Tom London
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 23, 1889
- Died
- December 5, 1963
- Birthplace
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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.
Filmography
Spy Smasher Returns 1966
as Crane
13 West Street 1962
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph 1960
as Bum at Bar (uncredited)
Lone Texan 1959
as Old Dan (uncredited)
Man of the West 1958
as Tom (uncredited)
Money, Women and Guns 1958
as Old Prospector (uncredited)
The Sheepman 1958
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
The Tall Stranger 1957
Actor
Domino Kid 1957
Actor
Friendly Persuasion 1956
as Farmer on Front Line with Gard (uncredited)
Quincannon, Frontier Scout 1956
as Livery Stableman (uncredited)
Top Gun 1955
as Casey (uncredited)
Pack Train 1953
as Dan Coleman
Blue Canadian Rockies 1952
as Pop Phillips
The Old West 1952
as Chadwick (uncredited)
High Noon 1952
as Sam (uncredited)
Apache Country 1952
as Patches - Stage Driver (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious 1952
as Deputy in Gunsight (uncredited)
Trail Guide 1952
as Old Timer
The Secret of Convict Lake 1951
as Jerry - Posse Member (uncredited)
Rough Riders of Durango 1951
as Rancher Evans
The Blazing Sun 1950
as Tom Ellis
The Old Frontier 1950
as Banker
Cody of the Pony Express 1950
as Doc Laramie
Red Desert 1949
as Colonel
Riders in the Sky 1949
as Old Man Robert
San Antone Ambush 1949
as Bartender Tim
South of Rio 1949
as Jim Weston
Brand of Fear 1949
as Marshal Blackjack Flint
Frontier Investigator 1949
as Jed
Mark of the Lash 1948
as Lem Kimmerly
Marshal of Amarillo 1948
as Mr. Snodgrass
Under Colorado Skies 1947
as Sheriff Blanchard
The Wild Frontier 1947
as Patrick MacSween
Along the Oregon Trail 1947
as Wagon Boss
Marshal of Cripple Creek 1947
as Baker
Jesse James Rides Again 1947
as Sam Bolton
Blackmail 1947
as Tom - Cashier
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon 1947
as The Sheriff
Saddle Pals 1947
as Dad Gardner
Dick Tracy's Dilemma 1947
as Cop in Squad Car (uncredited)
Twilight on the Rio Grande 1947
as U.S. Customs Agent Tom
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley 1947
as Rancher
Last Frontier Uprising 1947
as Skillet (Ranch Hand)
Out California Way 1946
as Johnny
Santa Fe Uprising 1946
as Lafe Dibble
Roll on Texas Moon 1946
as Sheriff Bert Morris
Rio Grande Raiders 1946
as Sheriff Tom Hammon
The Invisible Informer 1946
as Eph Shroud
Conquest of Cheyenne 1946
as Sheriff Dan Perkins
Red River Renegades 1946
as Pop Underwood
Night Train to Memphis 1946
as Train Conductor
My Pal Trigger 1946
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Man from Rainbow Valley 1946
as Healey
Passkey to Danger 1946
as Gerald Bates
Sun Valley Cyclone 1946
as Sheriff
King of the Forest Rangers 1946
as Tom Judson
Alias Billy the Kid 1946
as Dakota
Sheriff of Redwood Valley 1946
as Sheriff
Crime of the Century 1946
as Dr. Jackson
California Gold Rush 1946
as Sheriff Peabody
Days of Buffalo Bill 1946
as Banty McCabe
The Phantom Rider 1946
as Medicine Man Ceta
The Undercover Woman 1946
as Lem
Wagon Wheels Westward 1945
as Fake Judge Worth
The Cherokee Flash 1945
as Utah
Colorado Pioneers 1945
as Sand Snipe
Girls of the Big House 1945
as Sheriff at Alma's Cell
Rough Riders of Cheyenne 1945
as Sheriff Edwards
Don't Fence Me In 1945
as Ben Duncan
Marshal of Laredo 1945
as Barton
Sunset in El Dorado 1945
as Sheriff Gridley
Behind City Lights 1945
as Andrew Coleman
Oregon Trail 1945
as Sheriff Plenner
Trail of Kit Carson 1945
