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
1963
- Petticoat Junction as Ben Miller
- Temple Houston
1962
- The Virginian as McCord
1961
- Mister Ed
- Pocketful of Miracles as Herbie (uncredited)
1960
- Flaming Star as Man #1 at Crossing (uncredited)
- The Tall Man
- 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
- Cimarron City as Silas Perry
1957
- Perry Mason as Cooper
- Maverick as Silvan
- Baby Face Nelson as Postman Harkins
- The Hired Man as Kelly
- Casey Jones as Seth Griswold
1956
- State Trooper as Barnett Collins
- Broken Arrow
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Uncle Ira Lentz
- Hey, Jeannie! as Proprietor
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
1953
- Kansas Pacific as Gus Gustavson the Train Fireman
- General Electric Theater
- 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
- Drums in the Deep South as Purdy
- Vengeance Valley as Obie Rune (uncredited)
1950
- Singing Guns as Express Agent
- Devil's Doorway as Bob Trammell (uncredited)
1948
- Raw Deal
- Panhandle as Mac - Horse Seller (uncredited)
- The Hunted as Bus Passenger
- Whispering Smith as Telegrapher at Coyete Creek (uncredited)
- State of the Union as Waiter
- The Inside Story as Ab Follansbee
- Moonrise as Homer Blackstone
1947
- California as Stranger (uncredited)
- Dragnet as Amos Wright
- Dark Passage as Diner Counterman Serving Parry (uncredited)
- Cheyenne as Charlie
- Pursued as The Minister (uncredited)
- The Judge Steps Out as Sheriff (uncredited)
- That Hagen Girl as Village Loafer
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
- Murder, He Says as Sheriff Murdock (uncredited)
- The Royal Mounted Rides Again as 'Lode' MacKenzie
- The Naughty Nineties as Wounded Gambler (uncredited)
- Trail to Vengeance as Horace Glumm
- A Medal for Benny as Eddie Krinch (uncredited)
1944
- In Society as Fire Chief (uncredited)
- Henry Aldrich's Little Secret as Mr. Luther
- The Hairy Ape as Long
- Tomorrow, the World! as Mr. Clyde - Mailman (uncredited)
1943
- Northern Pursuit as Hobby (uncredited)
- A Lady Takes a Chance as Mullen
- The Good Fellows as Harvey
- Edge of Darkness as Hammer
1942
- The Glass Key as Basement Club Waiter (uncredited)
- Fall In as Zeb Hatfield
- Pardon My Sarong as Sven (uncredited)
- Sundown Jim as Stagecoach Driver
- The Night Before the Divorce as Capt. Walt
- The Remarkable Andrew as Jake Pearl
- Wings for the Eagle as Tom 'Cyclone' Shaw
- My Favorite Blonde as Tom Douglas
- Blondie Goes to College as Mr. Dill's Brother
- Lone Star Ranger as Sam
1941
- The Shepherd of the Hills as Jim Lane
- Come Live with Me as Charlie Gephardt (uncredited)
1940
- Congo Maisie as Nelson
- When the Daltons Rode as Townsman
- Winners of the West as Tex Houston
- The Howards of Virginia as Backwoodsman
- The Captain Is a Lady as Pucey Kintner
- Zanzibar as Rhad Ramsey
1939
- I Stole a Million as Verne
- Destry Rides Again as Lem Claggett
1938
- Held For Ransom as Jalopy Driver
- Hard to Get as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)