Tom Ricketts
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Tom Ricketts was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Ricketts's earliest roles were in film, including "Black Oxen" (1924), "Circe the Enchantress" (1924) and "Oh, Doctor!" (1924). He also appeared in "Bobbed Hair" (1925), "Wages For Wives" (1925) and "The Cat's Pajamas" (1926). He continued to act in productions like "Man of the World" (1931), "Ambassador Bill" (1931...
Biography
Tom Ricketts was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Ricketts's earliest roles were in film, including "Black Oxen" (1924), "Circe the Enchantress" (1924) and "Oh, Doctor!" (1924). He also appeared in "Bobbed Hair" (1925), "Wages For Wives" (1925) and "The Cat's Pajamas" (1926). He continued to act in productions like "Man of the World" (1931), "Ambassador Bill" (1931) and "A Farewell to Arms" (1932). He also appeared in "Forbidden" (1932). In the latter part of his career, he continued to act in "Sons of Steel" (1935), "Gold Diggers of 1937" (1936) and "We Went to College" (1936). He also appeared in "The Lady Escapes" (1937) and "The Young in Heart" (1938). Ricketts was most recently credited in "Going to Extremes" (ABC, 1992-93). Ricketts passed away in January 1939 at the age of 86.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Secret Marriage
(1919)
Director
The Single Code
(1917)
Director
The Other Side of the Door
(1916)
Director
The Lure of the Mask
(1915)
Director
Secretary of Frivolous Affairs
(1915)
Director
The End of the Road
(1915)
Director
The House of a Thousand Scandals
(1915)
Director
The Buzzard's Shadow
(1915)
Director
Damaged Goods
(1914)
Director
His Only Child
(1910)
Director
The Adventuress
(1910)
Director
Vera, the Gypsy Girl
(1910)
Director
An Advertisement Answered
(1910)
Director
A Fair Exchange
(1910)
Director
The Hand of Uncle Sam
(1910)
Director
The Stolen Fortune
(1910)
Director
The Thief
(1910)
Director
The Lure of the City
(1910)
Director
Justified
(1909)
Director
A Woman's Wit
(1909)
Director
Maud Muller
(1909)
Director
Gratitude
(1909)
Director
The Game
(1909)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
Son of Frankenstein
(1939)
Burgher
Gateway
(1938)
Old man
Four Men and a Prayer
(1938)
Station master
Young Fugitives
(1938)
Tom Riggins
The Young in Heart
(1938)
Andrew
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
(1938)
Uncle Andre
The Baroness and the Butler
(1938)
Old man
Nothing Sacred
(1937)
Guest at banquet
Parnell
(1937)
Elderly man
A Star Is Born
(1937)
Servant
The Toast of New York
(1937)
Member of board of directors
The Prince and the Pauper
(1937)
Sexton
The Lady Escapes
(1937)
Uncle George
Born Reckless
(1937)
Patient
Personal Property
(1937)
Elderly man
Rhythm in the Clouds
(1937)
Winter
Maid of Salem
(1937)
Giles Cory
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(1936)
Partygoer
Gold Diggers of 1937
(1936)
Reginald
Song and Dance Man
(1936)
Old theatrical couple
Show Boat
(1936)
Minister
The Crime of Dr. Forbes
(1936)
Faculty doctor
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
(1936)
Juryman
Pennies From Heaven
(1936)
Mr. Briggs
We Went to College
(1936)
"Pop"
Human Cargo
(1936)
Reporter
Daniel Boone
(1936)
Gentle Julia
(1936)
Old man at dance
More Than a Secretary
(1936)
Henry
After the Thin Man
(1936)
Henry, the butler
To Mary--With Love
(1936)
Waiter
Goin' to Town
(1935)
Eligible bachelor/Indian seller
Clive of India
(1935)
Old member
George White's 1935 Scandals
(1935)
Old man
The Public Menace
(1935)
Old man
Vagabond Lady
(1935)
Department head
Cardinal Richelieu
(1935)
Agitator
Hi, Gaucho!
(1935)
Don Salvador [de Aragon]
Let's Live Tonight
(1935)
Millionaire
Escapade
(1935)
Old dandy
The Great Impersonation
(1935)
Villager
A Tale of Two Cities
(1935)
Tellson, Jr.
Top Hat
(1935)
Music Is Magic
(1935)
Dancer-Elderly man
Now or Never
(1935)
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
(1934)
"Curly"
It Happened One Night
(1934)
Prissy old man
Broadway Bill
(1934)
Johnson
One More River
(1934)
Barrister and clerk
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
(1934)
Old gentleman
The Curtain Falls
(1934)
Hotel manager
Sons of Steel
(1934)
Williams
Forsaking All Others
(1934)
Wiffens
Stolen Sweets
(1934)
Stoner
Manhattan Love Song
(1934)
Rich man
Springtime for Henry
(1934)
Bookstore clerk
No Greater Glory
(1934)
Old janitor
Whom the Gods Destroy
(1934)
Charlie
Pursued
(1934)
Tourist
Viva Villa
(1934)
Grandee
The Count of Monte Cristo
(1934)
Cockeye
In Love with Life
(1934)
Bookstore proprietor
Little Man, What Now?
