Tom Wilson (actor)


Tom Wilson was an American film actor.

Biography

Wilson was born in Helena, Montana, in 1880. Appearing in more than 300 films between 1915 and 1963, Wilson had notable supporting roles in the silent film era, like "The Kindly Officer" in D. W. Griffith's epic Intolerance, the angry policeman in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid, and a boxing coach in Buster Keaton's comedy Battling Butler. After the rise of sound film, he played smaller roles for the rest of his long film career. Wilson died in 1965 in Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography

Little Marie The Highbinders The Lucky Transfer The Birth of a Nation Martyrs of the Alamo A Yankee from the West The Half-Breed The Children Pay Intolerance Hell-to-Pay Austin The Americano Pay Me! The Yankee Way Shoulder Arms A Dog's Life Cheating the Public The Bond The Greatest Question A Day's Pleasure Sunnyside The Professor Dinty The Kid Scrap Iron Two Minutes to Go Where Men Are Men Red Hot Romance Reported Missing My Wife's Relations Minnie Good-By Girls! The Remittance Woman Itching Palms The Love Bandit On Time The Heart Buster Fools in the Dark Secrets of the Night His Darker Self What Fools Men California Straight Ahead Manhattan Madness Madame Behave The Best Bad Man The Million Dollar Handicap Seven Days Battling Butler No Control Bring Home the Turkey Ham and Eggs at the Front Riley the Cop Strong Boy Dark Skies Road to Paradise Picture Snatcher Devil's Island Flaxy Martin The Young Philadelphians