Tom London

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tom London (August 24, 1889 – December 5, 1963) was an American veteran actor who played frequently in B-Westerns. According to The Guinness Book of Movie Records, London is credited with appearing in the most films in the history of Hollywood, this according to the 2001 book Film Facts, where it states that the performer who played in the most films was "Tom London, who made his first of over 2000 appearances in The Great Train Robbery, 1903. Born Leonard Clapham in Louisville, Kentucky, he got his start in movies as a props man in Chicago, Illinois. His debut was in 1915 in the Western Lone Larry, performing under his own name. In 1925, after having appeared in many silent films, he changed his name to Tom London, and used that name for the rest of his career. The first film in which he was billed under his new name was Winds of Chance, a World War I film, in which he played "Sgt. Rock". London was a trick rider and roper, and used his trick skills in scores of Westerns. In the silent film era he often played villainous roles, while in later years he often appeared as the sidekick to Western stars like Sunset Carson in several films. One of the busiest character actors, he appeared in over 600 films. London made many guest appearances in television shows through the 1950s, such as The Range Rider, with Jock Mahoney and Dick Jones. He also played Sam, the attendant of Helen Ramirez (Katy Jurado) in High Noon. His last movie was Underworld U.S.A. in 1961, and his final roles on TV were in Lawman and The Dakotas. London died at his home in North Hollywood at age 81 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Cast

Apache Country

(Patches - Stage Driver (uncredited))

Firebrand Jordan

(Ed Burns)

Romance of the West

Canyon City

(Sheriff Slocum)

American Empire

(Rider with Crowder's Posse (uncredited))

Twisted Rails

(Sheriff James)

Liberty

((as Leonard Clapham))

Nan of the North

(Dick Driscoll (as Leonard Clapham))

Desert Greed

(Ranger (uncredited))

Spell of the Circus

(Butte Morgan)

Colorado

(David Collins (as Leonard Clapham))

The Secret Six

(Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited))

The Last of the Duanes

((as Leonard Clapham))

The Lone Star Ranger

(Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham))

Under Texas Skies

(Fake Captain Hartford)

Pioneer Trail

(Sam Harden)

Rio Rattler

(Ranger Bob Adams)

Friendly Persuasion

(Farmer on Front Line with Gard (uncredited))

Lady for a Day

(Reception Guest (uncredited))

When Lightning Strikes

(Wolf)

Dynamite Canyon

(Captain Gray)

West of Tombstone

(Morris)

Western Gold

(Clem)

Rancho Notorious

(Deputy in Gunsight (uncredited))

Rio Grande Ranger

(Henchman Sneed)

The Man from Texas

(Henchman Slim)

The Boss of the Rancho

The Third Alarm

(Fireman Tom)

Fighting Fury

(Chet)

Bad Man of Deadwood

(Townsman)

A String of Diamonds

(Slippery Jack Elmm)

The Storm

(Head Mountie)

The Fighting Marines

(Miller)

Three in Exile

(Jed Hawkings)

Silent Sheldon

(Bill Fadden)

The Crime Doctor

(Detective at Airport Arrest (uncredited))

West of the Rainbow's End

(Harry Palmer)

Springtime in the Rockies

(Tracy)

The Blazing Sun

(Tom Ellis)

Heroes of the Range

(Bud)

The Oil Raider

(Oil Well Driller (uncredited))

Lone Cowboy

(Conductor (uncredited))

Santa Fe Stampede

(Marshal Jim Wood)

Gold

(Sheriff)

Without Honors

('Sholt' Fletcher)

Lone Texan

(Old Dan (uncredited))

The Old West

(Chadwick (uncredited))

The Lawless Nineties

(Henchman Ward)

Full Confession

(Prison Guard (uncredited))

King of the Circus

Marshal of Cripple Creek

(Baker)

The Nuisance

(Kelley's Associate (uncredited))

Mystery Ranch

(Holdup man)

Spy Smasher Returns

(Crane)

Southward Ho!

(Phoney Union Sergeant)

The Texas Kid

Trailing Double Trouble

(Henchman Kirk)

The Yellow Rose of Texas

(Sheriff Allen)

Wolf Tracks

Masked

The Test

(Trapper (uncredited))

'in Wrong' Wright

(Sheriff)

The Galloping Ghost

(Mullins)

Blue Canadian Rockies

(Pop Phillips)

Guns and Guitars

(Henchman Connor)

Stardust on the Sage

(Henchman MacGowan)

Manhattan Tower

(Mechanic (uncredited))

The Night Rider

(Jeff Barton)

Queen of the Northwoods

(Garvin / The Wolf-Devil)

The Boiling Point

(Pete Mallis - Henchman)

Toll of the Desert

(Sheriff Jackson)

Hong Kong Nights

(Blake)

Borrowed Wives

(Mac, the Motorcycle Cop)

