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Tom Tryon

ActorBorn 1926, died 1991On stage 1952 to 19754 productions on this page

Tom Tryon
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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.

On stage

4 productions, 23 years
1952
Wish You Were HereBroadway Imperial Theatre. Original. Directed by Joshua Logan
598 performances
1953
Cyrano de BergeracBroadway City Center. Revival. Directed by José Ferrer
15 performances
1953
Richard IIIBroadway City Center. Revival. Directed by Margaret Webster
15 performances
1975
A Gala Tribute to Joshua LoganBroadway Imperial Theatre. Original. Directed by Anna Sosenko
1 performance

Worked with more than once

12 names
  • Wallace Widdecombe 2 productions
  • Viola Roache 2 productions
  • Stanley Carlson 2 productions
  • Sheila Bond 2 productions
  • Sandy Campbell 2 productions
  • Robinson Stone 2 productions
  • Robert Lansing 2 productions
  • Ray Walston 2 productions
  • Phyllis Newman 2 productions
  • Philip Huston 2 productions
  • Peter Harris 2 productions
  • Patricia Marand 2 productions

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