Tom Murray

Tom Murray (born September 8, 1874 in Stonefort , Illinois , † August 27, 1935 in Hollywood , California ) was an American actor.

life and career

Tom Murray was born in a small town in the US state of Illinois. He made his first silent film in Hollywood in 1916 when he was 42 years old. By 1931, the beefy character actor was to make around 19 films, mostly starring as a sinister villain in supporting roles. Murray had his best-known roles in two comedies with Charlie Chaplin : In The Pilgrim (1923) he played the stubborn sheriff of a small town and in Chaplin's classic Gold Rush (1925) he played the cunning prospector and felon Black Larsen. He was with Harry Langdon in 1926 in Tramp, Tramp, Trampseen alongside another star comedian. His only sound film was the B-Western White Renegade , after which he retired from the film business.

Tom Murray died of a heart attack in 1935 at the age of 60. He was married to the actress Louise Carver (1869-1956).

Filmography

• 1916: Tweedledum Torpedoed by Cupid
• 1916: A Busy Night
• 1916: A Lucky Tramp
• 1916: Lend Me Your Wife
• 1916: A Bath Tub Elopement
• 1916: Two of a Kind
• 1922: Don't Be Foolish
• 1922: French heels
• 1922: Too Much Business
• 1922: The Ladder Jinx
• 1923: The Pilgrim (The Pilgrim)
• 1923: The Meanest Man in the World
• 1924: Ride 'Em Cowboy
• 1925: Gold Rush (The Gold Rush)
• 1925: The Business of Love
• 1926: Tramp, tramp, tramp
• 1926: Into Her Kingdom
• 1926: Private Izzy Murphy
• 1931: White Renegade

Web links

• Tom Murray in the Internet Movie Database (English)