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Tom Tryon

1926 - 1991

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Tryon has received more than 1,057,034 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Tryon is the 5,940th most popular actor (down from 5,188th in 2019), the 8,719th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,718th in 2019) and the 2,717th most popular American Actor.

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  • 19

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  • 2.06

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  • 3.54

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tom Tryon ranks 5,940 out of 13,578. Before him are Miiko Taka, Patricia Tallman, Bernard Le Coq, Terry Moore, Hilarie Burton, and Alice Davenport. After him are Maud Gonne, Katherine Moennig, Carl Anderson, James Cruze, Lily-Rose Depp, and Yakima Canutt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Tom Tryon ranks 419. Before him are Rosa Taikon, A. N. R. Robinson, John Gardner, John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, Alison Lurie, and Nikos Koundouros. After him are Conrad Hall, Darleane C. Hoffman, H. R. Haldeman, Ralph Abernathy, Klaus Schütz, and Torfi Bryngeirsson. Among people deceased in 1991, Tom Tryon ranks 227. Before him are Howard Ashman, Karel Burkert, André Dhôtel, Sylvio Hoffmann, Cesare Merzagora, and Nikola Radović. After him are József Pálinkás, Fritz Riess, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Eleanor Boardman, Antoine Blondin, and Bohumil Kudrna.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Tryon ranks 8,719 out of 20,380. Before him are M. King Hubbert (1903), Machito (1912), Doug Emhoff (1964), Hilarie Burton (1982), Alice Davenport (1864), and Roky Erickson (1947). After him are Joseph Polchinski (1954), Katherine Moennig (1977), Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923), Dee Brown (1908), Ted Kaufman (1939), and James Cruze (1884).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tom Tryon ranks 2,717. Before him are Judith Barsi (1978), Miiko Taka (1925), Patricia Tallman (1957), Terry Moore (1929), Hilarie Burton (1982), and Alice Davenport (1864). After him are Katherine Moennig (1977), James Cruze (1884), Yakima Canutt (1895), Anne Gwynne (1918), John Aylward (1946), and James Parrott (1897).

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Television and Movie Roles

I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Bill Farrell
Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married. Slowly, his new wife realizes something is wrong, and her suspicions are confirmed when her husband's odd behaviour begins to show up in other townspeople.
Oct 1st 19586.1 / 10
The Cardinal
Stephen Fermoyle
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
Dec 12th 19636.5 / 10
In Harm's Way
Mac McConnell
A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Apr 6th 19656.5 / 10