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BACKGROUND
Born
in Columbus, Ohio. Attended Bethany College, West Virginia.
Studies
interrupted with the advent of WWII. Tom enlisted in the Air
Corps, when the US joined the Allied Forces in 1941 as a Buck
Private. He left in 1945 as a Captain. Tom trained in California,
Arizona and Texas. He served in North Africa, Italy, France
and England. He was present, flying on D-Day (to name one
important sortie), dropping para-troopers (the preliminary
forces) to open D-Day. Tom won an Air Medal for his contribution
to D-Day, and in Southern France, subsequently won two more
Oak leaf Medals, thereby resulting in an "Oak leaf Cluster"
of Medals.
Tom is quoted in Gerald Astor's book on WWII- "The Greatest War"-Volume 2- D-Day and the Assault on Europe.
Available at Borders Books/Amazon.
WWII
MEMORIAL
STUDIES:
Tom was accepted, enrolled and studying at Bethany College
when War broke out. While the war ended his studies there
permanently, Tom was awarded an Honorary Doctorate as a Doctor
of Letters, September 13, 1990, by Bethany in honor of his
lifetime education, accomplishments and contributions.
After
the War, Tom enrolled in "The American Academy of Dramatic
Arts" in New York City, from which he graduated. The actors/directors/teachers
he studied and worked with who had the greatest impact on
him were Charles Jehlinger, Sanford Meisner, Paton Price and
Frank Pacelli.
TELEVISION
"The
Mercurian"
"Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"
Westinghouse Studio One- "No Tears for Hilda" with John Forsythe
Westinghouse
Studio One- "Coriolanus"
"Thriller":
hosted by Boris Karloff- "Masquerade" with Boris Karloff,
Elizabeth Montgomery and John Carradine
Shakespeare's "The Tempest" with Sir Richard Burton, Maurice
Evans, Viveca Lindfors and Lee Remick
"Split Personality"
3 years on the classic and incredible: "The Steve Allen Show"
"That
Was The Week That Was"
Ten years of hilarity on CBS': "To Tell the Truth" with Bud
Collyer, Kitty Carlysle Hart, Peggy Cass and Orson Bean.
"On the Rocks"
"We've
Got Each Other"
"Murphy's
Laws of Golf"
"Mork and Mindy" with Robin Williams
"The Newhart Show"
"Good
Grief"
"Grace
Under Fire" with Brett Butler and Dave Thomas
Tom hosted the 1955 Television show on ABC called "Entertainment" featuring Ray McKinley orchestra, with singers Marion Colby and Bob Carol.
Guest
Starring Roles:
"Goodyear Television Playhouse"
"The
Phil Silvers Show"
"Get Smart"
"Chips"
"The Bob Newhart Show"
(reoccurring role as "The Peeper")
"Night Court"
"St. Elsewhere"
"The
Simpsons"
"Coach"
"Dream
On" as Uncle Bouncy the Children's Clown.
"Reunited"
"Honey,
I Shrunk the Kids!"
"Family
Matters"
"Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
"Murphy Brown"
"Home
Improvement"
"Coach"
"The Larry Sanders Show"
"Touched
by an Angel"
"Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
"Maggie Winters"
"Just
Shoot Me"
"Cosby"
"Diagnosis
Murder" with dick Van Dyke
FILM:
"ZOTZ" with Jim Backus and Margaret Dumont
"Soldier in the Rain" with Steve McQueen, Jackie Gleason and
Tuesday Weld
"The Old Dark House" with Robert Morley and Jeanette Scott
"Gentle
Ben" with Dennis Weaver and Burt Reynolds
"Cold
Turkey" with Bob Newhart and Dick Van Dyke
"The Happy Hooker" with Lynn Redgrave
"The Adventures of Freddie" with Harry Morgan
"Up the Academy" with Robert Downey and Barbara Bach
"Rabbit Test" with Billy Crystal
"Kippendorf's
Tribe" with Richard Dreyfuss and Jenna Elfman
"Carbon Copy" with Denzel Washington
BROADWAY:
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The Forum"
"Come
Blow Your Horn"
"Easy
Does It"
"40 Carats"
"Cyrrano
de Bergerac"
"The
Grand Prize"
"Romanoff and Juliet"
"Drink to Me Only"
"The Insect Comedy"
"Mary, Mary"
"Good-bye
Again"
"Golden Fleecing"
"The
Conquering Hero"
"King Lear"
REGIONAL THEATER:
(To name but a few!)
"Romeo and Juliet"
"Richard III"
"Destry Rides Again" Destry
"Mother Courage"
"Cyrano
de Bergerac"-Cyrano
"Fiddler
on the Roof"- Tevye
"The
Odd Couple"-Felix & Oscar!
"The
Crucible"
"Gates & Mills" with Tim Conway
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