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

Patches - Stage Driver (uncredited)

Apache Country

Ed Burns

Firebrand Jordan

Kayo Mooney

Romance of the West

Sheriff Slocum

Canyon City

Rider with Crowder's Posse (uncredited)

American Empire

Sheriff James

Twisted Rails

(as Leonard Clapham)

Liberty

Dick Driscoll (as Leonard Clapham)

Nan of the North

Ranger (uncredited)

Desert Greed

Butte Morgan

Spell of the Circus

David Collins (as Leonard Clapham)

Colorado

Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)

The Secret Six

(as Leonard Clapham)

The Last of the Duanes

Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham)

The Lone Star Ranger

Fake Captain Hartford

Under Texas Skies

Sam Harden

Pioneer Trail

Ranger Bob Adams

Rio Rattler

Farmer on Front Line with Gard (uncredited)

Friendly Persuasion

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Lady for a Day

Wolf

When Lightning Strikes

Captain Gray

Dynamite Canyon

Morris

West of Tombstone

Clem

Western Gold

Deputy in Gunsight (uncredited)

Rancho Notorious

Henchman Sneed

Rio Grande Ranger

Henchman Slim

The Man from Texas

The Boss of the Rancho

Fireman Tom

The Third Alarm

Chet

Fighting Fury

Townsman

Bad Man of Deadwood

Slippery Jack Elmm

A String of Diamonds

Head Mountie

The Storm

Miller

The Fighting Marines

Jed Hawkings

Three in Exile

Bill Fadden

Silent Sheldon

Detective at Airport Arrest (uncredited)

The Crime Doctor

Harry Palmer

West of the Rainbow's End

Tracy

Springtime in the Rockies

Tom Ellis

The Blazing Sun

Bud

Heroes of the Range

Oil Well Driller (uncredited)

The Oil Raider

Conductor (uncredited)

Lone Cowboy

Marshal Jim Wood

Santa Fe Stampede

Sheriff

Gold

'Sholt' Fletcher

Without Honor

Old Dan (uncredited)

Lone Texan

Chadwick (uncredited)

The Old West

Henchman Ward

The Lawless Nineties

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Full Confession

King of the Circus

Baker

Marshal of Cripple Creek

Kelley's Associate (uncredited)

The Nuisance

Holdup man

Mystery Ranch

Crane

Spy Smasher Returns

Phoney Union Sergeant

Southward Ho!

The Texas Kid

Henchman Kirk

Trailing Double Trouble

Sheriff Allen

The Yellow Rose of Texas

Wolf Tracks

Masked

Trapper (uncredited)

The Test

Sheriff

'in Wrong' Wright

Mullins

The Galloping Ghost

Pop Phillips

Blue Canadian Rockies

Henchman Connor

Guns and Guitars

Henchman MacGowan

Stardust on the Sage

Mechanic (uncredited)

Manhattan Tower

Jeff Barton

The Night Rider

Garvin / The Wolf-Devil

Queen of the Northwoods

Pete Mallis - Henchman

The Boiling Point

Sheriff Jackson

Toll of the Desert

Blake

Hong Kong Nights

Mac, the Motorcycle Cop

Borrowed Wives

Sheriff Plenner

Oregon Trail

Sheriff

Marshal of Reno

Sheriff

Sheriff of Redwood Valley

Ace, Chief Thug

Ghost Town Law

Sewell

The Miracle Rider

Long

San Antonio Kid

Bartender Pete

Down Texas Way

Sheriff Trask

Outlaws of Sonora

Johnson

The Border Patrolman

Prisoner (uncredited)

13 West Street

Marc Brandon

Dangerous Traffic

U. S. Marshal

Romance of the Rio Grande

Luke Todd

The Last of the Clintons

Old Man Robert

Riders in the Sky

Prof. Crawford

Federal Operator 99

Mordant

Courage of the North

Crane

Spy Smasher

Lions Coach Ryan

St. Louis Woman

Sig Bostell

Bar-Z Bad Men

Henchman Pete

Law of the Ranger

Henchman Steve

Prairie Moon

2nd Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Secret Valley

Sheriff

The Cactus Kid

Meeker

Gun Play

Gaynor

Perils of the Royal Mounted

Sam Bolton

Jesse James Rides Again

Medicine Man Ceta

The Phantom Rider

Brooks

The Wolf Dog

Sgt. Hank Darby

Troopers Three

Tom Judson

King of the Forest Rangers

Henchman Felton

The Lone Ranger

Henchman Wilson

The Fighting Devil Dogs

Slater

The Valley of Vanishing Men

Eph Carson

Shooting High

Hennessy

The Woman Racket

Robert Jackson, Inventor (as Leonard Clapham)

