Acting
Tom Ricketts
Born January 15, 1853 · London, England, UK
Died January 19, 1939 · aged 86
Tom Ricketts (January 15, 1853 – January 19, 1939) was an English stage, later a Hollywood screen, actor. He also directed numerous early Hollywood Silent films, and was the writer of several.
Known For
The Invisible Man · 1933The Invisible Man
★ 7.51933
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.
Pleasure Cruise · 1933Pleasure Cruise
★ 6.31933
MovieComedyRomance
Shirley, a married woman, who is fed up of her husband's incessant nagging, decides to go on a cruise. Her husband also gets on the cruise as a worker in the barber shop to keep an eye on her.
Dead End · 1937Dead End
★ 7.01937
MovieCrimeDrama
The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.
Beating the Game · 1921Beating the Game
★ 8.01921
MovieCrimeDrama
Professional safecracker Fancy Charlie breaks into the apartment of G.B. Lawson, a criminologist, and mistakenly believes that he has robbed a fellow safecracker. Out of "professional courtesy" he informs Lawson of what he has done. Instead of calling the police, Lawson--who believes in the philosophy of "honor among thieves"--makes a deal with Charlie: to show Charlie that it's actually more profitable to be a legitimate businessman then a crook, he'll give Charlie some money if Charlie will use it to establish a legitimate business in the small town of Plumfield, and at the end of a year they will divide up whatever profits Charlie is able to make honestly. Charlie agrees, but soon discovers that things aren't going to be quite as easy as he thought.
Forsaking All Others · 1934Forsaking All Others
★ 6.01934
MovieComedyRomance
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
A Star Is Born · 1937A Star Is Born
★ 7.21937
MovieDramaRomance
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
Show Boat · 1936Show Boat
★ 6.71936
MovieMusicRomance
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
Get Your Man · 1927Get Your Man
★ 6.41927
MovieDramaComedy
A young American girl in Paris falls in love with a handsome nobleman, but he is about to wed in an arranged marriage. She hatches a plan to overcome that obstacle and get her man.
Filmography
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The Invisible Man · 1933The Invisible Man
★ 7.51933
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.
Old Farmer with Barn (uncredited)
Pleasure Cruise · 1933Pleasure Cruise
★ 6.31933
MovieComedyRomance
Shirley, a married woman, who is fed up of her husband's incessant nagging, decides to go on a cruise. Her husband also gets on the cruise as a worker in the barber shop to keep an eye on her.
The Man from Manchester (Uncredited)
Forsaking All Others · 1934Forsaking All Others
★ 6.01934
MovieComedyRomance
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
Wiff' Wiffens (Uncredited)
Get Your Man · 1927Get Your Man
★ 6.41927
MovieDramaComedy
A young American girl in Paris falls in love with a handsome nobleman, but he is about to wed in an arranged marriage. She hatches a plan to overcome that obstacle and get her man.
Gentleman in Wax Museum (uncredited)
Vanity Fair · 1932Vanity Fair
★ 4.71932
MovieDramaRomance
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
Sir Pitt's Butler Parker
If I Had a Million · 1932If I Had a Million
★ 6.51932
MovieDramaComedy
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
Mrs. Walker's Dancing Partner at Idylwood (uncredited)
The Common Law · 1931The Common Law
★ 5.41931
MovieDrama
When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent past as another man's mistress?
Elderly Party Guest (uncredited)












