Tom Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American film and television actor who played the Walt Disney television character Texas John Slaughter (1958-1961), as well as author of several science fiction, horror, and mystery novels.
He was born Thomas Tryon in Hartford, Connecticut. He is usually credited and listed as an author under his birth name.
Tom Tryon is often erroneously identified as the son of silent screen actor Glenn T...
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Tom Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American film and television actor who played the Walt Disney television character Texas John Slaughter (1958-1961), as well as author of several science fiction, horror, and mystery novels.
He was born Thomas Tryon in Hartford, Connecticut. He is usually credited and listed as an author under his birth name.
Tom Tryon is often erroneously identified as the son of silent screen actor Glenn Tryon; his actual father was Arthur Lane Tryon, a clothier and owner of Stackpole, Moore & Tryon. He served in the US Navy in the Pacific from 1943-1946.
Tom Tryon appeared in the 1952 original Broadway production of Wish You Were Here, a long-running musical which starred Jack Cassidy, Patricia Marand and Sheila Bond. The cast also included an 18-year-old rising star named Florence Henderson.
Tryon's film roles were mostly in B-horror and science fiction films, most notably I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958) and Moon Pilot (1962), and...
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