The Purple Mask

Black Bandit

Reynolds

Phantom Ranger

Henchman Red

The Renegade Ranger

Sheriff Parker

Phantom Rancher

Mountie

River's End

Ben

Sunset Pass

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Tall Stranger

Rattler Henchman Morgan

Mystery Mountain

Bart Daggett

Flaming Lead

Henchman Lefty

Wild Horse Stampede

Black Hawk

The Demon Rider

Henchman Chuckawalla

The Arizona Terror

Lem Tolliver

The Two Gun Man

Henchman Cleve

Range Law

Military Policeman

Cock of the Air

Spumoni Hood (uncredited)

See America Thirst

Bum at Bar (uncredited)

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

John Benton

Trail of Kit Carson

Minor Role (uncredited)

The Michigan Kid

Lafe Dibble

Santa Fe Uprising

Chester Wade

Stagecoach to Monterey

Sheriff

Trailing the Killer

Kirk Tracy

Beyond the Rockies

Dirk / Detective Dane

The Lost Special

Shopkeeper (uncredited)

The Sheepman

Old Prospector (uncredited)

Money, Women and Guns

Joe Dokes

The Cowboy Musketeer

Motorist (uncredited)

Safety in Numbers

Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)

I'm No Angel

Eddie Lewis

Radio Patrol

Dick - Rustler

Westward Bound

Bar X Foreman

Six Shootin' Sheriff

Dixon - Detective

Smashing the Rackets

Henchman Parker

Westbound Stage

Dr. Jackson

Crime of the Century

Town Choir Singer (uncredited)

Way Down East

Gangster (uncredited)

Sworn Enemy

Neilson - Gas Station Owner (uncredited)

The Girl Who Dared

Soldier (uncredited)

Jesse James

Lion Attendant (uncredited)

King of the Jungle

Pete Cave Henchman

The Oregon Trail

Henchman Huffy

Avenging Waters

Mill River Inn Henchman

Mandrake the Magician

Ranger (uncredited)

Made for Each Other

Henchman Tracy Briggs

Land of the Open Range

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Let Us Live

Rancher Wilson

The Night Riders

Denver

Vigilantes of Dodge City

Settler at McDowell's Mill

Allegheny Uprising

Dolan - Henchman

Stage to Chino

Member of Rocci's Mob

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

Pat Campbell

Gordon of Ghost City

Detective Interrogating Pete

Jungle Menace

Larry Dean

Fangs of the Wild

Dan Coleman

Pack Train

Frank Holden

Sheriff of Cimarron

Mason

Riders from Nowhere

Turner

The Iron Master

Sheriff Wade

Song of the Buckaroo

Man at Fiesta

The Gay Caballero

Town Marshal

Viva Cisco Kid

Sheriff

Rollin' Westward

Dealer

Call of the Prairie

Arnold

Wild Horse Range

Domino Kid

Foreman

Lure of the Wasteland

Healey

Man from Rainbow Valley

Sheriff Hays

Riding the Sunset Trail

Henchman Matt Grimes

Roll Wagons Roll

Lem Martin

Wagon Tracks West

Henchman Monk Saunders

Robbers of the Range

Bartender Tim

San Antone Ambush

Billy Dawson

Santa Fe Scouts

Hank Turner

Bad Men of Thunder Gap

Cop in Squad Car (uncredited)

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

Barfly Al

Rawhide Mail

Dave Brownell

Ferocious Pal

Deputy (uncredited)

The Ox-Bow Incident

Burke

Timber Terrors

Colonel

Red Desert

Henchman (uncredited)

Bar-L Ranch

Rancher

Homesteaders of Paradise Valley

Tom (uncredited)

