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.
386 movies · 19 shows
Spy Smasher Returns
1966·8.3
13 West Street
1962·6.1
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960·5.9
Lone Texan
1959·7.0
Money, Women and Guns
1958·5.8
Man of the West
1958·6.6
The Sheepman
1958·6.9
The Tall Stranger
1957·6.5
Domino Kid
1957·5.8
Friendly Persuasion
1956·6.6
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956·5.2
Top Gun
1955·6.6
Pack Train
1953·6.5
Blue Canadian Rockies
1952·7.0
The Old West
1952·7.0
High Noon
1952·7.7
Apache Country
1952·9.0
Rancho Notorious
1952·6.5
Trail Guide
1952·6.3
The Secret of Convict Lake
1951·6.6
Rough Riders of Durango
1951·7.0
The Blazing Sun
1950·10.0
The Old Frontier
1950·10.0
Cody of the Pony Express
1950·8.0
Red Desert
1949·7.0
Riders in the Sky
1949·6.4
San Antone Ambush
1949·7.0
South of Rio
1949·7.0
Brand of Fear
1949·6.5
Frontier Investigator
1949·9.0
Mark of the Lash
1948·6.5
Marshal of Amarillo
1948·9.0
Under Colorado Skies
1947·7.0
The Wild Frontier
1947·9.0
Along the Oregon Trail
1947·9.0
Marshal of Cripple Creek
1947·7.0
Jesse James Rides Again
1947·10.0
Blackmail
1947·4.2
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
1947·10.0
Saddle Pals
1947·6.5
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947·5.5
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
1947·5.2
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947·3.1
Last Frontier Uprising
1947·10.0
Out California Way
1946·7.5
Santa Fe Uprising
1946·7.0
Roll on Texas Moon
1946·6.3
Rio Grande Raiders
1946·9.0
The Invisible Informer
1946·8.0
Conquest of Cheyenne
1946·7.0
Red River Renegades
1946·10.0
Night Train to Memphis
1946·9.0
Man from Rainbow Valley
1946·9.0
Passkey to Danger
1946·8.0
Sun Valley Cyclone
1946·7.0
King of the Forest Rangers
1946·7.0
Alias Billy the Kid
1946·7.5
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
1946·6.5
Crime of the Century
1946·6.5
California Gold Rush
1946·7.5
Days of Buffalo Bill
1946·7.0
The Phantom Rider
1946·6.5
The Undercover Woman
1946·3.3
Wagon Wheels Westward
1945·7.5
The Cherokee Flash
1945·8.0
Colorado Pioneers
1945·7.0
Girls of the Big House
1945·7.5
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
1945·7.0
Don't Fence Me In
1945·5.8
Marshal of Laredo
1945·8.0
Sunset in El Dorado
1945·5.7
Behind City Lights
1945·7.0
Oregon Trail
1945·10.0
Trail of Kit Carson
1945·7.0
Federal Operator 99
1945·7.5
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945·5.5
Corpus Christi Bandits
1945·9.0
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945·5.4
Sheriff of Cimarron
1945·8.0
Grissly's Millions
1945·6.5
Thoroughbreds
1944·9.0
Firebrands of Arizona
1944·8.0
Faces in the Fog
1944·4.3
Zorro's Black Whip
1944·5.9
Vigilantes of Dodge City
1944·8.0
Sheriff of Sundown
1944·9.0
Code of the Prairie
1944·7.0
Cheyenne Wildcat
1944·6.0
Stagecoach to Monterey
1944·7.0
San Antonio Kid
1944·8.0
The Girl Who Dared
1944·6.1
Silver City Kid
1944·7.0
Call of the Rockies
1944·6.3
Marshal of Reno
1944·8.0
The Yellow Rose of Texas
1944·6.1
The Lady and the Monster
1944·6.0
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944·8.0
Beneath Western Skies
1944·7.5
Captain America
1944·5.2
The Fighting Seabees
1944·6.2
The Woman of the Town
1943·6.4
Canyon City
1943·8.0
Overland Mail Robbery
1943·9.0
False Colors
1943·4.7
Bullets and Saddles
1943·6.3
Hail to the Rangers
1943·10.0
The Renegade
1943·7.5
Wagon Tracks West
1943·9.0
Silver Spurs
1943·4.8
Batman
1943·6.2
Song of Texas
1943·6.3
Captive Wild Woman
1943·5.3
West of Texas
1943·8.0
Wild Horse Stampede
1943·4.5
Santa Fe Scouts
1943·9.0
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943·7.7
Idaho
1943·6.3
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
