Tom London

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-08-23 (74 years old)

Deathday

1963-12-05

Place of Birth

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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, per...

Acting

1952

Apache Country

as Patches - Stage Driver (uncredited)

1930

Firebrand Jordan

as Ed Burns

1943

Canyon City

as Sheriff Slocum

1942

American Empire

as Rider with Crowder's Posse (uncredited)

1934

Twisted Rails

as Sheriff James

1916

Liberty

as (as Leonard Clapham)

1922

Nan of the North

as Dick Driscoll (as Leonard Clapham)

1926

Desert Greed

as Ranger (uncredited)

1930

Spell of the Circus

as Butte Morgan

1921

Colorado

as David Collins (as Leonard Clapham)

1931

The Secret Six

as Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)

1919

The Last of the Duanes

as (as Leonard Clapham)

1919

The Lone Star Ranger

as Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham)

1930

Under Texas Skies

as Fake Captain Hartford

1938

Pioneer Trail

as Sam Harden

1935

Rio Rattler

as Ranger Bob Adams

1956

Friendly Persuasion

as Farmer on Front Line with Gard (uncredited)

1933

Lady for a Day

as Reception Guest (uncredited)

1942

1937

1941

Dynamite Canyon

as Captain Gray

1952

Rancho Notorious

as Deputy in Gunsight (uncredited)

1936

Rio Grande Ranger

as Henchman Sneed

1939

The Man from Texas

as Henchman Slim

1930

The Third Alarm

as Fireman Tom

1934

1941

1926

A String of Diamonds

as Slippery Jack Elmm

1930

The Storm

as Head Mountie

1925

Three in Exile

as Jed Hawkings

1925

Silent Sheldon

as Bill Fadden

1934

The Crime Doctor

as Detective at Airport Arrest (uncredited)

1926

1950

The Blazing Sun

as Tom Ellis

1934

The Oil Raider

as Oil Well Driller (uncredited)

1933

Lone Cowboy

as Conductor (uncredited)

1938

Santa Fe Stampede

as Marshal Jim Wood

1932

Gold

as Sheriff

1932

Without Honor

as 'Sholt' Fletcher

1959

Lone Texan

as Old Dan (uncredited)

1952

The Old West

as Chadwick (uncredited)

1936

The Lawless Nineties

as Henchman Ward

1939

Full Confession

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

1933

The Nuisance

as Kelley's Associate (uncredited)

1934

Mystery Ranch

as Holdup man

1939

Patrola na hranicích Mexika

as Phoney Union Sergeant

1944

The Yellow Rose of Texas

as Sheriff Allen

1940

Trailing Double Trouble

as Henchman Kirk

1920

1935

The Test

as Trapper (uncredited)

1920

1931

1952

Blue Canadian Rockies

as Pop Phillips

1936

Guns and Guitars

as Henchman Connor

1942

Stardust on the Sage

as Henchman MacGowan

1932

Manhattan Tower

as Mechanic (uncredited)

1932

The Night Rider

as Jeff Barton

1929

Queen of the Northwoods

as Garvin / The Wolf-Devil

1932

The Boiling Point

as Pete Mallis - Henchman

1935

Toll of the Desert

as Sheriff Jackson

1935

1930

Borrowed Wives

as Mac, the Motorcycle Cop

1945

Oregon Trail

as Sheriff Plenner

1944

Marshal of Reno

as Sheriff

1942

Ghost Town Law

as Ace, Chief Thug

1935

1944

1942

Down Texas Way

as Bartender Pete

1938

Outlaws of Sonora

as Sheriff Trask

1936

1962

13 West Street

as Prisoner (uncredited)

