1958
Search results
Thomas Lester Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American actor and novelist.
Tom Tryon (1926-1991) was an American actor who starred in The Cardinal, The Longest Day, and The Other. He also wrote best-selling novels such as The Other and Fedora, which were adapted into films and TV shows.
- January 1, 1
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Sep 5, 1991 · Thomas Tryon, a popular Hollywood actor who stopped acting when he became a best-selling novelist, died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 65 years old. He died of cancer,...
Sep 5, 1991 · Tom Tryon, the tall, dark and handsome leading man of such films as “The Cardinal” who abandoned the silver screen to become a best-selling novelist, died Wednesday. He was 65.
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).
Sep 4, 1991 · Tall, ruggedly handsome leading man of the 1950s and 60s who after a 16-year career gave up acting in 1971 to write the best-selling novels "Crowned Heads" and "Harvest Home." After beginning in a stock theatre company as a set painter and assistant manager, and later becoming a production...
Sep 4, 1991 · 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.