as John Benton
Federal Operator 99 1945
as Prof. Crawford
Flame of Barbary Coast 1945
as Thompson, Townsman in Mob
Corpus Christi Bandits 1945
as Rocky - Henchman
Earl Carroll Vanities 1945
as Tom the Doorman
Sheriff of Cimarron 1945
as Frank Holden
Grissly's Millions 1945
as Policeman Ralph
Thoroughbreds 1944
as Pop
Firebrands of Arizona 1944
as Wagon Driver
Faces in the Fog 1944
as Auto Court Manager
Zorro's Black Whip 1944
as James Bradley
Vigilantes of Dodge City 1944
as Denver
Sheriff of Sundown 1944
as Sheriff Tom Carpenter
Code of the Prairie 1944
as Henchman Loomis
Cheyenne Wildcat 1944
as Harrison Colby
Stagecoach to Monterey 1944
as Chester Wade
San Antonio Kid 1944
as Long
The Girl Who Dared 1944
as Neilson - Gas Station Owner (uncredited)
Silver City Kid 1944
as Sheriff Gibson
Call of the Rockies 1944
as Henchman Hansen
Marshal of Reno 1944
as Sheriff
The Yellow Rose of Texas 1944
as Sheriff Allen
The Lady and the Monster 1944
as Man Who Tails Cory (Uncredited)
Hidden Valley Outlaws 1944
as Sheriff McBride
Beneath Western Skies 1944
as Earl Phillips
Captain America 1944
as Mack
The Fighting Seabees 1944
as Johnson (uncredited)
The Woman of the Town 1943
as Crockett Henchman
Canyon City 1943
as Sheriff Slocum
Overland Mail Robbery 1943
as Sheriff
False Colors 1943
as Poncho Townsman
Bullets and Saddles 1943
as Marshal (archive footage)
Hail to the Rangers 1943
as Jessup
The Renegade 1943
as Pete
Wagon Tracks West 1943
as Lem Martin
Silver Spurs 1943
as Henchman
Batman 1943
as Andrews
Song of Texas 1943
as Race Official
Captive Wild Woman 1943
as Ship's Captain (archive footage)
West of Texas 1943
as Steve Conlon
Wild Horse Stampede 1943
as Henchman Lefty
Santa Fe Scouts 1943
as Billy Dawson
The Ox-Bow Incident 1943
as Deputy (uncredited)
Idaho 1943
as Henchman
Bad Men of Thunder Gap 1943
as Hank Turner
No Place for a Lady 1943
as Air Raid Warden (? - ever seen in final cut?)
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground 1943
as Henchman Pete
Ridin' Down the Canyon 1942
as Henchman
The Valley of Vanishing Men 1942
as Slater
American Empire 1942
as Rider with Crowder's Posse (uncredited)
Red River Robin Hood 1942
as Del Auston
Bandit Ranger 1942
as Cattle Rustler (uncredited)
The Secret Code 1942
as Weather Bureau Guard
The Omaha Trail 1942
as Oxen Train Bullwhacker
Shadows on the Sage 1942
as Franklin
Riders of the West 1942
as Slim - Lanky Henchman
The Sons of the Pioneers 1942
as Joe #1 - Henchman
Perils of the Royal Mounted 1942
as Gaynor
Stardust on the Sage 1942
as Henchman MacGowan
Down Texas Way 1942
as Bartender Pete
Land of the Open Range 1942
as Henchman Tracy Briggs
Spy Smasher 1942
as Crane
Ghost Town Law 1942
as Ace, Chief Thug
Lone Star Ranger 1942
as Henchman (uncredited)
Valley of the Sun 1942
as Trooper Parker (uncredited)
West of Tombstone 1942
as Morris
Arizona Terrors 1942
as Second Dialogue Tenant-Rancher
Forbidden Trails 1941
as Marshal Tom
Dude Cowboy 1941
as Silver City Sheriff
Underground Rustlers 1941
as Henchman Tom Harris
Riding the Sunset Trail 1941
as Sheriff Hays
Twilight on the Trail 1941
as Henchman Gregg
Stick to Your Guns 1941
as Ranch Foreman Waffles
Bad Man of Deadwood 1941
as Townsman
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury 1941
as Curley - Saloon Henchman
Dynamite Canyon 1941
as Captain Gray
Fugitive Valley 1941
as Marshal Warren
Wanderers of the West 1941
as Montana Sheriff
The Son of Davy Crockett 1941
as Ranger Logan
Billy the Kid 1941
as Leader (uncredited)
The Spider Returns 1941