Oregon Trail

(Sheriff Plenner)

Marshal of Reno

(Sheriff)

Sheriff of Redwood Valley

(Sheriff)

Ghost Town Law

(Ace, Chief Thug)

The Miracle Rider

(Sewell)

San Antonio Kid

(Long)

Down Texas Way

(Bartender Pete)

Outlaws of Sonora

(Sheriff Trask)

The Border Patrolman

(Johnson)

13 West Street

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Dangerous Traffic

(Marc Brandon)

Romance of the Rio Grande

(U. S. Marshal)

The Last of the Clintons

(Luke Todd)

Riders in the Sky

(Old Man Robert)

Federal Operator 99

(Prof. Crawford)

Courage of the North

(Mordant)

Spy Smasher

(Crane)

St. Louis Woman

(Lions Coach Ryan)

Bar-Z Bad Men

(Sig Bostell)

Law of the Ranger

(Henchman Pete)

Prairie Moon

(Henchman Steve)

Secret Valley

(2nd Taxi Driver (uncredited))

The Cactus Kid

(Sheriff)

Gun Play

(Meeker)

Perils of the Royal Mounted

(Gaynor)

Jesse James Rides Again

(Sam Bolton)

The Phantom Rider

(Medicine Man Ceta)

The Wolf Dog

(Brooks)

Troopers Three

(Sgt. Hank Darby)

King of the Forest Rangers

(Tom Judson)

The Lone Ranger

(Henchman Felton)

The Fighting Devil Dogs

(Henchman Wilson)

The Valley of Vanishing Men

(Slater)

Shooting High

(Eph Carson)

The Woman Racket

(Hennessy)

The Purple Mask

(Robert Jackson, Inventor (as Leonard Clapham))

Black Bandit

Phantom Ranger

(Reynolds)

The Renegade Ranger

(Henchman Red)

Phantom Rancher

(Sheriff Parker)

River's End

(Mountie)

Sunset Pass

(Ben)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(Undetermined Role (uncredited))

The Tall Stranger

Mystery Mountain

(Rattler Henchman Morgan)

Flaming Lead

(Bart Daggett)

Wild Horse Stampede

(Henchman Lefty)

The Demon Rider

(Black Hawk)

The Arizona Terror

(Henchman Chuckawalla)

The Two Gun Man

(Lem Tolliver)

Range Law

(Henchman Cleve)

Cock of the Air

(Military Policeman)

See America Thirst

(Spumoni Hood (uncredited))

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

(Bum at Bar (uncredited))

Trail of Kit Carson

(John Benton)

The Michigan Kid

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Santa Fe Uprising

(Lafe Dibble)

Stagecoach to Monterey

(Chester Wade)

Trailing the Killer

(Sheriff)

Beyond the Rockies

(Kirk Tracy)

The Lost Special

(Dirk / Detective Dane)

The Sheepman

(Shopkeeper (uncredited))

Money, Women and Guns

(Old Prospector (uncredited))

The Cowboy Musketeer

(Joe Dokes)

Safety in Numbers

(Motorist (uncredited))

I'm No Angel

(Sideshow Spectator (uncredited))

Radio Patrol

(Eddie Lewis)

Westward Bound

(Dick - Rustler)

Six Shootin' Sheriff

(Bar X Foreman)

Smashing the Rackets

(Dixon - Detective)

Westbound Stage

(Henchman Parker)

Crime of the Century

(Dr. Jackson)

Way Down East

(Town Choir Singer (uncredited))

Sworn Enemy

(Gangster (uncredited))

The Girl Who Dared

(Neilson - Gas Station Owner (uncredited))

Jesse James

(Soldier (uncredited))

King of the Jungle

(Lion Attendant (uncredited))

The Oregon Trail

(Pete Cave Henchman)

Avenging Waters

(Henchman Huffy)

Mandrake the Magician

(Mill River Inn Henchman)

Made for Each Other

(Ranger (uncredited))

Land of the Open Range

(Henchman Tracy Briggs)

Let Us Live

(Police Sergeant (uncredited))

The Night Riders

(Rancher Wilson)

Vigilantes of Dodge City

(Denver)

Allegheny Uprising

(Settler at McDowell's Mill)

Stage to Chino

(Dolan - Henchman)

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

(Member of Rocci's Mob)

Gordon of Ghost City

(Pat Campbell)

Jungle Menace

(Detective Interrogating Pete)

Fangs of the Wild

(Larry Dean)

Pack Train

(Dan Coleman)

Sheriff of Cimarron

(Frank Holden)

Riders from Nowhere

(Mason)

The Iron Master

(Turner)

Song of the Buckaroo

(Sheriff Wade)

The Gay Caballero

(Man at Fiesta)

Viva Cisco Kid

(Town Marshal)

Rollin' Westward

(Sheriff)

