Tom Ricketts

Biography

Tom Ricketts (January 15, 1853 – January 19, 1939) was an English stage, later a Hollywood screen, actor. He also directed numerous early Hollywood Silent films, and was the writer of several.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

164

Birth Date

1853-01-15 00:00:00

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Known For

• A Christmas Carol
• 

  The Belle of Broadway
• The Parish Priest
• 

  Gordon of Ghost City
• 

  Skirt Shy
• 

  A Fight to the Finish

Credits

• actors (146 credits)

  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    Butler in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Son of Frankenstein

    Burgher

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Cowboy and the Lady

    Old Man Sitting next to Mary at the Banquet Table (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Gateway

    Old Man

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Young in Heart

    Andrew

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Young Fugitives

    Tom Riggins

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Four Men and a Prayer

    Stationmaster (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Breakfast for Two

    Receivership Hearing Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Dead End

    Old Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Lady Escapes

    Uncle George

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Parnell

    Elderly Man

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Carnival in Paris

    Egyptologist (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • A Star Is Born

    Ray (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • History Is Made at Night

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Maid of Salem

    Giles Cory (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • After the Thin Man

    Henry (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Daniel Boone

    Attorney General's Associate

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Sing, Baby, Sing

    Old Man in Hospital

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • To Mary - with Love

    Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Trouble for Two

    Sir Frederick (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Show Boat

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Human Cargo

    Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Great Impersonation

    Villager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Music Is Magic

    Elderly Dancer in Music is Magic Number (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Three Musketeers

    Pigeon Receiver

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Hi, Gaucho!

    Don Salvador de Aragon

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Top Hat

    Nervous Thackeray Club Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Now or Never

    Robert, the Butler

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Vagabond Lady

    Spear Department Head (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Cardinal Richelieu

    Agitator

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Forsaking All Others

    Wiff' Wiffens (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • By Your Leave

    Old Man in Club

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Curtain Falls

    Hotel Manager

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • One More River

    Barrister (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Red Rider

    Judge

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • In Love with Life

    Book Store Proprietor

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Manhattan Love Song

    Rich Man

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • No Greater Glory

    Janitor

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Stolen Sweets

    Stoner, the Bennet Butler

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • I Am Suzanne!

    Puppeteer

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Invisible Man

    Old Farmer with Barn (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Secret Sinners

    Pop - the Stage Doorman

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Stage Mother

    Fred's Father (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Berkeley Square

    Town Crier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Blind Adventure

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Gordon of Ghost City

    Amos Gray

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Mama Loves Papa

    Mr. Pierrepont

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Zoo in Budapest

    Gus - Lamplighter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Pleasure Cruise

    The Man from Manchester (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • He Learned About Women

    Augus

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Forgotten

    Mr. Johnson

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Cavalcade

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Laughter in Hell

    Judge

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • If I Had a Million

    Mrs. Walker's Dancing Partner at Idylwood (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Women Won't Tell

    Williams

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Phantom President

    Old Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Thrill of Youth

    Grandpa Zachary Thayer

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Merrily We Go to Hell

    Wedding Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Vanity Fair

    Sir Pitt's Butler Parker

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Expert

    Dietenhofer

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Ambassador Bill

    Littleton

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Side Show

    Tom Allison

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Danger Island

    Professor Gerald Adams

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Common Law

    Elderly Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Big Business Girl

    Old Man at Graduation Dance (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Man of the World

    Mr. Bradkin (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • East Lynne

    Rev. Hartley

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Sea Legs

    Commander

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Life of the Party

    Elderly Fashion Show Spectator

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Du Barry, Woman of Passion

    King's Aide

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Sweet Kitty Bellairs

    Rheumatic Old Man

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Prince of Diamonds

    Williams

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Vagabond King

    The Astrologer

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Skirt Shy

    Edgar, the old beau

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Light Fingers

    Edward Madison

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Glad Rag Doll

    Admiral

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Bulldog Drummond

    Colonel

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Red Hot Speed

    Colonel Long (as Thomas Ricketts)

