Cast
Tom London
Acting
Cast
Tom London
Known for
Acting
Born
1889-08-23
From
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Died
1963-12-05
Also known as Len Clapham, Leonard Clapham, Leonard Clapman
Biography
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.
High Noon
as Sam (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front
as 1st Medic Orderly (uncredited)
Melody Ranch
as Henchman Joe #2
The Fighting Seabees
as Johnson (uncredited)
Friendly Persuasion
as Farmer on Front Line with Gard (uncredited)
Captain America
as Mack
Rollin' Westward
as Sheriff
Man of the West
as Tom (uncredited)
Western Union
as Slade Henchman #3
The Sheepman
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Without Honor
as 'Sholt' Fletcher
Jesse James
as Soldier (uncredited)
Batman
as Andrews
Lillian Russell
as Frank
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Deputy (uncredited)
The Storm
as Head Mountie
Bachelor Bait
as Detective (uncredited)
Colorado
as David Collins (as Leonard Clapham)
Chinatown Nights
as Cop
Troopers Three
as Sgt. Hank Darby
Twisted Rails
as Sheriff James
Forbidden Trails
as Marshal Tom
Silver Spurs
as Henchman
Rancho Notorious
as Deputy in Gunsight (uncredited)
Rio Rattler
as Ranger Bob Adams
Western Gold
as Clem
Northwest Passage
as Ranger
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Arizona Terrors
as Second Dialogue Tenant-Rancher
Flaming Lead
as Bart Daggett
Mountain Rhythm
as Deputy Tom
The Fugitive
as Tom
Sworn Enemy
as Gangster (uncredited)
Spy Smasher
as Crane
Jungle Menace
as Detective Interrogating Pete
Dynamite Canyon
as Captain Gray
The Lawless Nineties
as Henchman Ward
Dude Cowboy
as Silver City Sheriff
Dark Command
as Messenger
Way Down East
as Town Choir Singer (uncredited)
Lady for a Day
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
The Secret Six
as Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
Boom Town
as Sheriff Harris (uncredited)
Domino Kid
Billy the Kid
as Leader (uncredited)
13 West Street
as Prisoner (uncredited)
The Secret of Convict Lake
as Jerry - Posse Member (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
as Cop in Squad Car (uncredited)
Mystery Mountain
as Rattler Henchman Morgan
A Volta do Besouro Verde
as Thug with Explosives
Hi-Yo Silver
as Felton
The Oil Raider
as Oil Well Driller (uncredited)
I'm No Angel
as Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)
Phantom Ranger
as Reynolds
Made for Each Other
as Ranger (uncredited)
American Empire
as Rider with Crowder's Posse (uncredited)
Lone Cowboy
as Conductor (uncredited)
The Tall Stranger
Our Hospitality
as James Canfield (uncredited)
Brigham Young
as Raider
Southward Ho!
as Phoney Union Sergeant
Platinum Blonde
as Reporter (uncredited)
Angel's Holiday
as Truck Driver
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Thompson, Townsman in Mob
Trail of Kit Carson
as John Benton
See America Thirst
as Spumoni Hood (uncredited)
West of Broadway
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Call of the Prairie
as Dealer
Song of Texas
as Race Official
The Woman Racket
as Hennessy
Idaho
as Henchman
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
as Rancher
The Nuisance
as Kelley's Associate (uncredited)
Avenging Waters
as Henchman Huffy
Gun Play
as Meeker
Baby Take a Bow
as Man on Train (Uncredited)
The Renegade
as Pete
Under Texas Skies
as Fake Captain Hartford
The Yellow Rose of Texas
as Sheriff Allen
Allegheny Uprising
as Settler at McDowell's Mill
The Girl Who Dared
as Neilson - Gas Station Owner (uncredited)
Sunset Pass
as Ben
Red Desert
as Colonel
Bullets and Saddles
as Marshal (archive footage)
Manhattan Tower
as Mechanic (uncredited)
Twilight on the Trail
as Henchman Gregg
Deadwood Dick
as Jake
Santa Fe Stampede
as Marshal Jim Wood
The Night Riders
as Rancher Wilson
Oregon Trail
as Sheriff Plenner
Winners of the West
as Henchman Webb
Blackmail
as Tom - Cashier
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Fugitive Valley
as Marshal Warren
Cock of the Air
as Military Policeman
Frontier Investigator
as Jed
The Woman of the Town
as Crockett Henchman
Blossoms On Broadway
as Cop (uncredited)
The Son of Davy Crockett
as Ranger Logan
Quick Millions
as Atlas Newsreel Man (uncredited)
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Cop at Door (uncredited)
Police Car 17
as Detective (uncredited)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Bum at Bar (uncredited)
Range Law
as Henchman Cleve
The Oregon Trail
as Pete Cave Henchman
Full Confession
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
No Place for a Lady
as Air Raid Warden (? - ever seen in final cut?)
