Tom Tryon
Acting
Biography
Thomas Lester Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American actor and novelist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Tryon, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: January 14, 1926
Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Known For
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Texas John Slaughter is a peace-loving family man and successful rancher who values his friendship with the Apaches. But when a vengeful Geronimo initiates a violent campaign against the settlers, Slaughter himself must fight-- to maintain peace and honor among the warring groups.
A Holster Full Of Law
Slaughter’s cattle are rustled, and when the sheriff is powerless to do anything about it, Slaughter is elected sheriff himself. With a band of skilled deputies, he brings law and order to Tombstone, and eventually settles his feud with the cattle rustler.
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Something's Got to Give
Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudden August 1962 death.
The Longest Day
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Johnny Got His Gun
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
The Story of Ruth
Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow with two widowed daughters-in-law, Naomi decides to return to Israel. One daughter-in-law, Orpah, bids her goodbye. Daughter-in-law Ruth however says she will not desert her.
In Harm's Way
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
The Cardinal
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
The Glory Guys
Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a generic war story covering the enlistment, training, and operational deployment of a group of recruits that could take place in any time period.
Filmography
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Frank Bigelow
as Harry Bell
as Lin McAdam
as Scott Breckenridge
as Capt. Demas Harrod
as Mac McConnell
as Stephen Fermoyle
as Tom Banning
as Lt. Wilson
as Kevin Doyle
as Andrew Hiller / Cliff Darrow
as Howie Sheppard
as Capt. Richmond Talbot
as Stephen Burkett
as Self
as Sheriff John Slaughter
as Dr. William Ellis
as Pfc. Skip Roth
as Mahlon
as Texas John Slaughter
as John Slaughter
as Texas John Slaughter
as Bill Farrell
as David
as San Sanders
as Charley Wyckham
as Beauregard 'Cinch' Saunders
as Jeff Anderson
as Self
as Pvt. Mason
as E.V. 'Marsh' Marshall
as Tony Drummond
as David