Tom Wilson

Biography

Career Overview

Tom Wilson has 171 screen credits in a career dating back to 1914. Their work spans 8 cinematic universes — most prominently Torchy Blane Collection with 3 titles. Signature works include Ham and Eggs at the Front, His Darker Self, The Lucky Transfer. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

171

Birth Date

1880-08-26 00:00:00

Birth Place

Helena, Montana, USA

Known For

• 

  Ham and Eggs at the Front
• 

  His Darker Self
• The Lucky Transfer
• 

  California Straight Ahead
• 

  Reported Missing
• A Yankee from the West

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 8 universes

• Torchy Blane Collection (3 titles)
• Nancy Drew Collection (2 titles)
• Perry Mason (2 titles)
• The Ranown Cycle Westerns Collection (1 titles)
• Brass Bancroft Series (1 titles)
• Penrod (Billy Mauch) Collection (1 titles)
• Charlie Chaplin Classic Films (1 titles)
• The Life of a Nation Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Heinie Conklin (1 collaborations)
• Myrna Loy (1 collaborations)
• William Irving (1 collaborations)
• Noah Young (1 collaborations)
• Louise Fazenda (1 collaborations)
• Tom Kennedy (1 collaborations)
• Lloyd Hamilton (1 collaborations)
• Tom O'Malley (1 collaborations)
• Irma Harrison (1 collaborations)
• Edna May Sperl (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (170 credits)

  • What Has the BBC Ever Done For Me?

    Hammer

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Critic's Choice

    First Nighter in Audience (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The FBI Story

    Chicago Passerby (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Chaplin Revue

    Various (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Warlock

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Westbound

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Helen Morgan Story

    Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Illegal

    Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Battle Cry

    Arcade Proprietor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • A Star Is Born

    Stagehand Carrying Poles / Passerby Outside Hotel (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Phantom of the Rue Morgue

    Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Room for One More

    Boy Scout Ceremony Attendee (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • I'll See You in My Dreams

    Man in Sing-along Audience (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Tomorrow Is Another Day

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Lightning Strikes Twice

    Bus Passenger

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Enforcer

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Pretty Baby

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Great Jewel Robber

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Nora Prentiss

    Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Mr. Skeffington

    Witness (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Northern Pursuit

    Guest at Inn (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Action in the North Atlantic

    Bar Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • One Foot in Heaven

    Fireman Angus (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Sergeant York

    Turkey Shoot Participant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Bad Men of Missouri

    Carpetbagger #2 in Montage

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Wagons Roll at Night

    Barker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • City for Conquest

    Man on Fire Escape (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Boom Town

    Man in Saloon (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Money and the Woman

    Mr. Crane (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • They Drive by Night

    Man Outside Barney's (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Torrid Zone

    Passerby as Train Moves

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • An Angel from Texas

    Townsman

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Castle on the Hudson

    Convict in Yard (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • We Are Not Alone

    Extra on Bench in Amusement Park

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Kid Nightingale

    Kid's Trainer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Smashing the Money Ring

    Convict 18701 in Print Shop (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • On Your Toes

    Stagehand

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Dust Be My Destiny

    Work Farm Guard (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Angels Wash Their Faces

    Policeman at Bowling Alley (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Indianapolis Speedway

    Racetrack Official

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Hell's Kitchen

    Guard (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Daughters Courageous

    Man Watching Pool Shot (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter

    Milt, Second Deputy Sheriff

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Women in the Wind

    Cleveland Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • You Can't Get Away with Murder

    Pool Hall Proprietor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • They Made Me a Criminal

    Kid Tacoma (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • King of the Underworld

    Deputy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Devil's Island

    Emil

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Heart of the North

    Post Customer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Nancy Drew… Detective

    Brennan (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Penrod's Double Trouble

    Brill (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • My Bill

    Onlooker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Torchy Blane in Panama

    Brother Rayne (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Over the Wall

    Pinball Proprietor

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • He Couldn't Say No

    Mover Bringing Statues

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Daredevil Drivers

    Husky Bus Passenger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Romance Road

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • She Loved a Fireman

    Dance Contest Spectator

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Missing Witnesses

    Arrival at Grand Central Station (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Adventurous Blonde

    Onlooker in Crowd (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Wine, Women and Horses

    Truck Driver

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Varsity Show

    Stagehand

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • White Bondage

    Cal Daily

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Blazing Sixes

    Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

    Yacht Club Attendant Watchman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Go-Getter

    Pete, a Logger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Cherokee Strip