Gaucho Serenade
as Sheriff Tom Olson
The Arizona Terror
as Henchman Chuckawalla
Sunset Trail
as Jake
The Crime Doctor
as Detective at Airport Arrest (uncredited)
West of the Rainbow's End
as Harry Palmer
Westbound Stage
as Henchman Parker
Passkey to Danger
as Gerald Bates
Law of the Ranger
as Henchman Pete
Man from Rainbow Valley
as Healey
The Shadow
as Hijacked Truck Driver
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Henchman
Lone Texan
as Old Dan (uncredited)
Made on Broadway
as Plainclothesman
Dangerous Traffic
as Marc Brandon
Sunset in El Dorado
as Sheriff Gridley
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Livery Stableman (uncredited)
In Old Arizona
as Man in Saloon (uncredited)
False Colors
as Poncho Townsman
Let Us Live
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Blue Canadian Rockies
as Pop Phillips
The Fighting Devil Dogs
as Henchman Wilson
Liberty
as (as Leonard Clapham)
The Big Cage
as Ship Captain
Secret Valley
as 2nd Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Radio Patrol
as Eddie Lewis
Marshal of Amarillo
as Mr. Snodgrass
Thoroughbreds
as Pop
Saddle Pals
as Dad Gardner
Apache Country
as Patches - Stage Driver (uncredited)
King of the Forest Rangers
as Tom Judson
Mills of the Gods
as Workman
When the Daltons Rode
as Lyncher
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Tom the Doorman
The Old West
as Chadwick (uncredited)
Riders of the West
as Slim - Lanky Henchman
Riders in the Sky
as Old Man Robert
Hell's Heroes
as Croupier (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
as Henchman Felton
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
as Member of Rocci's Mob
Mandrake the Magician
as Mill River Inn Henchman
Smashing the Rackets
as Dixon - Detective
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
as Hank Turner
Zorro's Black Whip
as James Bradley
To the Last Man
as Guy
Border Vengeance
as Flash Denby
Captive Wild Woman
as Ship's Captain (archive footage)
Marshal of Cripple Creek
as Baker
The Miracle Rider
as Sewell
The Purple Mask
as Robert Jackson, Inventor (as Leonard Clapham)
The Spider Returns
as Detective
Smoky
as Horse Trader
The Heritage of the Desert
as Dave Naab
Crime of the Century
as Dr. Jackson
Cody of the Pony Express
as Doc Laramie
The Ranger and the Lady
as Independent Freight Wagon Driver
Viva Cisco Kid
as Town Marshal
Sun Valley Cyclone
as Sheriff
Rio Grande Ranger
as Henchman Sneed
Juvenile Court
as Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
Faces in the Fog
as Auto Court Manager
Ghost Town Law
as Ace, Chief Thug
Grissly's Millions
as Policeman Ralph
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Townsman
The Thirteenth Guest
as Detective Carter (Uncredited)
Masked
Prairie Moon
as Henchman Steve
The Invisible Informer
as Eph Shroud
The Lady and the Monster
as Man Who Tails Cory (Uncredited)
Bar-L Ranch
as Henchman (uncredited)
Firebrands of Arizona
as Wagon Driver
Six Shootin' Sheriff
as Bar X Foreman
Junior G-Men
as Kearney - Riot Squad Cop (uncredited)
Shooting High
as Eph Carson
Across the Sierras
as Man on Wagon
The Secret Code
as Weather Bureau Guard
Code of the Prairie
as Henchman Loomis
Fighting Fury
as Chet
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Sheriff McBride
Roaring Timber
as Henchman Duke
The Bronc Stomper
as Alan Riggs
Overland Mail Robbery
as Sheriff
Red River Robin Hood
as Del Auston
Sheriff of Sundown
as Sheriff Tom Carpenter
Behind City Lights
as Andrew Coleman
Valley of the Sun
as Trooper Parker (uncredited)
