Tom Helmore

Actor

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Born

January 04, 1904

Died

September 12, 1995

Biography

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Tom Helmore was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Helmore began his acting career with roles in such films as the Jeanette MacDonald musical comedy "Three Daring Daughters" (1948), "Scene of the Crime" (1949) and the action film "Malaya" (1950) with Spencer Tracy. He also appeared in the musical comedy "Let's Do It Again" (1953) with Jane Wyman and "Trouble Along the Wa...

Filmography

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Flipper's New Adventure (1964)

Sir Halsey Hopewell

Advise & Consent (1962)

British ambassador

The Time Machine (1960)

Anthony Bridewell

The Man in the Net (1959)

Gordon Moreland

Count Your Blessings (1959)

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Shadow On The Wall (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Twice A Minute

Shadow On The Wall (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Nobody Can Resist You

Biography

Tom Helmore was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Helmore began his acting career with roles in such films as the Jeanette MacDonald musical comedy "Three Daring Daughters" (1948), "Scene of the Crime" (1949) and the action film "Malaya" (1950) with Spencer Tracy. He also appeared in the musical comedy "Let's Do It Again" (1953) with Jane Wyman and "Trouble Along the Way" (1953). He kept working in film throughout the fifties, starring in the Jane Wyman dramatic adaptation "Lucy Gallant" (1955), "The Tender Trap" (1955) and the Gregory Peck comedy "Designing Woman" (1957). He also appeared in the Jean Simmons musical comedy "This Could Be the Night" (1957) and the James Stewart dramatic adaptation "Vertigo" (1958). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "Count Your Blessings" (1959) with Deborah Kerr, the Alan Ladd dramatic adaptation "The Man in the Net" (1959) and "The Time Machine" (1960) with Rod Taylor. He also appeared in the dramatic adaptation "Advise and Consent" (1962) with Henry Fonda. Helmore more recently acted in the Luke Halpin adventure "Flipper's New Adventure" (1964). Helmore passed away in September 1995 at the age of 91.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Flipper's New Adventure (1964)

Sir Halsey Hopewell

Advise & Consent (1962)

British ambassador

The Time Machine (1960)

Anthony Bridewell

The Man in the Net (1959)

Gordon Moreland

Count Your Blessings (1959)

Designing Woman (1957)

This Could Be the Night (1957)

Lucy Gallant (1955)

The Tender Trap (1955)

Let's Do It Again (1953)

Trouble Along the Way (1953)

Harold McCormick

Shadow on the Wall (1950)

Scene of the Crime (1949)

Norrie Lorfield

Three Daring Daughters (1948)

Michael Pemberton

The Barton Mystery (1932)

Cast (Special)

The Paradine Case (1962)

Miss Bishop (1961)

Life Events

Videos

Shadow On The Wall (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Twice A Minute Clever-ish opening, credits, then the introduction of Gigi Perreau and Zachary Scott, both billed above the title with Ann Sothern, as father and daughter David and Susan, appearing nothing but innocent, in the little-noticed MGM Noir Shadow On The Wall, 1950, co-starring Nancy Reagan.

Shadow On The Wall (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Nobody Can Resist You New Yorker David (Zachary Scott), home from a business trip, escorts Bobby (Anthony Sydes), friend of his daughter, through the lobby when he spies his wife Celia (Kristine Miller) arriving with Crane (Tom Helmore), with whom we know she’s having an affair, though it’s his first clue, but he doesn’t let on, in MGM’s Shadow On The Wall, 1950.

Shadow On The Wall (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Black Harvest Joining the first scene for Ann Sothern as Dell, sister of the hostess, Kristine Miller as Celia, whom we know is having an affair with Ann’s fiancè Crane (Tom Helmore) which is revealed after dinner and many drinks, by husband and brother-in-law David (Zachary Scott), who’s realized their stories about that afternoon don’t match, in MGM’s Shadow On The Wall, 1950.

Vertigo (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits Alfred Hitchcock turns things over to composer Bernard Hermann and artist Saul Bass for the opening credit sequence, plus the still remarkably close shot of leading lady Kim Novak, in Vertigo, 1958.

This Could Be The Night (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Waxie's Ten Is Up Ray Anthony leading his band, Anne (Jean Simmons) on her first night as girl-friday, latches on to fellow Bostonian Devlin (Tom Helmore, in fact her fellow Brit), Manhattan club owner Tony (Anthony Franciosa) arriving, then Julie Wilson (as "Ivy") sings, in This Could Be The Night, 1958.

Three Daring Daughters (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Where There's Love Divorced fashion editor and single mom Louise (Jeanette MacDonald), resting on doctor's orders on a cruise to Cuba, joins pianist Jose Iturbi (playing himself) for a song by Richard Strauss, with lyrics by Earl Brent, in MGM's Three Daring Daughters, 1948, co-starring Jane Powell.

Designing Woman (1957) -- (Movie Clip) You Have To Know Mike Establishing the narration that will continue throughout, Mike (Gregory Peck), Marilla (Lauren Bacall), Lori (Dolores Gray), Zachary (Tom Helmore) and Maxi (Mickey Shaughnessy) address the camera, opening Vincente Minnelli's Designing Woman, 1957.

Time Machine, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Small Experimental Model London, December 31, 1899, after chat about space and time, George (Rod Taylor, as a fictionalized version of the author H.G. Wells) demonstrates his model for scientific friends (Alan Young, Sebastian Cabot, Whit Bissell, Tom Helmore), early in George Pal's The Time Machine, 1960.

Vertigo (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Dining At Ernie's For the audience and for acrophobic ex-cop "Scottie" (James Stewart), the first look at Madeleine (Kim Novak) whose husband Elster (Tom Helmore) has hired him to follow around San Francisco, in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, 1958.

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