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Interference

    Charles Smith

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Freedom of the Press

    Wicks

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Dry Martini

    Joseph

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Just Married

    Makepeace Witter

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Five and Ten Cent Annie

    Adam Peck

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Doomsday

    Percival's Butler

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Law and the Man

    Quintus Newtoon

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • My Friend from India

    Judge Elmer Elderberry Egbert Belmore

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Get Your Man

    Gentleman in Wax Museum (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Broadway Madness

    Lawrence Compton

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • A Sailor's Sweetheart

    Professor Meekham

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • In a Moment of Temptation

    Timothy Gage

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Children of Divorce

    The Secretary

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Too Many Crooks

    Butler

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Venus of Venice

    Bride's Father

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Casey at the Bat

    Laughing Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Orchids and Ermine

    Customer

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Stranded in Paris

    Herr Rederson

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Love's Blindness

    Marquis of Hurlshire

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Ladies at Play

    Deacon Ezra Boody

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • When the Wife's Away

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Old Soak

    Roue

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Lily

    Jean (as Thomas Ricketts)

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Dancing Days

    Stubbins

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Going the Limit

    Mortimer Harden

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Poker Faces

    Henry Curlew

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Belle of Broadway

    Maurice Penelli

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Nut-Cracker

    Isaac Totten

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Ladies of Leisure

    Wadleigh

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Grand Duchess and the Waiter

    Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Wages for Wives

    Judge McLean

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Fate of a Flirt

    Uncle John Burgess

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • A Fight to the Finish

    Cyrus J. Davis

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • When Husbands Flirt

    Wilbur Belcher

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Bobbed Hair

    Mr. Brewster

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Never the Twain Shall Meet

    Andrew J. Casson (as Thomas Ricketts)

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Girl Who Wouldn't Work

    The Rounder (as Thomas Ricketts)

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Price of Success

    Peter Van Teyne

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • My Wife and I

    Valet

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Oh, Doctor!

    Mr. Peck

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Cheap Kisses

    The Old Man

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Secrets of the Night

    Jerry Hammond

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Circe the Enchantress

    Archibald Crumm

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Three Women

    Butler

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Gaiety Girl

    His Grace, the Duke

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Black Oxen

    Charles Dinwiddie

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Dangerous Maid

    John Standish Lane

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Strangers of the Night

    Lush

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Within the Law

    General Hastings

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Alice Adams

    J.A. Lamb

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Lavender Bath Lady

    Simon Gregory

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Eternal Flame

    Vidame de Pameir (as Thomas Ricketts)

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • A Tailor-Made Man

    Anton Huber

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Shattered Idols

    Rev. Dr. Romney

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Beating the Game

    Jules Fanchette

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Sham

    Uncle James (as Thomas Ricketts)

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Puppets of Fate

    Father Francisco

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Parish Priest

    Dr. Thomas Cassidy

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Killer

    Tim Westmore

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Great Lover

    Potter

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Bonnie May

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Desperate Hero

    Butler

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Paliser Case

    Major Archie Phipps

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • All of a Sudden Peggy

    Major Archie Phipps

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Willow Tree

    Priest

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Please Get Married

    Doctor Jenkins

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Girls

    Mr. Dennett

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • A Christmas Carol

    Ebenezer Scrooge

    actor

    actors
    1908

• directing (17 credits)

  • The Crime of the Hour

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Out of the Rainbow

    director

    directing
    1916
  • The Trail of the Thief

    director

    directing
    1916
  • The Profligate

    director

    directing
    1916
  • Realization

    director

    directing
    1916
  • Bonds of Deception

    director

    directing
    1916
  • In the Shuffle

    director

    directing
    1916
  • The Suppressed Order

    director

    directing
    1916
  • The Happy Masquerader

    director

    directing
    1916
  • Damaged Goods

    director

    directing
    1914
  • Jim

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Indian Raiders

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Dawn of Netta

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Belle of Bar-Z Ranch

    director

    directing
    1912
  • A Brave Little Woman

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Hand of Uncle Sam

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Christmas Carol

    director

    directing
    1908

• writing (1 credits)

  • A Brave Little Woman

    writer

    writing
    1912