Tom Tryon

Tom Tryon ( born January 14, 1926 in Hartford as Thomas Tryon, † September 4, 1991 in Los Angeles ) was an American actor and writer. He is often referred to as the son of actor Glenn Tryon, his father, however, was in reality the Haberdasher Arthur Lane Tryon ( descendant of General William Tryon ). He grew up in Wethersfield and reported to seventeen for military service. From 1943 to 1946 Tryon served with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific as a radio operator and was then employed as a stage builder and actor with a theater group in Dennis. In 1953 he made ​​his Broadway debut in the musical Wish You Were Here. Before he moved to California in 1955 and there began his career as an actor, he worked as a production assistant at CBS.

Actor

After two small appearances ( in the short-lived series The Way of the World and the Western Frontier series ) he made his debut in 1956 in the feature film All traces blurred and gave 1958 aliens in I Married a Monster from Outer Space. From 1958 to 1961 he played the title role in the Disney series Texas John Slaughter. 1962 Tom Tryon appeared in Marilyn Monroe's last and unfinished film Something's Got to Give. In the same year, he appeared in a small supporting role in The Longest Day. His breakthrough came in 1963 with Otto Preminger's The Cardinal. 1964 Tryon received for the film a Golden Globe nomination in the category Best Actor - Drama. Two years later he turned again under Preminger war film First victory. Then Tom Tryon played until 1971 nor in several films and series, until he ended up acting.

Filmography (selection)

Cinema

TV

Author

1971 Tryon wrote, inspired by Rosemary 's Baby, the horror novel The Other. In the book, it's about nine year old twins on a small farm that play tricks on the people around her, to the "game" is malicious and a twin suspects the other of being responsible for even deaths. The book became a bestseller and Tryon decided to devote himself to writing. In 1972 he produced the film version of The Other Diana Muldaur, Uta Hagen and John Ritter ( Director: Robert Mulligan ). 1973 appeared the novel Harvest Home, which provided the template for The Dark Secret of Harvest Home mini- series starring Bette Davis. 1978 Tom Tryon processed his short story Crowned Heads for screenplay for Billy Wilder film Fedora.