as Detective
Robbers of the Range 1941
as Henchman Monk Saunders
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance 1941
as Cop Getting Crane
Western Union 1941
as Slade Henchman #3
Across the Sierras 1941
as Man on Wagon
Romance of the Rio Grande 1941
as U. S. Marshal
Riders from Nowhere 1940
as Mason
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! 1940
as Thug with Explosives
Junior G-Men 1940
as Kearney - Riot Squad Cop (uncredited)
The Green Archer 1940
as Detective with Shiner
Trailing Double Trouble 1940
as Henchman Kirk
Wagon Train 1940
as Henchman Charlie
The Gay Caballero 1940
as Man at Fiesta
Brigham Young 1940
as Raider
Melody Ranch 1940
as Henchman Joe #2
Boom Town 1940
as Sheriff Harris (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode 1940
as Lyncher
Roll Wagons Roll 1940
as Henchman Matt Grimes
The Ranger and the Lady 1940
as Independent Freight Wagon Driver
Stage to Chino 1940
as Dolan - Henchman
Deadwood Dick 1940
as Jake
Winners of the West 1940
as Henchman Webb
Wild Horse Range 1940
as Arnold
Lillian Russell 1940
as Frank
Gaucho Serenade 1940
as Sheriff Tom Olson
Shooting High 1940
as Eph Carson
Dark Command 1940
as Messenger
Viva Cisco Kid 1940
as Town Marshal
Hi-Yo Silver 1940
as Felton
Phantom Rancher 1940
as Sheriff Parker
Ghost Valley Raiders 1940
as Sheriff
Northwest Passage 1940
as Ranger
Five Little Peppers at Home 1940
as Miner
The Shadow 1940
as Hijacked Truck Driver
Westbound Stage 1939
as Henchman Parker
Allegheny Uprising 1939
as Settler at McDowell's Mill
Flaming Lead 1939
as Bart Daggett
Full Confession 1939
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
The Oregon Trail 1939
as Pete Cave Henchman
Mountain Rhythm 1939
as Deputy Tom
Mandrake the Magician 1939
as Mill River Inn Henchman
The Man from Texas 1939
as Henchman Slim
The Night Riders 1939
as Rancher Wilson
Let Us Live 1939
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Southward Ho! 1939
as Phoney Union Sergeant
Lure of the Wasteland 1939
as Foreman
Rollin' Westward 1939
as Sheriff
Sunset Trail 1939
as Jake
Made for Each Other 1939
as Ranger (uncredited)
Jesse James 1939
as Soldier (uncredited)
Fangs of the Wild 1939
as Larry Dean
Song of the Buckaroo 1938
as Sheriff Wade
Santa Fe Stampede 1938
as Marshal Jim Wood
Prairie Moon 1938
as Henchman Steve
The Renegade Ranger 1938
as Henchman Red
Black Bandit 1938
Actor
Juvenile Court 1938
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Smashing the Rackets 1938
as Dixon - Detective
Pioneer Trail 1938
as Sam Harden
Riders of the Black Hills 1938
as Henchman Red Stevens
Phantom Ranger 1938
as Reynolds
The Fighting Devil Dogs 1938
as Henchman Wilson
Six Shootin' Sheriff 1938
as Bar X Foreman
Outlaws of Sonora 1938
as Sheriff Trask
The Lone Ranger 1938
as Henchman Felton
Blossoms On Broadway 1937
as Cop (uncredited)
Springtime in the Rockies 1937
as Tracy
Radio Patrol 1937
as Eddie Lewis
Sky Racket 1937
as Agent-Passenger (Car Chase)
Jungle Menace 1937
as Detective Interrogating Pete
Western Gold 1937
as Clem
Roaring Timber 1937
as Henchman Duke
Angel's Holiday 1937
as Truck Driver
Law of the Ranger 1937
as Henchman Pete
The Frame-Up 1937
as Fred (uncredited)
Bar-Z Bad Men 1937
as Sig Bostell
The Silver Trail 1937
as Looney
Secret Valley 1937
as 2nd Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Rio Grande Ranger 1936
as Henchman Sneed
Sworn Enemy 1936
as Gangster (uncredited)
Guns and Guitars 1936
as Henchman Connor
The Border Patrolman 1936
as Johnson
Avenging Waters 1936
as Henchman Huffy
Heroes of the Range 1936
