Biography

Tom Coventry was born in the mid 1860's. He began his acting career in theatre from the 1880's. Handsome sophisticated performer who had a flare for both comedy and drama, making his film debut with starring and supporting roles for the Barker Film Company in 1913, moved to I.B. Davidson Film Co in 1916 under the direction of A.E. Coleby a sports/drama 'Kent, the Fighting Man', perhaps his most memorable film 'Father O'Flynn' a crime/drama directed by Geoffrey H. Malins at Regal Films in 1919 and as Leclerc in J. Stuart Blackton's 'The Glorious Adventure' at the Stoll Film Co in 1922. He was last seen in a early talkie 'The Greenwood Tree' made at BIP Film Co in 1929.
- IMDb mini biography by: Paul Rothwell-Smith