Tom Busby

Tom Busby ( born November 7, 1936 in Toronto, † 20 September 2003 in Glasgow ) was a Canadian actor.

Tom Busby was born in 1936 in Toronto, the son of British immigrants who came in the 1920s due to the poor economic situation in the Rhondda to Canada. As Busby was six years old, his father died of a thrombosis. This had a serious effect on the standard of living of the family. At age 12 he left school.

His first contact with the world of show business he had in the produced by CBC Television Canadian Howdy Doody version of the show. Busby took a liking to it and so he began at the age of 14, when he joined the buzzer floor, his acting career. The Summer Stock was a famous traveling repertory theater, which occurred in Canada and the United States. Over time, he graduated near the theater also first appearances on television. In 1956 he moved to the United Kingdom and settled together with his first wife Pauline settled in London.

In 1962, Busby We are all doomed his first film role. In 1963 he played in the winner with. He had in 1967 in The Dirty Dozen His most famous role. In the early 1970s he moved to Glasgow, where he lived until his death. His last film role was in Heavenly Pursuits of Scottish director Charles Gormley 1986.

The British author Siân Busby was the daughter of Busby and his future wife, Wendy.