Tom Poston

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-10-17 (86 years old)

Deathday

2007-04-30

Place of Birth

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Tom Poston

Biography

Thomas Gordon "Tom" Poston (October 17, 1921 – April 30, 2007) was an American television and film actor. He starred on television in a career that began in 1950. He appeared as a comic actor, game show panelist, comedy/variety show host, film actor, television actor, and Broadway performer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Poston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Acting

1978

Rabbit Test

as Minister

2003

Beethoven's 5th

as John Giles / Selig

1999

1980

Up the Academy

as Sgt. Skip Sisson

1978

Fame

as Car Salesman

1953

City That Never Sleeps

as Detective (as Thomas Poston)

1979

Beane's of Boston

as Frank Beane

2004

Christmas with the Kranks

as Father Zabriskie

1963

The Old Dark House

as Tom Penderel

1971

Cold Turkey

as Mr. Stopworth

1962

Zotz!

as Prof. Jonathan Jones

1975

The Happy Hooker

as J. Arthur Conrad

1963

Soldier in the Rain

as Lieutenant Magee

1981

Carbon Copy

as Reverend Hayworth

1960

The Tempest

as Trinculo

1998

Krippendorf's Tribe

as Gordon Hargrove

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