1943·8.0
No Place for a Lady
1943·6.0
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943·9.0
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942·7.5
The Valley of Vanishing Men
1942·9.0
American Empire
1942·5.0
Red River Robin Hood
1942·6.2
Bandit Ranger
1942·4.7
The Secret Code
1942·5.9
The Omaha Trail
1942·7.0
Shadows on the Sage
1942·10.0
Riders of the West
1942·6.5
The Sons of the Pioneers
1942·9.0
Perils of the Royal Mounted
1942·7.0
Stardust on the Sage
1942·5.5
Down Texas Way
1942·6.5
Land of the Open Range
1942·10.0
Spy Smasher
1942·6.1
Ghost Town Law
1942·6.0
Lone Star Ranger
1942·5.3
Valley of the Sun
1942·6.3
West of Tombstone
1942·9.0
Arizona Terrors
1942·7.0
Forbidden Trails
1941·5.6
Dude Cowboy
1941·6.0
Underground Rustlers
1941·6.5
Riding the Sunset Trail
1941·5.0
Twilight on the Trail
1941·5.0
Stick to Your Guns
1941·5.7
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941·5.3
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
1941·6.5
Dynamite Canyon
1941·9.0
Fugitive Valley
1941·6.0
Wanderers of the West
1941·7.0
The Son of Davy Crockett
1941·10.0
Billy the Kid
1941·5.3
The Spider Returns
1941·8.5
Robbers of the Range
1941·7.7
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941·6.1
Western Union
1941·6.0
Across the Sierras
1941·4.5
Romance of the Rio Grande
1941·4.7
Riders from Nowhere
1940·7.0
A Volta do Besouro Verde
1940·6.8
Junior G-Men
1940·6.5
The Green Archer
1940·6.6
Trailing Double Trouble
1940·7.5
The Gay Caballero
1940·6.0
Wagon Train
1940·6.4
Brigham Young
1940·4.6
Melody Ranch
1940·6.2
Boom Town
1940·6.9
When the Daltons Rode
1940·6.2
Roll Wagons Roll
1940·5.5
The Ranger and the Lady
1940·7.3
Stage to Chino
1940·5.9
Deadwood Dick
1940·7.0
Winners of the West
1940·7.0
Wild Horse Range
1940·10.0
Lillian Russell
1940·6.7
Gaucho Serenade
1940·6.5
Shooting High
1940·7.0
Dark Command
1940·6.4
Viva Cisco Kid
1940·6.4
Hi-Yo Silver
1940·7.0
Phantom Rancher
1940·4.6
Ghost Valley Raiders
1940·8.0
Northwest Passage
1940·6.6
Five Little Peppers at Home
1940·7.0
The Shadow
1940·7.3
Westbound Stage
1939·4.5
Allegheny Uprising
1939·5.9
Flaming Lead
1939·5.5
Full Confession
1939·5.6
The Oregon Trail
1939·7.5
Mountain Rhythm
1939·6.0
Mandrake the Magician
1939·5.9
The Man from Texas
1939·9.0
The Night Riders
1939·5.8
Let Us Live
1939·6.8
Southward Ho!
1939·5.5
Lure of the Wasteland
1939·7.0
Rollin' Westward
1939·5.8
Sunset Trail
1939·6.3
Made for Each Other
1939·6.1
Jesse James
1939·6.5
Fangs of the Wild
1939·6.2
Song of the Buckaroo
1938·10.0
Santa Fe Stampede
1938·5.6
Prairie Moon
1938·10.0
Black Bandit
1938·8.0
The Renegade Ranger
1938·6.0
Juvenile Court
1938·6.0
Smashing the Rackets
1938·6.7
Pioneer Trail
1938·9.0
Riders of the Black Hills
1938·7.0
The Fighting Devil Dogs
1938·6.8
Phantom Ranger
1938·4.7
Six Shootin' Sheriff
1938·6.3
Outlaws of Sonora
1938·6.5
The Lone Ranger
1938·7.0
Blossoms On Broadway
1937·4.8
Springtime in the Rockies
1937·5.5
Radio Patrol
1937·10.0
Sky Racket
1937·3.9
Jungle Menace
1937·7.0
Western Gold
1937·9.0
Roaring Timber
1937·6.0
Angel's Holiday
1937·6.0
Law of the Ranger
1937·7.0
The Frame-Up
1937·6.5
Bar-Z Bad Men
1937·4.4
The Silver Trail
1937·5.6
Secret Valley
1937·5.3
Rio Grande Ranger
1936·8.0
Sworn Enemy
1936·5.8
Guns and Guitars
1936·5.8
The Border Patrolman
1936·7.2
Avenging Waters
1936·7.0
Heroes of the Range
1936·9.0
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936·7.0
Call of the Prairie
1936·5.8
Wildcat Saunders
1936·10.0
The Lawless Nineties
1936·5.5
Hong Kong Nights
1935·5.7
Skull and Crown
1935·5.8
Gun Play
1935·6.0
The Fighting Marines
1935·6.5
The Last of the Clintons
1935·7.0
Way Down East
1935·4.3
Courage of the North
1935·5.5
Rio Rattler
1935·7.5
The Test
1935·4.3