1926

Dangerous Traffic

as Marc Brandon

1941

1935

1949

Riders in the Sky

as Old Man Robert

1945

Federal Operator 99

as Prof. Crawford

1935

1942

Spy Smasher

as Crane

1934

St. Louis Woman

as Lions Coach Ryan

1937

Bar-Z Bad Men

as Sig Bostell

1937

Law of the Ranger

as Henchman Pete

1938

Prairie Moon

as Henchman Steve

1937

Secret Valley

as 2nd Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1935

The Cactus Kid

as Sheriff

1935

Gun Play

as Meeker

1947

1933

The Wolf Dog

as Brooks

1946

The Phantom Rider

as Medicine Man Ceta

1930

Troopers Three

as Sgt. Hank Darby

1938

The Fighting Devil Dogs

as Henchman Wilson

1938

The Lone Ranger

as Henchman Felton

1940

Shooting High

as Eph Carson

1930

The Woman Racket

as Hennessy

1916

The Purple Mask

as Robert Jackson, Inventor (as Leonard Clapham)

1938

Phantom Ranger

as Reynolds

1938

The Renegade Ranger

as Henchman Red

1940

Phantom Rancher

as Sheriff Parker

1930

River's End

as Mountie

1933

1931

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1934

Mystery Mountain

as Rattler Henchman Morgan

1943

Wild Horse Stampede

as Henchman Lefty

1939

Flaming Lead

as Bart Daggett

1925

The Demon Rider

as Black Hawk

1931

The Two Gun Man

as Lem Tolliver

1931

The Arizona Terror

as Henchman Chuckawalla

1931

Range Law

as Henchman Cleve

1932

Cock of the Air

as Military Policeman

1930

See America Thirst

as Spumoni Hood (uncredited)

1960

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

as Bum at Bar (uncredited)

1945

Trail of Kit Carson

as John Benton

1928

The Michigan Kid

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1946

Santa Fe Uprising

as Lafe Dibble

1944

Stagecoach to Monterey

as Chester Wade

1932

1932

Beyond the Rockies

as Kirk Tracy

1932

The Lost Special

as Dirk / Detective Dane

1958

The Sheepman

as Shopkeeper (uncredited)

1958

Money, Women and Guns

as Old Prospector (uncredited)

1925

1930

Safety in Numbers

as Motorist (uncredited)

1933

I'm No Angel

as Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)

1930

Westward Bound

as Dick - Rustler

1938

Six Shootin' Sheriff

as Bar X Foreman

1937

Radio Patrol

as Eddie Lewis

1938

Smashing the Rackets

as Dixon - Detective

1939

Westbound Stage

as Henchman Parker

1946

Crime of the Century

as Dr. Jackson

1935

Way Down East

as Town Choir Singer (uncredited)

1936

Sworn Enemy

as Gangster (uncredited)

1944

The Girl Who Dared

as Neilson - Gas Station Owner (uncredited)

1939

Jesse James

as Soldier (uncredited)

1933

King of the Jungle

as Lion Attendant (uncredited)

1939

The Oregon Trail

as Pete Cave Henchman

1936

Avenging Waters

as Henchman Huffy

1939

Mandrake the Magician

as Mill River Inn Henchman

1939

Made for Each Other

as Ranger (uncredited)

1942

Land of the Open Range

as Henchman Tracy Briggs

1939

Let Us Live

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1939

The Night Riders

as Rancher Wilson

1939

Allegheny Uprising

as Settler at McDowell's Mill

1933

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

as Member of Rocci's Mob

1937

Jungle Menace

as Detective Interrogating Pete

1940

Stage to Chino

as Dolan - Henchman

1933

Gordon of Ghost City

as Pat Campbell

1939

Fangs of the Wild

as Larry Dean

1953

Pack Train

as Dan Coleman

1945

Sheriff of Cimarron

as Frank Holden

1933

1938

Song of the Buckaroo

as Sheriff Wade

1940

The Gay Caballero

as Man at Fiesta

1940

Viva Cisco Kid

as Town Marshal

1939

1936

1940

1939

1941

1940

Roll Wagons Roll

as Henchman Matt Grimes

1943

Wagon Tracks West

as Lem Martin

1941

Robbers of the Range

as Henchman Monk Saunders

1949

San Antone Ambush

as Bartender Tim

1943

Santa Fe Scouts

as Billy Dawson

1943

1947

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

as Cop in Squad Car (uncredited)

