Acting

Tom Coleman

Born January 12, 1897 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died January 28, 1959 · aged 62

No biography available.

Known For

It's a Wonderful Life · 1946

It's a Wonderful Life

★ 8.31946

MovieDramaFamily

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

The Far Country · 1954

The Far Country

★ 6.91954

MovieWestern

During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Canadian town.

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

All the King's Men · 1949

All the King's Men

★ 7.01949

MovieDrama

A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.

The Lady from Shanghai · 1947

The Lady from Shanghai

★ 7.31947

MovieMysteryCrime

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Escape from Fort Bravo · 1953

Escape from Fort Bravo

★ 6.31953

MovieWestern

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

Filmography

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It's a Wonderful Life · 1946

It's a Wonderful Life

★ 8.31946

MovieDramaFamily

Building & Loan Customer (uncredited)

Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)

Court Stenographer (uncredited)

The Far Country · 1954

Miner (uncredited)

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

All the King's Men · 1949

All the King's Men

★ 7.01949

MovieDrama

Man Tearing Down Poster (uncredited)

The Lady from Shanghai · 1947

The Lady from Shanghai

★ 7.31947

MovieMysteryCrime

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Escape from Fort Bravo · 1953

Escape from Fort Bravo

★ 6.31953

MovieWestern

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

Confederate Prisoner (uncredited)

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

Court Officer (uncredited)

The Invisible Man Returns · 1940

The Invisible Man Returns

★ 6.31940

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.

Miner at Colliery (uncredited)

Where the Sidewalk Ends · 1950

Where the Sidewalk Ends

★ 7.21950

MovieCrimeDrama

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)

Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.

Waiter at Lindy's (uncredited)

The Fountainhead · 1949

The Fountainhead

★ 6.81949

MovieDramaRomance

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Murder, My Sweet · 1944

Murder, My Sweet

★ 7.21944

MovieCrimeDrama

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.

Police Clerk (uncredited)

Somebody Up There Likes Me · 1956

Somebody Up There Likes Me

★ 7.21956

MovieDrama

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

Reporter at Sparring Session (uncredited)

The Band Wagon · 1953

The Band Wagon

★ 7.21953

MovieComedyRomance

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

Waiter (uncredited)

So Proudly We Hail · 1943

So Proudly We Hail

★ 5.91943

MovieWarDrama

During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.

Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)

Woman in Hiding · 1950

Woman in Hiding

★ 6.31950

MovieThrillerCrime

As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in a freak auto accident. But Deborah is alive, if not too well. Having discovered a horrible truth about her new husband, Deborah is now a “woman in hiding,” living in mortal fear that someday her husband will catch up with her again. When a returning GI recognizes Deborah, however, she must decide whether or not she can trust him.

Plant Worker (uncredited)

The Secret Fury · 1950

The Secret Fury

★ 5.51950

MovieCrimeDrama

The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.

Trial Spectator (uncredited)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer · 1947

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

★ 6.91947

MovieComedyRomance

Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Bullets or Ballots · 1936

Bullets or Ballots

★ 6.61936

MovieCrimeDrama

After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.

Sports Commentator (uncredited)

A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

Bus Passenger (uncredited)

The Fighting 69th · 1940

The Fighting 69th

★ 5.81940

MovieActionDrama

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

The House Across the Bay · 1940

The House Across the Bay

★ 5.61940

MovieDramaCrime

Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.

Café Patron

Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.

Bartender (uncredited)

Adventures of Superman · 1952

Adventures of Superman

★ 6.71952

SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a syndicated TV adaptation of the beloved DC Comics superhero! You know the drill: When he isn't fighting for truth, justice and the American way, the man in tights dons a suit and glasses for his secret identity as Daily Planet newspaper reporter Clark Kent, who works alongside friends Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen for gruff boss Perry White.

Museum Patron (uncredited)

Public Defender · 1954

Public Defender

★ 6.31954

SeriesDrama

The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.

Doctor (uncredited)