Call of the Prairie

(Dealer)

Wild Horse Range

(Arnold)

Domino Kid

Lure of the Wasteland

(Foreman)

Man from Rainbow Valley

(Healey)

Riding the Sunset Trail

(Sheriff Hays)

Roll Wagons Roll

(Henchman Matt Grimes)

Wagon Tracks West

(Lem Martin)

Robbers of the Range

(Henchman Monk Saunders)

San Antone Ambush

(Bartender Tim)

Santa Fe Scouts

(Billy Dawson)

Bad Men of Thunder Gap

(Hank Turner)

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

(Cop in Squad Car (uncredited))

Rawhide Mail

(Barfly Al)

Ferocious Pal

(Dave Brownell)

The Ox-Bow Incident

(Deputy (uncredited))

Timber Terrors

(Burke)

Red Desert

(Colonel)

Bar-L Ranch

(Henchman (uncredited))

Homesteaders of Paradise Valley

(Rancher)

Man of the West

(Tom (uncredited))

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

(Thug with Explosives)

Five Little Peppers at Home

(Miner)

Our Hospitality

(James Canfield (uncredited))

The Shadow

(Hijacked Truck Driver)

Don't Fence Me In

(Ben Duncan)

High Noon

(Sam (uncredited))

The Ranger and the Lady

(Independent Freight Wagon Driver)

Brigham Young

(Raider)

Forbidden Trails

(Marshal Tom)

Sunset Trail

(Jake)

Gaucho Serenade

(Sheriff Tom Olson)

When the Daltons Rode

(Lyncher)

Boom Town

(Sheriff Harris (uncredited))

Dark Command

(Messenger)

Wagon Train

(Henchman Charlie)

Smoky

(Horse Trader)

Deadwood Dick

(Jake)

Winners of the West

(Henchman Webb)

Wanderers of the West

(Montana Sheriff)

Call of the Rockies

(Henchman Hansen)

Stick to Your Guns

(Ranch Foreman Waffles)

Twilight on the Trail

(Henchman Gregg)

Northwest Passage

(Ranger)

Quick Millions

(Atlas Newsreel Man (uncredited))

Lillian Russell

(Frank)

Melody Ranch

(Henchman Joe #2)

Junior G-Men

(Kearney - Riot Squad Cop (uncredited))

The Green Archer

(Detective with Shiner)

Dude Cowboy

(Silver City Sheriff)

Chinatown Nights

(Cop)

The Renegade

(Pete)

Blackmail

(Tom - Cashier)

Twilight on the Rio Grande

(U.S. Customs Agent Tom)

The Invisible Informer

(Eph Shroud)

Night Train to Memphis

(Train Conductor)

Passkey to Danger

(Gerald Bates)

Flame of Barbary Coast

(Thompson, Townsman in Mob)

Girls of the Big House

(Sheriff at Alma's Cell)

Earl Carroll Vanities

(Tom the Doorman)

Grissly's Millions

(Policeman Ralph)

Faces in the Fog

(Auto Court Manager)

Thoroughbreds

(Pop)

The Fighting Seabees

(Johnson (uncredited))

Cody of the Pony Express

(Doc Laramie)

Rough Riders of Durango

(Rancher Evans)

Juvenile Court

(Policeman at Accident (uncredited))

The Old Frontier

(Banker)

Cheyenne Wildcat

(Harrison Colby)

Marshal of Laredo

(Barton)

Wagon Wheels Westward

(Fake Judge James E. Worth)

Colorado Pioneers

(Sand Snipe)

The Wild Frontier

(Patrick MacSween)

Sun Valley Cyclone

(Sheriff)

California Gold Rush

(Sheriff Peabody)

Conquest of Cheyenne

(Sheriff Dan Perkins)

Rustlers of Devil's Canyon

(The Sheriff)

Ghost Valley Raiders

(Sheriff)

The Son of Davy Crockett

(Ranger Logan)

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

(Cop Getting Crane)

The Spider Returns

(Detective)

Saddle Pals

(Dad Gardner)

Red River Robin Hood

(Sheriff Del Auston)

Shadows on the Sage

(Franklin)

Lone Star Ranger

(Henchman (uncredited))

Trail Guide

(Old Timer)

Hi-Yo Silver

(Felton)

Hail to the Rangers

(Jessup)

Fugitive Valley

(Marshal Warren)

Arizona Terrors

(Second Dialogue Tenant-Rancher)

Overland Mail Robbery

(Sheriff)

Hidden Valley Outlaws

(Sheriff McBride)

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

(Curley - Saloon Henchman)

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

(Henchman Pete)

West of Texas

(Steve Conlon)

Beneath Western Skies

(Earl Phillips)

Code of the Prairie

(Henchman Loomis)

Firebrands of Arizona

(Wagon Driver)