Toll of the Desert
1935·8.0
The Miracle Rider
1935·5.5
The Cactus Kid
1935·5.7
Timber Terrors
1935·6.5
When Lightning Strikes
1934·7.5
Mills of the Gods
1934·8.0
Mystery Mountain
1934·6.5
Fighting Fury
1934·8.0
The Oil Raider
1934·10.0
Bachelor Bait
1934·6.5
Baby Take a Bow
1934·5.7
Fighting Hero
1934·10.0
Rawhide Mail
1934·8.0
Twisted Rails
1934·5.5
St. Louis Woman
1934·6.0
Mystery Ranch
1934·5.0
I Believed in You
1934·7.0
Ferocious Pal
1934·10.0
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934·6.3
The Crime Doctor
1934·3.8
Beggars in Ermine
1934·7.3
Smoky
1933·10.0
Lone Cowboy
1933·4.0
Perils of Pauline
1933·6.5
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933·6.3
I'm No Angel
1933·6.4
Police Car 17
1933·5.5
The Wolf Dog
1933·7.4
Lady for a Day
1933·7.1
Gordon of Ghost City
1933·6.5
The Fugitive
1933·8.0
The Nuisance
1933·6.0
Sunset Pass
1933·8.0
Made on Broadway
1933·7.0
The Big Cage
1933·8.0
Justice Takes a Holiday
1933·8.0
King of the Jungle
1933·5.8
Clancy of the Mounted
1933·8.0
The Iron Master
1933·7.0
Tex Takes a Holiday
1932·8.0
Manhattan Tower
1932·6.0
The Lost Special
1932·6.0
Trailing the Killer
1932·7.0
Gold
1932·6.7
The Night Rider
1932·8.0
The Thirteenth Guest
1932·5.2
The Boiling Point
1932·7.0
Beyond the Rockies
1932·6.0
Honor of the Mounted
1932·7.0
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932·9.0
Cock of the Air
1932·7.7
Without Honor
1932·5.4
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931·7.2
West of Broadway
1931·6.8
Platinum Blonde
1931·6.7
Range Law
1931·10.0
The Arizona Terror
1931·8.0
The Galloping Ghost
1931·4.7
The Two Gun Man
1931·7.0
The Secret Six
1931·5.6
Quick Millions
1931·7.3
Gun Smoke
1931·6.7
Trails of the Golden West
1931·8.0
Sheer Luck
1931·10.0
Westward Bound
1930·7.5
See America Thirst
1930·7.0
The Third Alarm
1930·10.0
Under Texas Skies
1930·6.5
Spell of the Circus
1930·8.0
River's End
1930·6.4
Borrowed Wives
1930·5.3
The Storm
1930·7.0
Bar-L Ranch
1930·7.0
Romance of the West
1930·9.0
Safety in Numbers
1930·5.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930·7.8
Sid's Long Count
1930·0.0
Troopers Three
1930·7.0
Firebrand Jordan
1930·9.0
The Woman Racket
1930·6.0
Hell's Heroes
1929·7.1
The Harvest of Hate
1929·10.0
Queen of the Northwoods
1929·8.0
Chinatown Nights
1929·4.4
In Old Arizona
1928·5.4
The Mystery Rider
1928·9.0
The Michigan Kid
1928·9.0
The Yellow Cameo
1928·7.0
The Bronc Stomper
1928·10.0
The Apache Raider
1928·10.0
The Boss of Rustler's Roost
1928·9.0
The Return of the Riddle Rider
1927·8.0
The Golden Stallion
1927·7.0
The Long Loop on the Pecos
1927·9.0
Desert Greed
1926·9.0
West of the Rainbow's End
1926·10.0
Code of the Northwest
1926·9.0
Snowed In
1926·10.0
Dangerous Traffic
1926·6.0
Chasing Trouble
1926·9.0
The Bar-C Mystery
1926·8.0
A String of Diamonds
1926·0.0
The Cowboy Musketeer
1925·10.0
The Demon Rider
1925·8.0
Silent Sheldon
1925·7.0
Three in Exile
1925·8.0
Border Vengeance
1925·6.0
The Air Hawk
1924·10.0
Ridin' Double
1924·8.0
The Right of the Strongest
1924·8.0
The Heritage of the Desert
1924·9.0
Mile-a-Minute Morgan
1924·9.0
The Call of the Canyon
1923·7.0
Our Hospitality
1923·7.5
The Dangerous Maid
1923·10.0
Shell Shocked Sammy
1923·9.0
To the Last Man
1923·9.0
The Social Buccaneer
1923·7.0
The Cowboy and the Lady
1922·10.0
The Long Chance
1922·8.0
Nan of the North
1922·10.0
Colorado
1921·9.0
'in Wrong' Wright
1920·10.0
Under Northern Lights
1920·8.0
Masked
1920·9.0
Wolf Tracks
1920·10.0
The Texas Kid
1920·8.0
King of the Circus
1920·8.0
The Lion Man
1919·9.0
The Great Air Robbery
1919·9.0
The Last of the Duanes
1919·10.0
The Lone Star Ranger
1919·9.0
Leave It to Susan
1919·9.0
The Boss of the Rancho
1919·0.0
The Purple Mask
1916·0.0
Liberty
1916·0.0