Man of the West

Thug with Explosives

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Miner

Five Little Peppers at Home

James Canfield (uncredited)

Our Hospitality

Hijacked Truck Driver

The Shadow

Ben Duncan

Don't Fence Me In

Sam (uncredited)

High Noon

Independent Freight Wagon Driver

The Ranger and the Lady

Raider

Brigham Young

Marshal Tom

Forbidden Trails

Jake

Sunset Trail

Sheriff Tom Olson

Gaucho Serenade

Lyncher

When the Daltons Rode

Sheriff Harris (uncredited)

Boom Town

Messenger

Dark Command

Henchman Charlie

Wagon Train

Horse Trader

Smoky

Jake

Deadwood Dick

Henchman Webb

Winners of the West

Montana Sheriff

Wanderers of the West

Henchman Hansen

Call of the Rockies

Ranch Foreman Waffles

Stick to Your Guns

Henchman Gregg

Twilight on the Trail

Ranger

Northwest Passage

Atlas Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Quick Millions

Frank

Lillian Russell

Henchman Joe #2

Melody Ranch

Kearney - Riot Squad Cop (uncredited)

Junior G-Men

Detective with Shiner

The Green Archer

Silver City Sheriff

Dude Cowboy

Cop

Chinatown Nights

Pete

The Renegade

Tom - Cashier

Blackmail

U.S. Customs Agent Tom

Twilight on the Rio Grande

Eph Shroud

The Invisible Informer

Train Conductor

Night Train to Memphis

Gerald Bates

Passkey to Danger

Thompson, Townsman in Mob

Flame of Barbary Coast

Sheriff at Alma's Cell

Girls of the Big House

Tom the Doorman

Earl Carroll Vanities

Policeman Ralph

Grissly's Millions

Auto Court Manager

Faces in the Fog

Pop

Thoroughbreds

Johnson (uncredited)

The Fighting Seabees

Doc Laramie

Cody of the Pony Express

Rancher Evans

Rough Riders of Durango

Policeman at Accident (uncredited)

Juvenile Court

Banker

The Old Frontier

Harrison Colby

Cheyenne Wildcat

Barton

Marshal of Laredo

Fake Judge Worth

Wagon Wheels Westward

Sand Snipe

Colorado Pioneers

Patrick MacSween

The Wild Frontier

Sheriff

Sun Valley Cyclone

Sheriff Peabody

California Gold Rush

Sheriff Dan Perkins

Conquest of Cheyenne

The Sheriff

Rustlers of Devil's Canyon

Sheriff

Ghost Valley Raiders

Ranger Logan

The Son of Davy Crockett

Cop Getting Crane

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

Detective

The Spider Returns

Dad Gardner

Saddle Pals

Del Auston

Red River Robin Hood

Franklin

Shadows on the Sage

Henchman (uncredited)

Lone Star Ranger

Old Timer

Trail Guide

Felton

Hi-Yo Silver

Jessup

Hail to the Rangers

Marshal Warren

Fugitive Valley

Second Dialogue Tenant-Rancher

Arizona Terrors

Sheriff

Overland Mail Robbery

Sheriff McBride

Hidden Valley Outlaws

Curley - Saloon Henchman

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

Henchman Pete

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

Steve Conlon

West of Texas

Earl Phillips

Beneath Western Skies

Henchman Loomis

Code of the Prairie

Wagon Driver

Firebrands of Arizona

Utah

The Cherokee Flash

Rocky - Henchman

Corpus Christi Bandits

Sheriff Gibson

Silver City Kid

Sheriff Tom Carpenter

Sheriff of Sundown

Sheriff Edwards

Rough Riders of Cheyenne

James Bradley

Zorro's Black Whip

Sheriff Gridley

Sunset in El Dorado

Lem

The Undercover Woman

Johnny

Out California Way

Sheriff Bert Morris

Roll on Texas Moon

Sheriff Tom Hammon

Rio Grande Raiders

Pop Underwood

Red River Renegades

Dakota

Alias Billy the Kid

Banty McCabe

Days of Buffalo Bill

Wagon Boss

Along the Oregon Trail

Skillet (Ranch Hand)

Last Frontier Uprising

Sheriff Blanchard

Under Colorado Skies

Agent-Passenger (Car Chase)

