Tom Wilson | |
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.jpg) Wilson as the cop in The Kid, 1921 | |
| Born | August 27, 1880 Helena, Montana, U.S. |
| Died | February 19, 1965 (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1915–1963 |
Tom Wilson (August 27, 1880 – February 19, 1965) was an American film actor.[1]
Wilson was born in Helena, Montana, in 1880. Appearing in more than 300 films between 1915 and 1963, Wilson had notable supporting roles in the silent film era, like "The Kindly Officer" in D. W. Griffith's epic Intolerance (1916), the angry policeman in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid (1921), and a boxing coach in Buster Keaton's comedy Battling Butler (1926). After the rise of sound film, he was reduced to small roles for the rest of his long film career. Wilson died in 1965 in Los Angeles, California.