1934

Rawhide Mail

as Barfly Al

1934

Ferocious Pal

as Dave Brownell

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident

as Deputy (uncredited)

1935

1949

Red Desert

as Colonel

1930

Bar-L Ranch

as Henchman (uncredited)

1958

Man of the West

as Tom (uncredited)

1940

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

as Thug with Explosives

1940

The Shadow

as Hijacked Truck Driver

1923

Our Hospitality

as James Canfield (uncredited)

1945

Don't Fence Me In

as Ben Duncan

1952

High Noon

as Sam (uncredited)

1940

The Ranger and the Lady

as Independent Freight Wagon Driver

1940

Brigham Young

as Raider

1941

Forbidden Trails

as Marshal Tom

1939

1940

Gaucho Serenade

as Sheriff Tom Olson

1940

1940

Boom Town

as Sheriff Harris (uncredited)

1940

Dark Command

as Messenger

1940

Wagon Train

as Henchman Charlie

1933

Smoky

as Horse Trader

1940

1940

Winners of the West

as Henchman Webb

1941

Wanderers of the West

as Montana Sheriff

1944

Call of the Rockies

as Henchman Hansen

1941

Stick to Your Guns

as Ranch Foreman Waffles

1941

Twilight on the Trail

as Henchman Gregg

1940

1931

Quick Millions

as Atlas Newsreel Man (uncredited)

1940

1940

The Green Archer

as Detective with Shiner

1940

Junior G-Men

as Kearney - Riot Squad Cop (uncredited)

1940

Melody Ranch

as Henchman Joe #2

1941

Dude Cowboy

as Silver City Sheriff

1943

1947

Blackmail

as Tom - Cashier

1947

Twilight on the Rio Grande

as U.S. Customs Agent Tom

1946

1946

Passkey to Danger

as Gerald Bates

1946

Night Train to Memphis

as Train Conductor

1945

Girls of the Big House

as Sheriff at Alma's Cell

1945

Flame of Barbary Coast

as Thompson, Townsman in Mob

1945

Earl Carroll Vanities

as Tom the Doorman

1945

Grissly's Millions

as Policeman Ralph

1944

1944

Faces in the Fog

as Auto Court Manager

1944

The Fighting Seabees

as Johnson (uncredited)

1950

1951

Rough Riders of Durango

as Rancher Evans

1938

Juvenile Court

as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)

1950

1944

Cheyenne Wildcat

as Harrison Colby

1947

The Wild Frontier

as Patrick MacSween

1945

1946

Conquest of Cheyenne

as Sheriff Dan Perkins

1945

Colorado Pioneers

as Sand Snipe

1945

Wagon Wheels Westward

as Fake Judge James E. Worth

1946

1947

1946

California Gold Rush

as Sheriff Peabody

1940

1941

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

as Cop Getting Crane

1941

1941

The Spider Returns

as Detective

1947

Saddle Pals

as Dad Gardner

1942

Red River Robin Hood

as Sheriff Del Auston

1942

1942

Lone Star Ranger

as Henchman (uncredited)

1952

Trail Guide

as Old Timer

1940

Hi-Yo Silver

as Felton

1943

1941

Fugitive Valley

as Marshal Warren

1942

Arizona Terrors

as Second Dialogue Tenant-Rancher

1943

1944

Hidden Valley Outlaws

as Sheriff McBride

1941

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

as Curley - Saloon Henchman

1943

West of Texas

as Steve Conlon

1944

Code of the Prairie

as Henchman Loomis

1944

Beneath Western Skies

as Earl Phillips

1944

Firebrands of Arizona

as Wagon Driver

1945

Corpus Christi Bandits

as Rocky - Henchman

1944

Sheriff of Sundown

as Sheriff Tom Carpenter

1944

Silver City Kid

as Sheriff Gibson

1945

Rough Riders of Cheyenne

as Sheriff Edwards

1944

Zorro's Black Whip

as James Bradley

1945

Sunset in El Dorado

as Sheriff Gridley

1946

Rio Grande Raiders

as Sheriff Tom Hammon

1946

1946

Red River Renegades

as Pop Underwood

1946

Roll on Texas Moon

as Sheriff Bert Morris

1946

1946

Days of Buffalo Bill

as Banty McCabe

1947

1947

Last Frontier Uprising

as Skillet (Ranch Hand)