as Bud
O'Malley of the Mounted 1936
as Lefty - Henchman
Call of the Prairie 1936
as Dealer
Wildcat Saunders 1936
as Pete Hawkins
The Lawless Nineties 1936
as Henchman Ward
Hong Kong Nights 1935
as Blake
Skull and Crown 1935
as Henchman Jennings
Gun Play 1935
as Meeker
The Fighting Marines 1935
as Miller
The Last of the Clintons 1935
as Luke Todd
Way Down East 1935
as Town Choir Singer (uncredited)
Courage of the North 1935
as Mordant
Rio Rattler 1935
as Ranger Bob Adams
The Test 1935
as Trapper (uncredited)
Toll of the Desert 1935
as Sheriff Jackson
The Miracle Rider 1935
as Sewell
The Cactus Kid 1935
as Sheriff
- Timber Terrors
Timber Terrors 1935
as Burke
When Lightning Strikes 1934
as Wolf
Mills of the Gods 1934
as Workman
Mystery Mountain 1934
as Rattler Henchman Morgan
The Oil Raider 1934
as Oil Well Driller (uncredited)
Fighting Fury 1934
as Chet
Bachelor Bait 1934
as Detective (uncredited)
Baby Take a Bow 1934
as Man on Train (Uncredited)
Fighting Hero 1934
as Sheriff
Rawhide Mail 1934
as Barfly Al
Twisted Rails 1934
as Sheriff James
St. Louis Woman 1934
as Lions Coach Ryan
Mystery Ranch 1934
as Holdup man
I Believed in You 1934
as Policeman
Ferocious Pal 1934
as Dave Brownell
The Countess of Monte Cristo 1934
as Police Detective (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor 1934
as Detective at Airport Arrest (uncredited)
Beggars in Ermine 1934
as Steel Worker (uncredited)
Smoky 1933
as Horse Trader
Lone Cowboy 1933
as Conductor (uncredited)
Perils of Pauline 1933
as Soldier at American Consulate
Broadway Thru a Keyhole 1933
as Member of Rocci's Mob
I'm No Angel 1933
as Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)
Police Car 17 1933
as Detective (uncredited)
The Wolf Dog 1933
as Brooks
Lady for a Day 1933
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Gordon of Ghost City 1933
as Pat Campbell
The Fugitive 1933
as Tom
The Nuisance 1933
as Kelley's Associate (uncredited)
Sunset Pass 1933
as Ben
Made on Broadway 1933
as Plainclothesman
The Big Cage 1933
as Ship Captain
Justice Takes a Holiday 1933
as Convict (Uncredited)
Gabriel Over the White House 1933
as Secret Service Man (uncredited)
King of the Jungle 1933
as Lion Attendant (uncredited)
Clancy of the Mounted 1933
as Corporal McGregor
The Iron Master 1933
as Turner
Tex Takes a Holiday 1932
as Sheriff
Manhattan Tower 1932
as Mechanic (uncredited)
The Lost Special 1932
as Dirk / Detective Dane
Trailing the Killer 1932
as Sheriff
Gold 1932
as Sheriff
The Night Rider 1932
as Jeff Barton
The Thirteenth Guest 1932
as Detective Carter (Uncredited)
The Boiling Point 1932
as Pete Mallis - Henchman
Beyond the Rockies 1932
as Kirk Tracy
Honor of the Mounted 1932
as Henchman
The Trial of Vivienne Ware 1932
as Cop at Door (uncredited)
Cock of the Air 1932
as Military Policeman
Without Honor 1932
as 'Sholt' Fletcher
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Lasca of the Rio Grande 1931
Actor
West of Broadway 1931
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Platinum Blonde 1931
as Reporter (uncredited)
Range Law 1931
as Henchman Cleve
The Arizona Terror 1931
as Henchman Chuckawalla
The Galloping Ghost 1931
as Mullins
- Lightnin' Smith Returns
Lightnin' Smith Returns 1931
as Lightning' Smith
Valley of Badmen 1931
as Attorney Horton
The Two Gun Man 1931
as Lem Tolliver
The Secret Six 1931
as Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
Quick Millions 1931
as Atlas Newsreel Man (uncredited)
- Air Police
Air Police 1931
as Spike - Joe's Henchman
Gun Smoke 1931
as Hank Bailey (uncredited)
