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Tom Helmore(1904-1995)

  • Actor
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Tom Helmore
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Flipper's New Adventure (1964)
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Helmore served as an apprentice in his father's accounting firm while working as an extra in movies. He subsequently pursued acting as a career, working predominantly on the stage. The 1945 Broadway musical "The Day Before Spring" led to Helmore's Hollywood career. In British and American films, Helmore was employed as a dapper, comedic actor.
BornJanuary 4, 1904
DiedSeptember 12, 1995(91)
BornJanuary 4, 1904
DiedSeptember 12, 1995(91)
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Known for

Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo
8.2
  • Gavin Elster
  • 1958
Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)
The Time Machine
7.5
  • Anthony Bridewell
  • 1960
Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, and Anthony Franciosa in This Could Be the Night (1957)
This Could Be the Night
6.7
  • Stowe Devlin
  • 1957
The Shadow (1954)
The Shadow
5.6
TV Movie
  • Lamont Cranston
  • 1954

Credits

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Actor

  • Rod Serling in Night Gallery (1969)
    Night Gallery
    7.9
    TV Series
    • John Warwick (segment "The Caterpillar")
    • 1972
  • The Scarecrow (1972)
    The Scarecrow
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Sir Charles Reddington
    • 1972
  • Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
    Marcus Welby, M.D.
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Alan Redding
    • 1971
  • The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)
    The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Mr. McBane
    • 1969
  • Dr. Kildare (1961)
    Dr. Kildare
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Dr. Foster Bailey
    • 1964
  • Flipper's New Adventure (1964)
    Flipper's New Adventure
    5.9
    • Sir Halsey Hopewell
    • 1964
  • Advise & Consent (1962)
    Advise & Consent
    7.7
    • British Ambassador
    • 1962
  • Walter Matthau and Frank McGee in The DuPont Show of the Week (1961)
    The DuPont Show of the Week
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Osborne
    • 1961
  • Thriller (1960)
    Thriller
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Eric Beaumont
    • 1961
  • Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)
    The Time Machine
    7.5
    • Anthony Bridewell
    • 1960
  • Ray Milland in Markham (1959)
    Markham
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Richard Stanton
    • 1959
  • The Man in the Net (1959)
    The Man in the Net
    6.1
    • Gordon Moreland
    • 1959
  • Count Your Blessings (1959)
    Count Your Blessings
    5.0
    • Hugh Palgrave
    • 1959
  • Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)
    General Electric Theater
    6.7
    TV Series
    • George Manson
    • 1959
  • Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Miles Farnham
    • Adam Longsworth
    • 1958

Videos3

Flipper's New Adventure
Trailer 2:26
Flipper's New Adventure
The Man in the Net
Trailer 2:09
The Man in the Net
The Man in the Net
Trailer 2:09
The Man in the Net
Vertigo
Trailer 2:14
Vertigo

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Tom Hellmore
  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • January 4, 1904
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • September 12, 1995
    • Longboat Key, Florida, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Mary Hortense McCorkle (Mary Drayton)June 1, 1945 - June 24, 1994 (her death, 1 child)
  • Other works
    "Affair at Quala" (1964 novel)

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    A good friend of actor Boris Karloff, even after Karloff married his ex-wife, Evelyn, in 1946.

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