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