The Cherokee Flash

(Utah)

Corpus Christi Bandits

(Rocky - Henchman)

Silver City Kid

(Sheriff Gibson)

Sheriff of Sundown

(Sheriff Tom Carpenter)

Rough Riders of Cheyenne

(Sheriff Edwards)

Zorro's Black Whip

(James Bradley)

Sunset in El Dorado

(Sheriff Gridley)

The Undercover Woman

(Lem)

Out California Way

(Johnny)

Roll on Texas Moon

(Sheriff Bert Morris)

Rio Grande Raiders

(Sheriff Tom Hammon)

Red River Renegades

(Pop Underwood)

Alias Billy the Kid

(Dakota)

Days of Buffalo Bill

(Banty McCabe)

Along the Oregon Trail

(Wagon Boss)

Last Frontier Uprising

(Skillet (Ranch Hand))

Under Colorado Skies

(Sheriff Blanchard)

Sky Racket

(Agent-Passenger (Car Chase))

Mark of the Lash

(Lem Kimmerly)

Marshal of Amarillo

(Mr. Snodgrass)

Gun Smoke

(Hank Bailey)

Bandit Ranger

(Cattle Rustler (uncredited))

Across the Sierras

(Man on Wagon)

Western Union

(Slade Henchman #3)

Sons of the Pioneers

(Joe #1 - Henchman)

Ridin' Down the Canyon

(Henchman)

Underground Rustlers

(Henchman Tom Harris)

Frontier Investigator

(Jed)

Valley of the Sun

(Trooper Parker)

The Omaha Trail

(Oxen Train Bullwhacker)

Riders of the West

(Slim - Lanky Henchman)

Billy the Kid

(Leader (uncredited))

Silver Spurs

(Henchman)

South of Rio

(Jim Weston)

The Woman of the Town

(Crockett Henchman)

Idaho

(Henchman)

False Colors

(Poncho Townsman)

Song of Texas

(Race Official)

Bullets and Saddles

(Marshal (archive footage))

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

(Livery Stableman (uncredited))

Wildcat Saunders

(Pete Hawkins)

Riders of the Black Hills

(Henchman Red Stevens)

The Silver Trail

(Looney)

Skull and Crown

(Henchman Jennings)

The Lady and the Monster

(Man Who Tails Cory (Uncredited))

Angel's Holiday

(Truck Driver)

The Secret Code

(Weather Bureau Guard)

Roaring Timber

(Henchman Duke)

The Heritage of the Desert

(Dave Naab)

Sid's Long Count

(Policeman)

Brand of Fear

(Marshal Blackjack Flint)

Captive Wild Woman

(Ship's Captain (archive footage))

Batman

(Andrews)

Police Car 17

(Detective (uncredited))

No Place for a Lady

(Air Raid Warden (? - ever seen in final cut?))

The Secret of Convict Lake

(Jerry - Posse Member (uncredited))

Border Vengeance

(Flash Denby)

The Great Air Robbery

(Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham))

Code of the Northwest

(Pvt. Frank Stafford)

Baby Take a Bow

(Man on Train (Uncredited))

All Quiet on the Western Front

(1st Medic Orderly (uncredited))

Bachelor Bait

(Detective (uncredited))

Blossoms On Broadway

(Cop (uncredited))

The Mystery Rider

(David Manning / The Claw)

The Harvest of Hate

(Martin Trask)

The Long Chance

(John Corbaly (as Leonard Clapham))

In Old Arizona

(Man in Saloon (uncredited))

The Golden Stallion

(Jules La Roux)

Hell's Heroes

(Croupier (uncredited))

To the Last Man

(Guy)

The Call of the Canyon

(Lee Stanton)

Mountain Rhythm

(Deputy Tom)

Captain America

(Mack)

The Big Cage

(Ship Captain)

O'Malley of the Mounted

(Lefty - Henchman)

Perils of Pauline

(Soldier at American Consulate)

The Thirteenth Guest

(Detective Carter (Uncredited))

Honor of the Mounted

(Henchman)

The Fugitive

(Tom)

Law of the Plainsman

(Stagecoach Driver)

Broken Arrow

((uncredited))

Perry Mason

(Cabbie)

Lawman

(Pete)

Maverick

(Farmer)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

(Old Man Craig (uncredited))

The Gene Autry Show

(The Sheriff)

The Ford Television Theatre

(Ranson)

Bat Masterson

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Western von gestern

(O'Shea)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

(Jigger (uncredited))

Adventures of Superman

(Peter Thomas)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

(Stableman (uncredited))

The Lone Ranger

(Sheriff Allbright)

Cheyenne

(Old-Timer (uncredited))

The Wonderful World of Disney

(Deputy Sheriff Carlson (uncredited))

The Lone Ranger

(Sheriff Dexter)

Annie Oakley

(Ranch Hand)