Tom Nolan (actor)

Tom Nolan (born January 15, 1948 in Montreal , Québec ; actually Bernard Girouard ) is a Canadian - American actor , journalist and former child actor . In this capacity he appeared from 1955 to 1958 under the name Butch Bernard . He later changed his stage name to Tommy Nolan . He appeared in many western television series in the 1960s.

Life

Nolan is of Irish and French origins. In 1953 the family moved to Los Angeles , California . He took dance lessons and a little later began to take on his first television roles. Until 1958 he was called Butch Bernard, later Tommy Nolan. He gained wide national fame through his role as Jody O'Connell in the television series Buckskin , which he embodied in a total of 39 episodes from 1958 to 1959. From 1966 he began working as a freelance journalist under the name Tom Nolan for magazines such as the Los Angeles Times , Cheetah , eye or Rolling Stone . From 1969 he decided to work full-time as a journalist.

He began working as an extra in films in the early 1950s . In the next few years, casts in films and series that can be assigned to the genre of romance and westerns followed . From the 1960s, films from the war film genre were also added, such as a supporting role in Sturm auf Höhe 404 in 1967 . From the 1970s, his film presence decreased noticeably due to his profession as a journalist. Since the mid-1980s, he can be seen at irregular intervals in film and television series. From 1989 to 1991 he played the role of Mick in the sitcom My father is an alien in a total of 18 episodes.

Filmography

• 1952: Pale Face Junior (Son of Paleface)
• 1954: A new star in the sky (A Star Is Born)
• 1954: Kids Will Be Kids (short film)
• 1954–1956: Captain Midnight (TV series, 2 episodes, various roles)
• 1955: Lux Video Theater (TV series, episode 5x30)
• 1955: 7. Year Itch (The Seven Year Itch)
• 1955: Medic (TV series, episode 2x05)
• 1955: Flicka (TV series, episode 1x04)
• 1955: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) (TV series, episode 1x12)
• 1955: The Life of Riley (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1955: The Ford Television Theater (TV series, episode 4x12)
• 1956: Warner Brothers Presents (TV series, episode 1x26)
• 1956: The Toy Tiger
• 1956: The Search for Bridey Murphy
• 1956: The Ten Commandments (The Ten Commandments)
• 1957: Death lurks everywhere (Man Afraid)
• 1957: Commit your ways you (All Mine to Give)
• 1957: The great love of my life (An Affair to Remember)
• 1957: A heartbeat to eternity (Jeanne Eagels)
• 1957: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV series, episode 6x43)
• 1957: The Thin Man (TV series, episode 1x04)
• 1957: Studio 57 (TV series, episode 4x03)
• 1957: How to Marry a Millionaire (TV series, episode 1x07)
• 1958: Matinee Theater (TV series, episode 3x88)
• 1958: Desire Under The Elms
• 1958: One has to believe in it (The Left Handed Gun)
• 1958–1959: Buckskin (TV series, 39 episodes)
• 1958–1960: General Electric Theater (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 1958–1962: Wagon Train (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 1959: Riverboat (TV series, episode 1x11)
• 1960: The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1960: Markham (TV series, episode 1x53)
• 1960: A Thousand Miles of Dust (Rawhide) (TV series, episode 3x04)
• 1960: The Best of the Post (TV series, episode 1x03)
• 1960: Lassie (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 1960–1961: Thriller (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1961: The Rebel (TV series, episode 2x27)
• 1962: West of Santa Fé (The Rifleman) (TV series, episode 4x27)
• 1962: Bachelor Father (TV series, episode 5x37)
• 1964: Kiss Me, Fool (Kiss Me, Stupid)
• 1966: Combat! (TV series, episode 4x27)
• 1967: Storm at Height 404 (The Young Warriors)
• 1968: Maryjane
• 1968: High Chaparral (The High Chaparral) (TV series, episode 2x04)
• 1968: Something for a Lonely Man ( Big John Makes Steam ) (TV movie)
• 1969: Chastity
• 1969: Smoking Colts (Gunsmoke) (TV series, episode 15x10)
• 1970: Young, pretty and uninhibited (The Grasshopper)
• 1970: Whiskey brutal (The Moonshine War)
• 1979: Beggarman, Thief (TV movie)
• 1983: For Love and Honor (TV series, pilot)
• 1984: Rock Aliens (Voyage of the Rock Aliens)
• 1984: Trail mix USA (Up the Creek)
• 1984: Jesse (TV series, 9 episodes)
• 1985: The School Spirit
• 1986: Simon & Simon (TV series, episode 5x20)
• 1987: California Clan (TV series, episode 1x734)
• 1988: Dead Heat
• 1989: Sweet Bird of Youth (TV movie)
• 1989–1991: My father is an alien (Out of This World) (TV series, 18 episodes)
• 1990: Voice of Death (Lisa)
• 1990: Blue Heat - Lonely Time for Heroes (The Last of the Finest)
• 1990: Pretty Woman
• 1990: Filofax - I am you and you are nothing (Taking Care of Business)
• 1990: Stranger Shadows (Pacific Heights)
• 1992: Bed of Lies (TV movie)
• 1993: Bigfoot and the Hendersons (Harry and the Hendersons) (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1993: The Thing Called Love (The Thing Called Love)
• 1995: Under Charges - The McMartin Case (Indictment: The McMartin Trial) (Movie made for TV)
• 1995: Street of Vengeance (White Man's Burden)
• 2000: Miracle in the fast lane (Miracle in Lane 2)
• 2005: Batman Begins
• 2012: Ministry of Secrets: Delivery Boy (short film)
• 2017: Dunkirk
• 2018: A Fistful of Lead

Web links

• Tom Nolan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Tom Nolan in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} IMDb : Biography Tom Nolan , accessed on August 14, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Tom Nolan, Child Actor at Pierce's Picture Palace, April 7, 2019, accessed August 14, 2020.
3. ↑ Tom Nolan on Enacademic.com, accessed August 14, 2018.