(1934)
Mr. Sesam
The Eleventh Commandment
(1933)
Henry
Secret Sinners
(1933)
Women Won't Tell
(1933)
Mama Loves Papa
(1933)
Mr. [B. F.] Pierrepont
Forgotten
(1933)
Old crony
The Power and the Glory
(1933)
A Farewell to Arms
(1932)
Count Greffi
He Learned About Women
(1932)
Thrill of Youth
(1932)
Grandpa Thayer
If I Had a Million
(1932)
Guest at Mrs. Walker's dance
Stepping Sisters
(1932)
"Stock Market"
Ambassador Bill
(1931)
Littleton
Surrender
(1931)
Gottlieb
Side Show
(1931)
Tom Allison
Man of the World
(1931)
Mr. Bradkin
Danger Island
(1931)
Sea Legs
(1930)
Commander
Prince of Diamonds
(1930)
Williams
The Vagabond King
(1930)
Astrologer
The Glad Rag Doll
(1929)
Admiral
Light Fingers
(1929)
Edward Madison
Interference
(1929)
Charles Smith
Red Hot Speed
(1929)
Colonel Long
Dry Martini
(1928)
Joseph
Just Married
(1928)
Makepeace Witter
Five and Ten Cent Annie
(1928)
Adam Peck
Law and the Man
(1928)
Quintus Newton
Freedom of the Press
(1928)
Wicks
Venus of Venice
(1927)
Bride's father
Too Many Crooks
(1927)
Butler
Children of Divorce
(1927)
The secretary
A Sailor's Sweetheart
(1927)
Professor Meekham
My Friend From India
(1927)
Judge Belmore
In a Moment of Temptation
(1927)
Timothy Gage
Broadway Madness
(1927)
Lawrence Compton
The Old Soak
(1926)
Roué
Ladies at Play
(1926)
Deacon Ezra Boody
The Belle of Broadway
(1926)
When the Wife's Away
(1926)
Love's Blindness
(1926)
Marquis of Hurlshire
The Cat's Pajamas
(1926)
Mr. Briggs
Stranded in Paris
(1926)
Herr Rederson
Going the Limit
(1926)
Mortimer Harden
Poker Faces
(1926)
Henry Curlew
Dancing Days
(1926)
Stubbins
Ladies of Leisure
(1926)
Wadleigh
The Nut-Cracker
(1926)
Isaac Totten
The Lily
(1926)
Jean
Bobbed Hair
(1925)
Mr. Brewster
Wages for Wives
(1925)
Judge McLean
Sealed Lips
(1925)
Joseph Howard
Steppin' Out
(1925)
Henry Brodman
My Wife and I
(1925)
Valet
Oh, Doctor
(1925)
Mr. Peck
Secrets of the Night
(1925)
Jerry Hammond
A Fight to the Finish
(1925)
Cyrus J. Davis
When Husbands Flirt
(1925)
Wilbur Belcher
The Business of Love
(1925)
Noah Burgess
Was It Bigamy?
(1925)
Judge Gaynor
Never the Twain Shall Meet
(1925)
Andrew J. Casson
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
(1925)
The Rounder
The Fate of a Flirt
(1925)
Uncle John Burgess
Cheap Kisses
(1924)
The Old Man
Circe the Enchantress
(1924)
Archibald Crumm
Black Oxen
(1924)
Charles Dinwiddie
The Gaiety Girl
(1924)
His Grace, the Duke
Within the Law
(1923)
General Hastings
Alice Adams
(1923)
J. A. Lamb
The Dangerous Maid
(1923)
John Standish Lane
Strangers of the Night
(1923)
Lush
The Lavender Bath Lady
(1922)
Simon Gregory
Putting It Over
(1922)
Arnold Norton
A Tailor Made Man
(1922)
Anton Huber
Fools of Fortune
(1922)
Milton DePuyster
Shattered Idols
(1922)
The Reverend Doctor Romney
The Eternal Flame
(1922)
Vidame de Pameir
The Killer
(1921)
Tim Westmore
Beating the Game
(1921)
Jules Fanchette
Puppets of Fate
(1921)
Father Francesco
Sham
(1921)
Uncle James
The Paliser Case
(1920)
Maj. Archie Phipps
The Spenders
(1920)
Mr. Milbrey
The Great Lover
(1920)
Potter
All-of-A-Sudden-Peggy
(1920)
Major Archie Phipps
The Desperate Hero
(1920)
Butler
The Willow Tree
(1920)
The Priest
The Parish Priest
(1920)
Dr. Thomas Cassidy
Girls
(1919)
Mr. Dennett
His Official Fiancée
(1919)
Major Montressor
Please Get Married
(1919)
Dr. Jenkins
A Christmas Carol
(1908)
Cast (Short)
Carnival in Paris
(1937)
Skirt Shy
(1929)
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