- Trails of the Golden West
Trails of the Golden West 1931
Actor
- Sheer Luck
Sheer Luck 1931
as Police Lieutenant
Westward Bound 1930
as Dick - Rustler
See America Thirst 1930
as Spumoni Hood (uncredited)
The Third Alarm 1930
as Fireman Tom
Under Texas Skies 1930
as Fake Captain Hartford
Spell of the Circus 1930
as Butte Morgan
River's End 1930
as Mountie
Borrowed Wives 1930
as Mac, the Motorcycle Cop
The Storm 1930
as Head Mountie
Bar-L Ranch 1930
as Henchman (uncredited)
Romance of the West 1930
as Kayo Mooney
Safety in Numbers 1930
as Motorist (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
as 1st Medic Orderly (uncredited)
- Sid's Long Count
Sid's Long Count 1930
as Policeman
Troopers Three 1930
as Sgt. Hank Darby
Firebrand Jordan 1930
as Ed Burns
The Woman Racket 1930
as Hennessy
Hell's Heroes 1929
as Croupier (uncredited)
The Harvest of Hate 1929
as Martin Trask
Queen of the Northwoods 1929
as Garvin / The Wolf-Devil
Chinatown Nights 1929
as Cop
Untamed Justice 1929
as Henchman Jim
In Old Arizona 1928
as Man in Saloon (uncredited)
The Mystery Rider 1928
as David Manning / The Claw
The Michigan Kid 1928
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Yellow Cameo 1928
as Spraker
The Bronc Stomper 1928
as Alan Riggs
- The Apache Raider
The Apache Raider 1928
as Griffin Dawson
- The Boss of Rustler's Roost
The Boss of Rustler's Roost 1928
as Pronto Giles
- The Return of the Riddle Rider
The Return of the Riddle Rider 1927
as Buck White
The Golden Stallion 1927
as Jules La Roux
- The Long Loop on the Pecos
The Long Loop on the Pecos 1927
as Laird
Desert Greed 1926
as Ranger (uncredited)
West of the Rainbow's End 1926
as Harry Palmer
- Code of the Northwest
Code of the Northwest 1926
as Pvt. Frank Stafford
Snowed In 1926
as U.S. Marshal Thayer
Dangerous Traffic 1926
as Marc Brandon
Chasing Trouble 1926
as Jerome Garrett
The Bar-C Mystery 1926
Actor
A String of Diamonds 1926
as Slippery Jack Elmm
The Cowboy Musketeer 1925
as Joe Dokes
The Demon Rider 1925
as Black Hawk
Silent Sheldon 1925
as Bill Fadden
Three in Exile 1925
as Jed Hawkings
Border Vengeance 1925
as Flash Denby
- The Air Hawk
The Air Hawk 1924
as Kellar
- Ridin' Double
Ridin' Double 1924
as Gabe Lawrence
The Right of the Strongest 1924
as Fred Dearing
The Heritage of the Desert 1924
as Dave Naab
- Mile-a-Minute Morgan
Mile-a-Minute Morgan 1924
as Kenneth Winster
The Call of the Canyon 1923
as Lee Stanton
The Dangerous Maid 1923
as Guard
Our Hospitality 1923
as James Canfield (uncredited)
- Shell Shocked Sammy
Shell Shocked Sammy 1923
Actor
To the Last Man 1923
as Guy
The Social Buccaneer 1923
as Louis Lenoir
The Cowboy and the Lady 1922
as Joe
The Long Chance 1922
as John Corbaly (as Leonard Clapham)
Nan of the North 1922
as Dick Driscoll (as Leonard Clapham)
Colorado 1921
as David Collins (as Leonard Clapham)
- 'in Wrong' Wright
'in Wrong' Wright 1920
as Sheriff
Under Northern Lights 1920
as Jacques Foucharde
- Masked
Masked 1920
Actor
- Wolf Tracks
Wolf Tracks 1920
Actor
The Texas Kid 1920
Actor
King of the Circus 1920
Actor
The Lion Man 1919
as Lacey
The Great Air Robbery 1919
as Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham)
The Last of the Duanes 1919
as (as Leonard Clapham)
The Lone Star Ranger 1919
as Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham)
Leave It to Susan 1919
Actor
The Boss of the Rancho 1919
Actor
The Purple Mask 1916
as Robert Jackson, Inventor (as Leonard Clapham)
Liberty 1916
as (as Leonard Clapham)
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