Tom Fadden
Born: 1895-01-06 in Bayard, Iowa, USA
Died: 1980-04-14
Known For: Acting
Biography
Tom Fadden (January 6, 1895 – April 14, 1980) was an American actor. He performed on the legitimate stage, vaudeville, in films and on television during his long career. He would make his film debut with a small role in 1939's I Stole a Million. He would have his first memorable bit in his next film, Destry Rides Again, where in the opening scene he is playing cards, and is cheated when the character portrayed by Marlene Dietrich distracts him by spilling coffee in his lap. His film career would span almost forty years and encompass over 90 films, mostly in small or supporting roles, although with an occasional starring role, as in 1940's Zanzibar. His final acting credit was the 1977 science fiction horror film Empire of the Ants. Fadden died of natural causes on April 14, 1980 in Vero Beach, Florida.
Filmography
1977
- Empire of the Ants as Sam Russell
1970
- Dirty Dingus Magee as Trooper
1969
- Flareup as Mr. Willows
1966
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Harry Tate (uncredited)
1965
- Green Acres as Ben Miller
1964
- Daniel Boone as Sam Cooley
1963
- Petticoat Junction as Ben Miller
- Temple Houston
1962
- The Virginian as McCord
1961
- Mister Ed
- Pocketful of Miracles as Herbie (uncredited)
1960
- The Tall Man
- Flaming Star as Man #1 at Crossing (uncredited)
- Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus as Uncle Daniel
- The Slowest Gun in the West as Jedd Slocum
1959
- Bonanza as Cowboy
- Rawhide as Circuit Judge Nield
- Edge of Eternity as Eli Jones
1958
- Lawman as Livery Operator Cartwright
- The Texan as Ezekial Waters
- Bronco as Pop Kelly
- Cimarron City as Silas Perry
1957
- Perry Mason as Cooper
- Maverick as Silvan
- Casey Jones as Seth Griswold
- Baby Face Nelson as Postman Harkins
- The Hired Man as Kelly
1956
- State Trooper as Barnett Collins
- Broken Arrow
- Hey, Jeannie! as Proprietor
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Uncle Ira Lentz
1955
- Cheyenne as Sergeant Hogan
- Gunsmoke as Harley
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Duffield
- The Tall Men as Hank - Livery Stable Owner (uncredited)
1954
- Studio 57
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Uncle Daniel
1953
- General Electric Theater
- Kansas Pacific as Gus Gustavson the Train Fireman
- Thy Neighbor's Wife as Honza Kratky
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Owen
- The Lawless Breed as Chick Noonan - Undertaker
- Toughest Man in Arizona
1951
- Vengeance Valley as Obie Rune (uncredited)
- Drums in the Deep South as Purdy
1950
- Singing Guns as Express Agent
- Devil's Doorway as Bob Trammell (uncredited)
1948
- State of the Union as Waiter
- Whispering Smith as Telegrapher at Coyete Creek (uncredited)
- Moonrise as Homer Blackstone
- Raw Deal
- Panhandle as Mac - Horse Seller (uncredited)
- The Inside Story as Ab Follansbee
- The Hunted as Bus Passenger
1947
- Dark Passage as Diner Counterman Serving Parry (uncredited)
- Pursued as The Minister (uncredited)
- California as Stranger (uncredited)
- Cheyenne as Charlie
- That Hagen Girl as Village Loafer
- Dragnet as Amos Wright
- The Judge Steps Out as Sheriff (uncredited)
1946
- It's a Wonderful Life as Tollhouse Keeper (uncredited)
- The Big Sleep as Sidney (uncredited)
- Dragonwyck as Otto Gebhardt (uncredited)
- The Well Groomed Bride as Justice of the Peace
1945
- The Naughty Nineties as Wounded Gambler (uncredited)
- Murder, He Says as Sheriff Murdock (uncredited)
- The Royal Mounted Rides Again as 'Lode' MacKenzie
- A Medal for Benny as Eddie Krinch (uncredited)
- Trail to Vengeance as Horace Glumm
1944
- The Thin Man Goes Home as Train Passenger in Passageway (uncredited)
- Tomorrow, the World! as Mr. Clyde - Mailman (uncredited)
- The Hairy Ape as Long
- In Society as Fire Chief (uncredited)
- Henry Aldrich's Little Secret as Mr. Luther
1943
- Edge of Darkness as Hammer
- Northern Pursuit as Hobby (uncredited)
- A Lady Takes a Chance as Mullen
- The Good Fellows as Harvey
1942
- Sundown Jim as Stagecoach Driver
- The Glass Key as Basement Club Waiter (uncredited)
- The Remarkable Andrew as Jake Pearl
- Pardon My Sarong as Sven (uncredited)
- My Favorite Blonde as Tom Douglas
- Blondie Goes to College as Mr. Dill's Brother
- Fall In as Zeb Hatfield
- The Night Before the Divorce as Capt. Walt
- Wings for the Eagle as Tom 'Cyclone' Shaw
- Lone Star Ranger as Sam
1941
- Come Live with Me as Charlie Gephardt (uncredited)
- The Shepherd of the Hills as Jim Lane
1940
- The Howards of Virginia as Backwoodsman
- When the Daltons Rode as Townsman
- The Captain is a Lady as Pucey Kintner
- Winners of the West as Tex Houston
- Congo Maisie as Nelson
- Zanzibar as Rhad Ramsey
1939
- Destry Rides Again as Lem Claggett
- I Stole a Million as Verne
1938
- Hard to Get as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- Held For Ransom as Jalopy Driver