River's End
as Mountie
Gun Smoke
as Hank Bailey (uncredited)
Last Frontier Uprising
as Skillet (Ranch Hand)
Bandit Ranger
as Cattle Rustler (uncredited)
Ghost Valley Raiders
as Sheriff
The Lone Star Ranger
as Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham)
Five Little Peppers at Home
as Miner
Twilight on the Rio Grande
as U.S. Customs Agent Tom
Down Texas Way
as Bartender Pete
Mystery Ranch
as Holdup man
Honor of the Mounted
as Henchman
The Iron Master
as Turner
Guns and Guitars
as Henchman Connor
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
as Sheriff
Wagon Wheels Westward
as Fake Judge Worth
The Mystery Rider
as David Manning / The Claw
King of the Jungle
as Lion Attendant (uncredited)
Perils of the Royal Mounted
as Gaynor
Sky Racket
as Agent-Passenger (Car Chase)
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
as Sheriff Edwards
Girls of the Big House
as Sheriff at Alma's Cell
Phantom Rancher
as Sheriff Parker
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
as The Sheriff
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Cop Getting Crane
Money, Women and Guns
as Old Prospector (uncredited)
The Call of the Canyon
as Lee Stanton
Marshal of Laredo
as Barton
Rio Grande Raiders
as Sheriff Tom Hammon
Beggars in Ermine
as Steel Worker (uncredited)
Call of the Rockies
as Henchman Hansen
The Wolf Dog
as Brooks
Westward Bound
as Dick - Rustler
Wildcat Saunders
as Pete Hawkins
The Cactus Kid
as Sheriff
The Old Frontier
as Banker
Timber Terrors
as Burke
West of Texas
as Steve Conlon
The Test
as Trapper (uncredited)
Trailing Double Trouble
as Henchman Kirk
The Cowboy Musketeer
as Joe Dokes
Trail Guide
as Old Timer
The Gay Caballero
as Man at Fiesta
Night Train to Memphis
as Train Conductor
The Boiling Point
as Pete Mallis - Henchman
Conquest of Cheyenne
as Sheriff Dan Perkins
Silent Sheldon
as Bill Fadden
Lone Star Ranger
as Henchman (uncredited)
Toll of the Desert
as Sheriff Jackson
Stage to Chino
as Dolan - Henchman
The Wild Frontier
as Patrick MacSween
Vigilantes of Dodge City
as Denver
The Bar-C Mystery
Springtime in the Rockies
as Tracy
South of Rio
as Jim Weston
Tex Takes a Holiday
as Sheriff
The Night Rider
as Jeff Barton
Days of Buffalo Bill
as Banty McCabe
Perils of Pauline
as Soldier at American Consulate
San Antone Ambush
as Bartender Tim
Gold
as Sheriff
Cheyenne Wildcat
as Harrison Colby
Colorado Pioneers
as Sand Snipe
Gordon of Ghost City
as Pat Campbell
Romance of the West
as Kayo Mooney
Don't Fence Me In
as Ben Duncan
The Michigan Kid
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
as Curley - Saloon Henchman
The Green Archer
as Detective with Shiner
Romance of the Rio Grande
as U. S. Marshal
The Last of the Clintons
as Luke Todd
Silver City Kid
as Sheriff Gibson
Sheer Luck
as Police Lieutenant
The Two Gun Man
as Lem Tolliver
Stick to Your Guns
as Ranch Foreman Waffles
The Fighting Marines
as Miller
The Undercover Woman
as Lem
Riders of the Black Hills
as Henchman Red Stevens
Nan of the North
as Dick Driscoll (as Leonard Clapham)
Spell of the Circus
as Butte Morgan
Out California Way
as Johnny
Firebrand Jordan
as Ed Burns
Marshal of Reno
as Sheriff
Wild Horse Stampede
as Henchman Lefty
I Believed in You
as Policeman
Canyon City
as Sheriff Slocum
Ferocious Pal
as Dave Brownell
The Omaha Trail
as Oxen Train Bullwhacker
Wagon Tracks West
as Lem Martin
Rawhide Mail
as Barfly Al
San Antonio Kid
as Long
Shadows on the Sage
as Franklin
Rough Riders of Durango
as Rancher Evans
The Blazing Sun
as Tom Ellis
Desert Greed
