kirk Eunson (as Butch Bernard)
1957
Man Afraid as
Ronnie 'Skunky' Fletcher (as Butch Bernard)
1956
The Ten Commandments as
Granary Child (uncredited)
1956
The Search for Bridey Murphy as
Crippled Boy (uncredited)
1956
The Toy Tiger as
'Owly' Kimmel (as Butch Bernard)
1956
Warner Brothers Presents (TV Series)
- Survival (1956) - (as Butch Bernard)
1954
Captain Midnight (TV Series) as
Jimmy Gibson / Low Foley
- Million Dollar Diamond (1956) - Jimmy Gibson (as Butch Bernard)
- The Deserters (1954) - Low Foley (as Butch Bernard)
1955
The Ford Television Theatre (TV Series)
- A Kiss for Santa (1955) - (as Butch Bernard)
1955
The Life of Riley (TV Series) as
Drake
- Waldo's Mother (1955) - Drake (as Butch Bernard)
- Love Comes to Waldo Binney (1955) - Drake (as Butch Bernard)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Boy
- Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid (1955) - Boy (as Butch Bernard)
1955
My Friend Flicka (TV Series) as
Tommy Martin
- A Good Deed (1955) - Tommy Martin (as Butch Bernard)
1955
Medic (TV Series)
- A Room, a Boy and Mr. Bodine (1955) - (as Butch Bernard)
1955
The Seven Year Itch as
Ricky Sherman (uncredited)
1955
Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) as
Flip Baxter
- It Grows on Trees (1955) - Flip Baxter (as Butch Bernard)
1954
Kids Will Be Kids (Short) as
Nathanial (uncredited)
1954
A Star Is Born as
Child Dancer - 'Born in a Trunk' Number (uncredited)
1952
Son of Paleface as
Child at Finale (uncredited)
Music Department
1978
Who'll Stop the Rain (music advisor)
Soundtrack
1964
Kiss Me, Stupid (performer: "Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor (Für Elise)" - uncredited)
Self
2009
The Nolans: In the Mood for Dancing (TV Movie documentary) as
Self (as Tommy Nolan)
1959
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series) as
Self - Actor
- Sallie Brophy & Tommy Nolan (1959) - Self - Actor (as Tommy Nolan)

References

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