Sky Racket

Lem Kimmerly

Mark of the Lash

Mr. Snodgrass

Marshal of Amarillo

Hank Bailey (uncredited)

Gun Smoke

Cattle Rustler (uncredited)

Bandit Ranger

Man on Wagon

Across the Sierras

Slade Henchman #3

Western Union

Joe #1 - Henchman

Sons of the Pioneers

Henchman

Ridin' Down the Canyon

Henchman Tom Harris

Underground Rustlers

Jed

Frontier Investigator

Trooper Parker (uncredited)

Valley of the Sun

Oxen Train Bullwhacker

The Omaha Trail

Slim - Lanky Henchman

Riders of the West

Leader (uncredited)

Billy the Kid

Henchman

Silver Spurs

Jim Weston

South of Rio

Crockett Henchman

The Woman of the Town

Henchman

Idaho

Poncho Townsman

False Colors

Race Official

Song of Texas

Marshal (archive footage)

Bullets and Saddles

Livery Stableman (uncredited)

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

Pete Hawkins

Wildcat Saunders

Henchman Red Stevens

Riders of the Black Hills

Looney

The Silver Trail

Henchman Jennings

Skull and Crown

Man Who Tails Cory (Uncredited)

The Lady and the Monster

Truck Driver

Angel's Holiday

Weather Bureau Guard

The Secret Code

Henchman Duke

Roaring Timber

Dave Naab

The Heritage of the Desert

Policeman

Sid's Long Count

Marshal Blackjack Flint

Brand of Fear

Ship's Captain (archive footage)

Captive Wild Woman

Andrews

Batman

Detective (uncredited)

Police Car 17

Air Raid Warden (? - ever seen in final cut?)

No Place for a Lady

Jerry - Posse Member (uncredited)

The Secret of Convict Lake

Flash Denby

Border Vengeance

Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham)

The Great Air Robbery

Pvt. Frank Stafford

Code of the Northwest

Man on Train (Uncredited)

Baby Take a Bow

1st Medic Orderly (uncredited)

All Quiet on the Western Front

Detective (uncredited)

Bachelor Bait

Cop (uncredited)

Blossoms On Broadway

David Manning / The Claw

The Mystery Rider

Martin Trask

The Harvest of Hate

John Corbaly (as Leonard Clapham)

The Long Chance

Man in Saloon (uncredited)

In Old Arizona

Jules La Roux

The Golden Stallion

Croupier (uncredited)

Hell's Heroes

Guy

To the Last Man

Lee Stanton

The Call of the Canyon

Deputy Tom

Mountain Rhythm

Mack

Captain America

Ship Captain

The Big Cage

Lefty - Henchman

O'Malley of the Mounted

Soldier at American Consulate

Perils of Pauline

Detective Carter (Uncredited)

The Thirteenth Guest

Henchman

Honor of the Mounted

Tom

The Fugitive

Reporter (uncredited)

Platinum Blonde

Corporal McGregor

Clancy of the Mounted

Workman

Mills of the Gods

Plainclothesman

Made on Broadway

Fred (uncredited)

The Frame-Up

Guard

The Dangerous Maid

Trails of the Golden West

Policeman

I Believed in You

Cowhand (uncredited)

West of Broadway

Kenneth Winster

Mile-a-Minute Morgan

Shell Shocked Sammy

Steel Worker (uncredited)

Beggars in Ermine

Leave It to Susan

Police Lieutenant

Sheer Luck

Police Detective (uncredited)

The Countess of Monte Cristo

Spraker

The Yellow Cameo

The Bar-C Mystery

Joe

The Cowboy and the Lady

U.S. Marshal Thayer

Snowed In

Lacey

The Lion Man

Jacques Foucharde

Under Northern Lights

Cop at Door (uncredited)

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

Griffin Dawson

The Apache Raider

Pronto Giles

The Boss of Rustler's Roost

Jerome Garrett

Chasing Trouble

Sheriff

Fighting Hero

Gabe Lawrence

Ridin' Double

Andrew Coleman

Behind City Lights

Kellar

The Air Hawk

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

378

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-08-23

Place of Birth

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Also Known As

Len Clapham