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Tom Tully

Actor

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Birth Place

Durango, Colorado, USA

Born

August 21, 1908

Died

April 27, 1982

Biography

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Tom Tully's career started out in the 1940s, with supporting roles in films headlined by the likes of Cary Grant and Shirley Temple. Early on, he appeared in movies of all sorts, ranging from comedies to Westerns to war pictures. Near the end of the decade, he landed one of his first co-headlining roles in the comedy "A Kiss for Corliss," in which he played Harry P. Archer, an attorney w...

Filmography

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The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

Bob Roberts (1992)

Passed Away (1992)

Babe Ruth (1991)

Child's Cry (1986)

Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)

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Blood On The Moon -- (Movie Clip) Note From Dad

Lady In The Lake (1947) -- (Movie Clip) You Like Our Jail?

Biography

Tom Tully's career started out in the 1940s, with supporting roles in films headlined by the likes of Cary Grant and Shirley Temple. Early on, he appeared in movies of all sorts, ranging from comedies to Westerns to war pictures. Near the end of the decade, he landed one of his first co-headlining roles in the comedy "A Kiss for Corliss," in which he played Harry P. Archer, an attorney who believes that his daughter is dating a wealthy playboy. The 1950s brought many of the roles which Tully became notable for: stern, yet good-hearted cops or commanding officers. In 1953's"The Moon is Blue," he played a policeman who memorably knocks William Holden's lights out for seemingly taking advantage of his virtuous daughter, played by Maggie McNamara. The next year, he played a ship's captain well-liked by his crew, but destined for replacement anyway in "The Caine Mutiny," for which Tully received an Academy Award nomination. Around this time, he also started appearing on television, starring as Inspector Matt Grebb on the crime show "The Lineup" for roughly five years. Over the next decade and a half, he appeared in countless television shows and co-starred in the Western drama "Shane," which aired in 1966.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

Bob Roberts (1992)

Passed Away (1992)

Babe Ruth (1991)

Child's Cry (1986)

Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)

Madame X (1981)

Charley Varrick (1973)

Coogan's Bluff (1968)

McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965)

General Harkness

The Carpetbaggers (1964)

The Wackiest Ship in the Army? (1960)

Ten North Frederick (1958)

Behind the High Wall (1956)

Frank Carmichael

Love Me or Leave Me (1955)

Soldier of Fortune (1955)

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

Sea of Lost Ships (1954)

Arrow in the Dust (1954)

The Jazz Singer (1953)

Trouble Along the Way (1953)

Ruby Gentry (1953)

The Moon Is Blue (1953)

Return of the Texan (1952)

The Turning Point (1952)

Lure of the Wilderness (1952)

Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)

Texas Carnival (1951)

Sheriff Jackson

The Lady and the Bandit (1951)

Tomahawk (1951)

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)

Henry Duckworth

A Kiss for Corliss (1949)

Illegal Entry (1949)

Blood on the Moon (1948)

June Bride (1948)

Rachel and the Stranger (1948)

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)

Robert "Roarer" McGill

Lady in the Lake (1947)

Capt. [Fergus K.] Kane

Killer McCoy (1947)

Intrigue (1947)

The Virginian (1946)

Adventure (1946)

Till the End of Time (1946)

The Unseen (1945)

Kiss and Tell (1945)

Secret Command (1944)

Brownell, also known as Col. Von Browning

I'll Be Seeing You (1944)

The Town Went Wild (1944)

Destination Tokyo (1944)

Northern Pursuit (1943)

Inspector Barnett

Mission to Moscow (1943)

Carefree (1938)

Writer (Feature Film)

Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh (1991)

Life Events

Videos

Blood On The Moon -- (Movie Clip) Note From Dad En route to deliver a note for a rancher, Garry (Robert Mitchum) meets his feisty daughter Amy (Barbara Bel Geddes), then her sister (Phyllis Thaxter) and brother (Tom Tully), in Robert Wise's range-war Western Blood On The Moon, 1948.

