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Tom Walls(1883-1949)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Producer
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Tom Walls in A Lady Surrenders (1944)
Comedy farceur Tom Walls is indelibly associated with the popular Aldwych Theatre farces of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in 1883, this English gent was a former constable and jockey before making his stage debut in 1905. As the star and producer of a succession of witty spoofs typically denigrating society's uppercrust, he often played the slick cad. Written expertly by Ben Travers and in tandem with fellow comic extraordinaires Ralph Lynn and Robertson Hare, the shows were chock full of sight gags, puns, double entendres and slapstick.

With Walls at the helm as director, a number of their successes were transferred to the 30s silver screen, beginning with One Embarrassing Night (1930). The madcap nonsense seemed to be just what the doctor ordered, so an assembly-line of their classic stage shows were filmed, including Plunder (1930), A Night Like This (1932), Thark (1932), Turkey Time (1933), A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933), Dirty Work (1934) (directed only), and A Cup of Kindness (1934), more or less all of them presented as photographed plays. His career waned following the decade, but he was still seen in a number of films, both comedic and touchingly dramatic, until his death in 1949.
BornFebruary 18, 1883
DiedNovember 27, 1949(66)
BornFebruary 18, 1883
DiedNovember 27, 1949(66)
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Tom Walls in The Blarney Kiss (1933)
Tom Walls in Second Best Bed (1938)
Françoise Rosay and Tom Walls in Johnny Frenchman (1945)
Françoise Rosay and Tom Walls in Johnny Frenchman (1945)
Tom Walls
Lilli Palmer and Tom Walls in The Man with 100 Faces (1938)

Known for

Lady in Danger (1934)
Lady in Danger
5.5
  • Richard Dexter
  • 1934
Lilli Palmer and Tom Walls in The Man with 100 Faces (1938)
The Man with 100 Faces
6.2
  • Jack Drake
  • 1938
A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933)
A Cuckoo in the Nest
5.5
  • Maj. Bone
  • 1933
A Cup of Kindness (1934)
A Cup of Kindness
6.1
  • Fred Tutt
  • 1934

Credits

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Actor

  • The Interrupted Journey (1949)
    The Interrupted Journey
  • Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
    Maytime in Mayfair
  • Spring in Park Lane (1948)
    Spring in Park Lane
  • While I Live (1947)
    While I Live
  • The Master of Bankdam (1947)
    The Master of Bankdam
  • This Man Is Mine (1946)
    This Man Is Mine
  • Patricia Roc, Françoise Rosay, and Tom Walls in Johnny Frenchman (1945)
    Johnny Frenchman
  • A Lady Surrenders (1944)
    A Lady Surrenders
  • The Halfway House (1944)
    The Halfway House
  • They Met in the Dark (1943)
    They Met in the Dark
  • Underground Guerrillas (1943)
    Underground Guerrillas
  • The Van Dyck
  • Old Iron
  • Lilli Palmer and Tom Walls in The Man with 100 Faces (1938)
    The Man with 100 Faces
  • Strange Boarders (1938)
    Strange Boarders

Director

  • Old Iron
  • Tom Walls in Second Best Bed (1938)
    Second Best Bed
  • Joan Marion and Tom Walls in For Valour (1937)
    For Valour
  • Dishonour Bright (1936)
    Dishonour Bright
  • Robertson Hare, Ralph Lynn, and Tom Walls in Pot Luck (1936)
    Pot Luck
  • Foreign Affaires (1935)
    Foreign Affaires
  • Stormy Weather (1935)
    Stormy Weather
  • Fighting Stock (1935)
    Fighting Stock
  • Dirty Work (1934)
    Dirty Work
  • Lady in Danger (1934)
    Lady in Danger
  • A Cup of Kindness (1934)
    A Cup of Kindness
  • Ralph Lynn and Tom Walls in Turkey Time (1933)
    Turkey Time
  • A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933)
    A Cuckoo in the Nest
  • Leave It to Smith
  • Tom Walls in The Blarney Kiss (1933)
    The Blarney Kiss

Producer

  • Old Iron
  • Tons of Money

Personal details

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    • February 18, 1883
    • Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
    • November 27, 1949
    • Ewell, Surrey, England, UK(undisclosed)
    • ? - November 27, 1949 (his death, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Stage: Directed 'Frank Harvey' (av)'s play, "Cape Forlorn," at the Fortune Theatre in London, England, with Edmund Willard, Marda Vanne and Louis Bradfield in the cast.

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  • Trivia
    Father of Tom Walls Jr., with whom he made two on-screen appearances, Spring in Park Lane (1948) and Maytime in Mayfair (1949).

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