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Thomas Tryon


Born
in Hartford, CT, The United States
January 14, 1926

Died
September 04, 1991

Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction


It was Noel Coward’s partner, Gertrude Lawrence, who encouraged Tom to try acting. He made his Broadway debut in 1952 in the chorus of the musical Wish You Were Here. He also worked in television at the time, but as a production assistant. In 1955, he moved to California to try his hand at the movies, and the next year made his film debut in The Scarlet Hour (1956). Tom was cast in the title role of the Disney TV series Texas John Slaughter (1958) that made him something of a household name. He appeared in several horror and science fiction films: I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) and Moon Pilot (1962) and in westerns: Three Violent People (1956) and Winchester '73 (1967). He was part of the all-star cast in The Longest Day (1962) ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 32,979 ratings · 2,140 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors
The Other
3.98 avg rating — 21,477 ratings — published 1971 — 50 editions
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Harvest Home
3.83 avg rating — 9,015 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions
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Lady
3.83 avg rating — 1,037 ratings — published 1974 — 35 editions
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The Night of the Moonbow
3.49 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 1989 — 17 editions
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Crowned Heads
3.48 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 1976 — 31 editions
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All That Glitters
3.32 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1986 — 21 editions
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Night Magic
3.44 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1995 — 13 editions
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The Wings of the Morning
3.81 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions
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In the Fire of Spring
3.92 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions
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The Adventures of Opal and ...
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“It is not easy to learn much about love, but one thing I discovered, that Lady Harleigh taught me: it is not whom you love that is important, but only that we love.”
― Thomas Tryon, Lady
tags: experience, love, romance
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“You can’t negate the ingrained imagination of a whole culture.”
― Thomas Tryon, Harvest Home
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“This you must believe," she said, holding my gaze with an intent and profound expression, her eyes searching mine, "this you must absolutely believe if you will ever believe anything I shall ever tell you. It is not the coming together or the parting of two people that counts, or where or when, but those two people themselves, and in what manner they are joined. And if it is not with hate but with love, not with impatience but with understanding, and never with boredome but with interest, then nothing can be wrong with their being together, no matter how wrong it may seem to others. But those others, they do not count, they must not be permitted to count, for it is only between the two persons themselves that it must have meaning. It is not so difficult for people to arrange their lives sensibly if they behave sensibly, but to arrange their lives happily, that is a far, far different thing.”
― Thomas Tryon, Lady
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