Tom Dugan

Biography

Tom Dugan was born on January 1, 1889 in Dublin, Ireland as Thomas J. Dugan. He was an actor, known for To Be or Not to Be (1942), Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) and Good News (1947). He was married to Marie Raymond and Marie Engle. He died on March 7, 1955 in Redlands, California.

Career Overview

Tom Dugan has 186 screen credits in a career dating back to 1927. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently The Thin Man Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Pleasure Island, She Who Gets Slapped, Surprise. 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

186

Birth Date

1889-01-01 00:00:00

Birth Place

Dublin, Ireland

Known For

• Pleasure Island
• 

  She Who Gets Slapped
• 

  Surprise
• The Albany Branch
• 

  Accomplice
• 

  The Shadow Returns

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

• The Thin Man Collection (2 titles)
• The Shadow Collection (1 titles)
• Ellery Queen Collection (1 titles)
• The Ape Woman Collection (1 titles)
• Four Daughters Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Herman Ruby (2 collaborations)
• William Irving (2 collaborations)
• Barbara Leonard (2 collaborations)
• Frank Gruber (2 collaborations)
• Roy Mack (1 collaborations)
• Burnet Hershey (1 collaborations)
• A. Dorian Otvos (1 collaborations)
• Richard Powell (1 collaborations)
• Neely Edwards (1 collaborations)
• Hank Mann (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (186 credits)

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Crashout

    Ed

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Belle of New York

    With Wedding Gift of Stolen Silver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Painting the Clouds with Sunshine

    Barney (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • You Never Can Tell

    Bus Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Father Takes the Air

    Benny

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Lemon Drop Kid

    No Thumbs Charlie

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • On the Town

    Officer Tracy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • It's a Great Feeling

    Wrestling Fan in Bar (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    Slappy Burke

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Alias Nick Beal

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • One Sunday Afternoon

    Sign Painter

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • I Surrender Dear

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

    Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Bride Goes Wild

    Autograph-seeking waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Half Past Midnight

    Bus Tour Guide Barker

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Always Together

    Herman Gimmick, Second Cab Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Good News

    Pooch

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Song of the Thin Man

    Policeman Davis (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Perils of Pauline

    Balloonist (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Fabulous Dorseys

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Pilgrim Lady

    Workman

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Best Years of Our Lives

    Doorman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Accomplice

    Eddie Slocum

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Last Crooked Mile

    Novelty Counter Clerk

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

    Cab Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Johnny Comes Flying Home

    Watchman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Hoodlum Saint

    Buggsy

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Shadow Returns

    Shrevvy

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Her Highness and the Bellboy

    Waiter at Jake's Joint (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Tell It to a Star

    Ed Smith

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Lady on a Train

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Trail of Kit Carson

    Bartender Bart Hammond

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Earl Carroll Vanities

    Waiter in Tex's Club

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Man Who Walked Alone

    Desk Sergeant #2

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Kid Sister

    Michael, the policeman

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Eadie Was a Lady

    Hannegan

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Thin Man Goes Home

    Studs Lonnegan (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Hi, Beautiful

    Bus Driver

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Greenwich Village

    Bootlegger

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • In Society

    Derby Dan (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Take It or Leave It

    Bit Part (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Home in Indiana

    Soft Drink Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Gambler's Choice

    Benny

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Moon Over Las Vegas

    Herman

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Up in Arms

    Pitchman

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Johnny Come Lately

    Cop

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Coney Island

    Charlie Fitch

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Bataan

    Sam Malloy

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Meanest Man in the World

    Cop in Park (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • No Place for a Lady

    Officer Rawlins

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • City Without Men

    Convict Pete (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • You Can't Escape Forever

    Prison Trusty (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Major and the Minor

    Con Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Orchestra Wives

    Bus Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Moontide

    First Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Meet the Stewarts

    Moving Man

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Grand Central Murder

    Eric 'Schnelly the Mooch' Schneller (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • To Be or Not to Be

    Bronski

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Star Spangled Rhythm

    Adolf Hitler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Bugle Sounds

    Sgt. Strong

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

    Lou Thomas

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Swing It Soldier

    Sergeant

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • We Go Fast

    Jonathan Doremus Dimwitt

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • A Dangerous Game

    Clem

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Richest Man in Town

    Jack Leslie

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

    McGrath

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Monster and the Girl

    Captain Alton

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • You're the One

    Edgar Crump

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Where Did You Get That Girl?

    Murphy

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

    Trooper Leroy

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • So You Won't Talk?