Lady In The Lake (1947) -- (Movie Clip) You Like Our Jail? Director-star Robert Montgomery, in his subjective-camera experiment, playing Raymond Chandler's "Philip Marlowe," sees Lloyd Nolan ("Lt. DeGarmot") and Capt. Kane (Tom Tully) in The Lady In The Lake, 1947.

Destination Tokyo (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Jap Float Zeroes Surfaced in the Aleutians to pick up Raymond (John Ridgely), Cassidy (Cary Grant) in command as Japanese planes strike, Wolf (John Garfield) and Mike (Tom Tully) among the defenders, impressive action in Destination Tokyo, 1943.

Carpetbaggers, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) We're Known As A Liberal Newspaper Further exposition as Jonas (George Peppard), a Howard Hughes-like figure in 1920’s aviation is shown to have a more extensive relationship than we knew with Monica (Elizabeth Ashley), daughter of industrial friendly-rival Winthrop (Tom Tully) who, unsuspecting, calls from downstairs, in the 1964 feature from the Harold Robbins novel, The Carpetbaggers.

Where The Sidewalk Ends (1950) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Getting Richer Consulting with just-demoted cop Dixon (Dana Andrews) and Klein (Bert Freed) ex-con Willie (Don Appell) leads us to the casino run by Scalise (Gary Merrill), where Texan Morrison (Harry von Zell), is entertained by Morgan (Gene Tierney) and her almost-ex husband Paine (Craig Stevens), in Otto Preminger's Where The Sidewalk Ends, 1950.

Till The End Of Time (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Driving You Home Nice scene by director Edward Dmytryk, soldier-come-home Cliff (Guy Madison) meets barkeep Scuffy (Harry von Zell), pal Pinky (Loren Tindall) and the forward war-widow Pat (Dorothy McGuire) in Till The End Of Time, 1946.

Ruby Gentry (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Out For Blood Jennifer Jones (title character) with dad (Tom Tully) and Dr. Manfred (Bernard Phillips, also narrating) dealing with local furor over the legit accidental death of her husband, then taking revenge with her lawyer (Dayton Lummis), in Ruby Gentry, 1953.

Charley Varrick (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Tall Husky Ugly Looking Bird Junior-partner bank robber Harman (Andy Robinson) is drunk, back at the trailer park (run by Marjorie Bennett) while Walter Matthau (title character) has hidden the loot, and traveled to Albuquerque where he prevails on a gun seller (Tom Tully), referred by a deceased colleague, for help, in Charley Varrick, 1973.

Caine Mutiny, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) War Is Hell Affluent newly-minted Ensign Keith (Robert Francis) is aghast coming aboard at Pearl Harbor, 1944, meeting Keefer (Fred MacMurray), Maryk and the very informal Captain DeVriess (Tom Tully), early in Edward Dmytryk's The Caine Mutiny, 1954.

Kiss For Corliss, A (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Take Off The Dark Glasses Opening with Corliss (Shirley Temple reprising her role from Kiss And Tell, 1945), girlfriend Mildred (Virginia Welles), her attorney father (Tom Tully) suave defendant Marquis (David Niven), and Dexter (Darryl Hickman), in A Kiss For Corliss, (a.k.a. Almost A Bride). 1949.

Northern Pursuit (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Our Country, Isn't It? German-descended RCMP man Wagner (Errol Flynn), who wants to quit for personal reasons, must explain to his commanding officer (Tom Tully) why he wasn't quicker to turn over the Nazi pilot (Helmut Dantine) he captured, later with fiancee' (Julie Bishop), in Northern Pursuit, 1943.

Love Is Better Than Ever -- (Movie Clip) Long Beach, California Agent Jud (Larry Parks) is determined to prove he's no longer stuck-on dance instructor Staci (Elizabeth Taylor), who bamboozles him again then performs with about 200 kids, in Love Is Better Than Ever 1952.

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