    Jury Foreman / Mr. Wellman

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Land Beyond the Law

    First Town Loafer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Midnight Court

    Tough Vagrant

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Once a Doctor

    Policeman at Accident

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Smart Blonde

    Janitor with Hose (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • King of Hockey

    Penalty Timekeeper

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Captain's Kid

    Bill Brown

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Case of the Black Cat

    Waffle Shop Construction Foreman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Trailin' West

    Livery Stable Proprietor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Love Begins at Twenty

    Fred - Detective

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Earthworm Tractors

    Accident Spectator

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The White Angel

    Man 'Cooking' Shirts (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Big Noise

    Talkative Sign Painter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Bullets or Ballots

    Jailer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Early to Bed

    Joe

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Romance in the Air

    Jailer

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Treachery Rides the Range

    Denver

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Singing Kid

    Stagehand (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Road Gang

    Bull - Guard at Blackfoot (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Moonlight on the Prairie

    Rodeo Cowboy

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Personal Maid's Secret

    Pedestrian

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Goose and the Gander

    Jack the Baggage Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Stranded

    Immigrant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • 'G' Men

    Agent (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Mary Jane's Pa

    Tom - Marvin's Campaign Worker

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • A Night at the Ritz

    Café Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • We Live Again

    Guard

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • 6 Day Bike Rider

    Lame Farmer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Circus Clown

    Man in Audience

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Personality Kid

    White's Trainer

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Chief

    Blink, a Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Bureau of Missing Persons

    Tony - Investigator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Picture Snatcher

    Leo

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Blondie Johnson

    Swede (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Parachute Jumper

    Marine Recruiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Mr. Bride

    Cpt. Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Sooky

    Officer Duncan

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Vice Squad

    Night Court Attendant

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Doorway to Hell

    Big Shot Kelly, Gangster

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Road to Paradise

    Jerry the Greek (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Big House

    Sandy

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Big Boy

    Tucker

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Valiant

    Tom the Printer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Strong Boy

    Baggage Master

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Riley the Cop

    Sergeant

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Pioneer Scout

    Handy Anderson

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Ham and Eggs at the Front

    Ham

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • When a Man Loves

    A Convict Aboard the Boat (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • No Control

    Asthma

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Across the Pacific

    Tom

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Battling Butler

    Battling Butler's Trainer

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Rainmaker

    Chocolate

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Madame Behave

    Creosote

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Best Bad Man

    Sam

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • American Pluck

    Jefferson Lee

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Seven Days

    Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • What Fools Men

    Business Rival

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • California Straight Ahead

    Sambo

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Million Dollar Handicap

    Tom

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Secrets of the Night

    Thomas Jefferson White

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Fools in the Dark

    Diploma' - Percys Black Valet

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Heart Buster

    George

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • His Darker Self

    Bill Jackson

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • On Time

    Casanova Clay

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Soft Boiled

    The Butler

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Itching Palms

    Mac

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Remittance Woman

    Higginson

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Quicksands

    Sgt. Johnson

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Alias Julius Caesar

    Mose

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • My Wife's Relations

    Brother

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Reported Missing

    Sam

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Red Hot Romance

    Thomas Snow

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Two Minutes to Go

    Football Coach

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Scrap Iron

    Bill Dugan

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Kid

    Policeman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Isobel or the Trail's End

    Cpl. Bucky Smith

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Soft Boiled Yegg

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Sink or Swim

    George Washington Brown

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Don't Ever Marry

    House Detective

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Sunnyside

    Boss (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Professor

    Man in Flophouse (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Shoulder Arms

    Dumb German Wood-Cutter

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Bond

    Industry

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Who's Your Father?

    Black Father (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • A Dog's Life

    Policeman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

    'Snitch' McCarthy

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Cheating the Public

    'Bull' Thompson

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Yankee Way

    George Washington Brown

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Pay Me!

    'Mac' Jepson

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Wild and Woolly

    Casey, Engineer (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Immigrant

    Gambler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • An Old Fashioned Young Man

    Dan Morton

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Americano

    Hartod Armitage White - aka Whitey

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Atta Boy's Last Race

    Bill Golden

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    The Kindly Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Half-Breed

    Curson

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

    Police Chief I.M. Keene

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • A Yankee from the West

    Jim Dorsey, Milford's Pal

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Lucky Transfer

    Ford

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Birth of a Nation

    Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Another Chance

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • A Mother's Influence

    The Burglar

    actor

    actors
    1914

• directing (1 credits)

  • The Birth of a Nation

    assistant director

    directing
    1915