Tom Helmore
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tom Helmore (4 January 1904 – 12 September 1995) was an English film actor. He appeared in over 50 films between 1927 and 1972, including three directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He was born in London and died in Longboat Key, Florida. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Helmore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Born: January 4, 1904
Place of Birth: London, England
Known For
Vertigo
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Night Gallery
Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the connective link between the stories.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
The Time Machine
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Advise & Consent
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
Lucy Gallant
A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil boom of the 1940s.
Flipper's New Adventure
While widowed Porter Ricks is away at school learning to be a park ranger, his teen-aged son, Sandy, under adult supervision from a neighbor, remains at the family home in the Florida Keys with his pet dolphin, Flipper. While Po (as Porter is called by most) is away, Sandy learns that the family home, built on state land, is being torn down to make way for a highway. In turn, Sandy would be sent to live with relatives, while Flipper would be sent to the seaquarium permanently. Not wanting to be separated from Flipper, Sandy, using his skiff, runs away with Flipper. A distraught Po returns home to look for his son. Meanwhile, the Hopewell family from Britain are vacationing in the area. Their sailboat is hijacked by three escaped convicts, who take the father, Halsey, hostage, and set the three Hopewell women - mother Julia, and teen-aged daughters Gwen and Penny - adrift, they who eventually land on the island where Sandy is hiding... Written by Huggo
Designing Woman
A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.
Shadow on the Wall
Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia's husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and end up on death row. Later Dell, finding out that David's young daughter Susan was witness to the crime and is undergoing psychiatric treatment, plans to eliminate her before her memory returns.
Filmography
as John Warwick (segment “The Caterpillar”)
as Sir Halsey Hopewell
as British Ambassador
as Anthony Bridewell
as Gordon Moreland
as Hugh Palgrave
as Gavin Elster
as Zachary Wilde
as Stowe Devlin
as Jim Wardman
as Miles Farnham
as Lamont Cranston
as Courtney Craig
as Harold McCormick
as George Manson
as Detective Superintendent Tom Reid
as Crane Weymouth
as Matisson
as Norrie Lorfield
as Michael Pemberton
as Colonel Anderson (uncredited)
as Alfred Jerome
as Ronnie Helmore
as Paul
as David
as Worthing
as Spectator (uncredited)
as George Manson