Tryon, Thomas

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Tryon, Thomas
Other forms of name
Tryon, Thomas, 1926-1991
Tryon, Tom
Date of birth
1926-01-14
Date of death
1991-09-04
Place of birth
Hartford (Conn.)
Place of death
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Occupation
Actors
Authors
Actor
Scriptwriter
Author
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Thomas Tryon (1926-1991) was an American actor, screenwriter, and author.
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 100234012
Wikidata: Q1448930
Library of congress: n 50011735
Sources of Information
  • Tryon, Thomas. The adventures of Opal and Cupid, 1992:title page (by Thomas Tryon with Clive Wilson)
  • The other, 1971:t.p. (Thomas Tryon)
  • Night of the moonbow, 1988:CIP t.p. (Tom Tryon) book t.p. (Thomas Tryon)
  • By the rivers of Babylon, 1991:CIP t.p. (Thomas Tryon) data sheet (b. Jan. 14,1926)
  • Washington post, 9/5/91:p. D5 (Thomas Tryon, actor, author, d. Sept. 4, 1991 in Hollywood Hills [Calif.])
  • IMDB, Jan. 27, 2011(Tom Tryon; Thomas Tryon; b. Jan. 14, 1926 in Hartford, Conn.; d. in Los Angeles, Calif.; actor, screenwriter, author)
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Wikipedia description:

Thomas Lester Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American actor and novelist. As an actor, he was billed as Tom Tryon and is best known for playing the title role in the film The Cardinal (1963), featured roles in the war films The Longest Day (1962) and In Harm's Way (1965), acting with John Wayne in both movies, and especially the Walt Disney television character Texas John Slaughter (1958–1961). Tryon later turned to the writing of prose fiction and screenplays, and wrote several successful science fiction, horror and mystery novels as Thomas Tryon.

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