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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
Joan Blondell, Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Neile Adams, Rafael Campos, Anthony Franciosa, J. Carrol Naish, Joe Pasternak, Zasu Pitts, Julie Wilson, and Robert Wise 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
    7.0
    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
    6.0
    • 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
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Osborne
    • 1961
  • Thriller (1960)
    Thriller
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Eric Beaumont
    • 1961
  • Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961)
    Westinghouse Preview Theatre
    TV Series
    • Philip
    • 1961
  • Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)
    The Time Machine
    7.5
    • Anthony Bridewell
    • 1960
  • The Jan Clayton Show
    TV Movie
    • Philip
    • 1959
  • 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

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

  • 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)
  • Children
    • Kristin Helmore
  • Other works
    "Affair at Quala" (1964 novel)

Did you know

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

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