Tom Tully

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Tom Tully with Dorothy McGuire in the short film Reward Unlimited (  1944)

Thomas "Tom" Tully (born August 21, 1908 in Durango , Colorado , USA ; † April 27, 1982 in Newport Beach , California , USA ) was an American film and stage actor .

Life

As a young man, Tully joined the United States Navy , which he was a member of for several years. Although he made his acting debut in 1932 - he was hired in a minor supporting role for the Bible adaptation The Sign of the Cross - Tully's career only began on Broadway after he left the Navy in 1937 . After he was able to gain his first experience in 10 theater plays by 1943, he finally switched to the medium of film in 1943, and therefore celebrated his comeback as a film actor in the film Mission to Moscow .

Tully's filmmaking, which spanned a period of three decades, was particularly successful until the mid-1950s. The 1954 war film The Caine Was Her Fate , for which the actor received an Oscar nomination in 1955 for Best Supporting Actor , falls during this period . In the second half of his career, Tully's appearances were largely limited to guest appearances in television series, including 1964 in Perry Mason and 1965 and 1967 in two episodes of Bonanza .

At the beginning of the 1970s - during the Vietnam War - Tully became a member of the United Service Organizations , which included Bob Hope , and thus entertainer of the US troops. In 1971 Tully suffered a severe blow of fate when he was infected with a roundworm in Vietnam , which, among other things, can cause elephantiasis . Back in the United States and in Laguna Beach , Tully had to have both legs amputated due to a blocked vein . As if that wasn't enough, Tully's health deteriorated rapidly. He suffered from pleurisy , was almost deaf, and suffered from acute hair loss. Although he tried to appear in a few television films and series through 1973, including an episode of Cobra Take Over in 1972 , Tully was forced to retire.

Most recently, the actor also suffered from cancer , from which he died in April 1982 at the age of 73.

All that is known about Tully's private life is that he was married three times, most recently to Ida Johnson since 1954.

Tom Tully is today dedicated to a star on the Walk of Fame .

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SURNAME Tully, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tully, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and stage actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Durango , Colorado , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1982
Place of death Newport Beach , California , United States