Andrew Tombes
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Andrew Tombes (29 June 1885 – 17 March 1976) was an American comedian and character actor.
Biography
The son of a grocer, originally from Ashtabula, Ohio, Tombes had a significant career as a vaudeville comic. By December 1914 he'd appeared in the headlining act for the opening of the Kansas City Orpheum Theatre.[1]
He successfully ascended to Broadway comedies beginning in 1917, in the revue Miss 1917, and appeared there consistently through the 1920s, for instance in Poor Little Ritz Girl in 1920, Tip-Toes in 1925, and the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 and 1927.
Tombes' first film appearances were in 1933, already approaching 50 years old. He made a total of about 150 films for various studios.
Partial filmography
- Broadway Through a Keyhole (1933)
- Thanks a Million (1935)
- King of Burlesque (1936)
- Stage Struck (1936)
- Ticket to Paradise (1936)
- The Holy Terror (1937)
- Riding on Air (1937)
- Easy Living (1937)
- Meet the Boyfriend (1937)
- Big City (1937)
- Romance on the Run (1938)
- Captain Caution (1940)
- Melody for Three (1941)
- Texas (1941)
- Down Mexico Way (1941)
- Bedtime Story (1941)
- They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
- Don't Get Personal (1942)
- Blondie Goes to College (1942)
- Obliging Young Lady (1942)
- Swing Fever (1943)
- The Mad Ghoul (1943)
- A Stranger in Town (1943)
- Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
- Crazy House (1943)
- My Kingdom for a Cook (1943)
- Phantom Lady (1944)
- The Merry Monahans (1944)
- Can't Help Singing (1944)
- Lake Placid Serenade (1944)
- San Fernando Valley (1944)
- Patrick the Great (1945)
- Don't Fence Me In (1945)
- Badman's Territory (1946)
- Two Guys from Texas (1948)
- Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949)
- I Dream of Jeanie (1952)
- How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
References
- ^ The enchanted years of the stage: Kansas City at the crossroads of American ... by Felicia Hardison Londré, David Austin Latchaw, page 230