    Dude Heath

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Boys from Syracuse

    Octavius

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Cross-Country Romance

    Pete

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Ghost Breakers

    Raspy Kelly

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Saturday's Children

    Second Carpenter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Johnny Apollo

    Tom Dugan - Prisoner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Half a Sinner

    Red Egan

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Too Many Husbands

    Sullivan

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Farmer's Daughter

    Forbes

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Virginia City

    Saloon Spieler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Isle Of Destiny

    Sgt. Reikker

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Fighting 69th

    Private McManus

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Missing Evidence

    'Binky' Cullen

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Night of Nights

    Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Laugh It Off

    Rod Bates

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Housekeeper's Daughter

    Gangster

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • $1,000 a Touchdown

    Popcorn Vendor

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Million Dollar Legs

    Horse Player Behind Freddie (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The House of Fear

    Mike

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Daughters Courageous

    Joe (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Love Affair

    Drunk with Christmas Tree (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • I'm from Missouri

    Gus, General Starbuck

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Lady and the Mob

    Brains Logan

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • You Can't Get Away with Murder

    'Lock' Man Inventor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mystery of the White Room

    Hank Manley

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

    Police Sgt. Devan

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • They Made Me a Criminal

    Man Behind Grandma (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • There's That Woman Again

    Flannigan

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Thanks for the Memory

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Youth Takes a Fling

    Bum

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Sons of the Legion

    Post Commander

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Sing, You Sinners

    Race Track Fan

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Four Daughters

    Jake

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • There's Always a Woman

    Detective Flannigan (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Jury's Secret

    D.A.'s Aide

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • True Confession

    McDougall

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • She Had to Eat

    Rusty

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Pick a Star

    Dimitri Hogan

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Nobody's Baby

    Bus Conductor

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Pennies from Heaven

    Crowbar Miller

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Mister Cinderella

    Spike Nolan

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • San Francisco

    Drunk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Boulder Dam

    Dynamite Ralph - Dam Worker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Wife vs. Secretary

    Finney

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Don’t Get Personal

    Bum in Park (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Divot Diggers

    Golfer

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Calling of Dan Matthews

    Herman

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Rendezvous

    Agent Patrick O'Reilly (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • 3 Kids and a Queen

    Bill

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Case of the Missing Man

    Jack Clark

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • I Live My Life

    Lecture Hall Guard

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Chinatown Squad

    Doorman

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Murder in the Fleet

    'Greasy' (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Poker at Eight

    Tommy

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • One New York Night

    Selby

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Gilded Lily

    The Bum

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The President Vanishes

    Nolan

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Girl o' My Dreams

    Joe Smiley

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Circus Clown

    Mac (scenes deleted)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Let's Talk It Over

    Tough Man

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • No More Women

    Greasy

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Love Detectives

    Detective Grant

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • A Woman's Man

    Pete Miller - Trainer

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Palooka

    Whitey

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

    Trainer (as Tommy Dugan)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Skyway

    Tug

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Don't Bet on Love

    Scotty

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Trick for Trick

    Albert Young

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Pleasure Island

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Grand Slam

    Harry (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Too Many Highballs

    Claude - Harold's Brother-in-Law

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Big City Blues

    Red, Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Blessed Event

    Dick Cooper

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • American Madness

    Depositor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • By Whose Hand?

    Drunk

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Big Timer

    Catfish

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Wide Open Spaces

    Townsman in Saloon

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Galloping Ghost

    Jerry

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Star Witness

    Deputy Brown (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Albany Branch

    Charlie Dugan

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Vanishing Legion

    Oil Co. Director Warren

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Woman Hungry

    Same Beeman

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Hot Heiress

    Bill Dugan

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Phantom of the West

    Oscar

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Bright Lights

    Tom Avery

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Night Work

    Johnny Harris

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Medicine Man

    Charley

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • She Who Gets Slapped

    Tommy Andrews - the Husband

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Bad One

    Sailor

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Surprise

    Oswald

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • They Learned About Women

    Tim

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Hearts in Exile

    Orderly

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Drake Case

    Bill / Burglar

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Drag

    Charlie Parker

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Broadway Babies

    Scotty

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Sonny Boy

    Mulcahy (as Tommy Dugan)

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Kid Gloves

    Duffy

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Million Dollar Collar

    Ed Mack (as Tommy Dugan)

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Shadows of the Night

    Connelly

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Melody of Love

    Lefty

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Barker

    Stuttering Spieler

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Midnight Taxi

    Al Corvini

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Lights of New York

    Sam

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Broadway Daddies

    Newspaper Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Dressed to Kill

    Silky Levine

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Soft Living

    Hired Man

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Sharp Shooters

    Jerry

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • My Friend from India

    Kasha Murti / Swami / Bogus Hindu Prince

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Small Bachelor

    Mullett

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Way of All Pants

    Detective

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • By Whose Hand?

    Rollins

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Swell-Head

    Malone's Manager

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Kid Sister

    Stage Manager

    actor

    actors
    1927