1947

Under Colorado Skies

as Sheriff Blanchard

1937

Sky Racket

as Agent-Passenger (Car Chase)

1948

Marshal of Amarillo

as Mr. Snodgrass

1948

Mark of the Lash

as Lem Kimmerly

1931

Gun Smoke

as Hank Bailey

1942

Bandit Ranger

as Cattle Rustler (uncredited)

1941

Across the Sierras

as Man on Wagon

1941

Western Union

as Slade Henchman #3

1942

Sons of the Pioneers

as Joe #1 - Henchman

1942

1941

Underground Rustlers

as Henchman Tom Harris

1942

Valley of the Sun

as Trooper Parker

1942

The Omaha Trail

as Oxen Train Bullwhacker

1942

Riders of the West

as Slim - Lanky Henchman

1941

Billy the Kid

as Leader (uncredited)

1949

South of Rio

as Jim Weston

1943

Silver Spurs

as Henchman

1943

The Woman of the Town

as Crockett Henchman

1943

False Colors

as Poncho Townsman

1943

Idaho

as Henchman

1943

Song of Texas

as Race Official

1943

Bullets and Saddles

as Marshal (archive footage)

1956

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

as Livery Stableman (uncredited)

1936

Wildcat Saunders

as Pete Hawkins

1938

Riders of the Black Hills

as Henchman Red Stevens

1937

1935

Skull and Crown

as Henchman Jennings

1944

The Lady and the Monster

as Man Who Tails Cory (Uncredited)

1937

Angel's Holiday

as Truck Driver

1942

The Secret Code

as Weather Bureau Guard

1937

Roaring Timber

as Henchman Duke

1930

Sid's Long Count

as Policeman

1949

Brand of Fear

as Marshal Blackjack Flint

1943

Captive Wild Woman

as Ship's Captain (archive footage)

1943

Batman

as Andrews

1933

Police Car 17

as Detective (uncredited)

1943

No Place for a Lady

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

1951

The Secret of Convict Lake

as Jerry - Posse Member (uncredited)

1925

Border Vengeance

as Flash Denby

1919

The Great Air Robbery

as Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham)

1926

Code of the Northwest

as Pvt. Frank Stafford

1934

Baby Take a Bow

as Man on Train (Uncredited)

1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

as 1st Medic Orderly (uncredited)

1934

Bachelor Bait

as Detective (uncredited)

1937

Blossoms On Broadway

as Cop (uncredited)

1928

The Mystery Rider

as David Manning / The Claw

1929

The Harvest of Hate

as Martin Trask

1922

The Long Chance

as John Corbaly (as Leonard Clapham)

1928

In Old Arizona

as Man in Saloon (uncredited)

1927

The Golden Stallion

as Jules La Roux

1929

Hell's Heroes

as Croupier (uncredited)

1923

1923

1939

Mountain Rhythm

as Deputy Tom

1944

1933

The Big Cage

as Ship Captain

1936

O'Malley of the Mounted

as Lefty - Henchman

1933

Perils of Pauline

as Soldier at American Consulate

1932

The Thirteenth Guest

as Detective Carter (Uncredited)

1932

1933

1931

Platinum Blonde

as Reporter (uncredited)

1933

Clancy of the Mounted

as Corporal McGregor

1934

1933

Made on Broadway

as Plainclothesman

1937

The Frame-Up

as Fred (uncredited)

1923

1934

I Believed in You

as Policeman

1931

West of Broadway

as Cowhand (uncredited)

1924

Mile-a-Minute Morgan

as Kenneth Winster

1934

Beggars in Ermine

as Steel Worker (uncredited)

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