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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 987,905 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Tom Tryon is the 5,197th most popular actor (down from 4,086th in 2019), the 7,733rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,359th in 2019) and the 2,429th most popular American Actor.

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  • 44.72

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  • 19

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  • 2.08

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  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tom Tryon ranks 5,197 out of 9,996Before him are Missi Pyle, Freema Agyeman, Alexander Pschill, Wenche Foss, Eddi Arent, and Justin Hartley. After him are Kim Nam-gil, Ian Keith, John David Washington, Josephine Hutchinson, Oleg Taktarov, and Mary Brian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Tom Tryon ranks 355Before him are W. Michael Blumenthal, Li Han-hsiang, Beatriz Segall, Roberto Lippi, Ralph Abernathy, and Ede Király. After him are Frank O'Hara, Nel van Vliet, Bill Black, Göta Pettersson, Angus Scrimm, and Alison Lurie. Among people deceased in 1991, Tom Tryon ranks 195Before him are Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Josef Stroh, Reidar Andersen, Henri Louveau, Wilhelm Brinkmann, and Mildred Dunnock. After him are Ken Curtis, Ismat Chughtai, Daniel Oduber Quirós, Harriet Bland, Stan Mortensen, and Aldo Ray.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Tryon ranks 7,733 out of 18,182Before him are George M. Whitesides (1939), Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798), Lex Luger (1958), Spike Jones (1911), Michael Hardt (1960), and Justin Hartley (1977). After him are Ian Keith (1899), Jimmy McLane (1930), John David Washington (1984), Josephine Hutchinson (1903), Mary Brian (1906), and Charles Cyphers (1939).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tom Tryon ranks 2,429Before him are Neil Hamilton (1899), Josh Dallas (1978), Barry Sullivan (1912), Larry Drake (1950), Missi Pyle (1972), and Justin Hartley (1977). After him are Ian Keith (1899), John David Washington (1984), Josephine Hutchinson (1903), Mary Brian (1906), Charles Cyphers (1939), and Michael Learned (1939).

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