as Ranger (uncredited)
Land of the Open Range
as Henchman Tracy Briggs
Under Colorado Skies
as Sheriff Blanchard
The Third Alarm
as Fireman Tom
Three in Exile
as Jed Hawkings
The Return of the Riddle Rider
as Buck White
The Border Patrolman
as Johnson
Beneath Western Skies
as Earl Phillips
The Long Chance
as John Corbaly (as Leonard Clapham)
The Silver Trail
as Looney
The Demon Rider
as Black Hawk
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Henchman Pete
Clancy of the Mounted
as Corporal McGregor
West of Tombstone
as Morris
Along the Oregon Trail
as Wagon Boss
Jesse James Rides Again
as Sam Bolton
Queen of the Northwoods
as Garvin / The Wolf-Devil
The Renegade Ranger
as Henchman Red
Roll on Texas Moon
as Sheriff Bert Morris
Sid's Long Count
as Policeman
Riders from Nowhere
as Mason
The Galloping Ghost
as Mullins
Corpus Christi Bandits
as Rocky - Henchman
Black Bandit
Wild Horse Range
as Arnold
Under Northern Lights
as Jacques Foucharde
Trailing the Killer
as Sheriff
Stagecoach to Monterey
as Chester Wade
Brand of Fear
as Marshal Blackjack Flint
Alias Billy the Kid
as Dakota
The Lost Special
as Dirk / Detective Dane
The Dangerous Maid
as Guard
O'Malley of the Mounted
as Lefty - Henchman
Lure of the Wasteland
as Foreman
Stardust on the Sage
as Henchman MacGowan
Wolf Tracks
Santa Fe Scouts
as Billy Dawson
Wagon Train
as Henchman Charlie
Red River Renegades
as Pop Underwood
Sheriff of Cimarron
as Frank Holden
Sons of the Pioneers
as Joe #1 - Henchman
The Valley of Vanishing Men
as Slater
St. Louis Woman
as Lions Coach Ryan
Fangs of the Wild
as Larry Dean
The Phantom Rider
as Medicine Man Ceta
Borrowed Wives
as Mac, the Motorcycle Cop
The Last of the Duanes
as (as Leonard Clapham)
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Joe
California Gold Rush
as Sheriff Peabody
Underground Rustlers
as Henchman Tom Harris
Code of the Northwest
as Pvt. Frank Stafford
Mark of the Lash
as Lem Kimmerly
Spy Smasher Returns
as Crane
Wanderers of the West
as Montana Sheriff
Hail to the Rangers
as Jessup
Santa Fe Uprising
as Lafe Dibble
Snowed In
as U.S. Marshal Thayer
The Air Hawk
as Kellar
Bar-Z Bad Men
as Sig Bostell
Chasing Trouble
as Jerome Garrett
The Cherokee Flash
as Utah
Riding the Sunset Trail
as Sheriff Hays
Beyond the Rockies
as Kirk Tracy
The Frame-Up
as Fred (uncredited)
Mile-a-Minute Morgan
as Kenneth Winster
Courage of the North
as Mordant
The Harvest of Hate
as Martin Trask
Fighting Hero
as Sheriff
Pack Train
as Dan Coleman
The Long Loop on the Pecos
as Laird
The Right of the Strongest
as Fred Dearing
Leave It to Susan
Outlaws of Sonora
as Sheriff Trask
Robbers of the Range
as Henchman Monk Saunders
The Social Buccaneer
as Louis Lenoir
When Lightning Strikes
as Wolf
Heroes of the Range
as Bud
Pioneer Trail
as Sam Harden
Trails of the Golden West
The Great Air Robbery
as Undetermined Role (as Leonard Clapham)
Skull and Crown
as Henchman Jennings
A String of Diamonds
as Slippery Jack Elmm
King of the Circus
The Golden Stallion
as Jules La Roux
The Yellow Cameo
as Spraker
The Man from Texas
as Henchman Slim
Federal Operator 99
as Prof. Crawford
Hong Kong Nights
as Blake
Song of the Buckaroo
as Sheriff Wade
Shell Shocked Sammy
The Lion Man
as Lacey
The Boss of Rustler's Roost
as Pronto Giles
Roll Wagons Roll
as Henchman Matt Grimes
Ridin' Double
as Gabe Lawrence
Safety in Numbers
as Motorist (uncredited)
The Texas Kid
'in Wrong' Wright
as Sheriff
The Apache Raider
as Griffin Dawson
The Boss of the Rancho
Justice Takes a Holiday
as Convict (Uncredited)