Thomas G. Lingham (April 7, 1870 â€" February 19, 1950; also credited
as Thomas Lingham, Tom Lingham, and as T. G. Lingham) was an American
stage performer and then a film actor during both the silent and early
sound eras. He appeared in over 100 motion pictures between 1914 and
1934, often portraying villains, which in the film industry at that
time were also called "heavies". During his 20-year screen career,
Lingham was cast in productions for Kalem Company, Signal Film
Corporation, Pathé, Universal Pictures, Mascot Pictures, Lone Star
Film Company, and for other studios in and around Hollywood.Born in
Indianapolis, Indiana, Thomas was the son of actress Katherine
Fletcher and Matheis ("Matt") V. Lingham, who was also a well known
stage actor and leading player on Broadway in the late 1870s and
1880s. Thomas Lingham began his own entertainment career performing in
operatic productions in 1894 and then acting for five years with
theatrical star James Neill, initially serving as a supporting
character in the 1895 stage production Monte Cristo. Then, during the
early 1900s, Lingham acted with several stock companies in
Indianapolis, Buffalo, Louisville, and Boston as well as being
featured in a variety of Broadway plays, including an "all-star cast"
adaptation of The Three Musketeers.In 1913, after nearly 20 years
singing and acting on stage, he and his wife Alberta (née Boardman),
who used the name Katherine Goodrich in her own acting career, moved
to California to begin working in the rapidly expanding motion picture
industry in and around Los Angeles. Lingham soon found work with Kalem
Company in east Hollywood, where in 1914 he was cast and credited as
T. G. Lingham in dramas such as the two-reeler The Shadow of Guilt and
the much longer five-reeler Shannon of the Sixth in which he portrayed
Shah, the king of Dehli.
as Thomas Lingham, Tom Lingham, and as T. G. Lingham) was an American
stage performer and then a film actor during both the silent and early
sound eras. He appeared in over 100 motion pictures between 1914 and
1934, often portraying villains, which in the film industry at that
time were also called "heavies". During his 20-year screen career,
Lingham was cast in productions for Kalem Company, Signal Film
Corporation, Pathé, Universal Pictures, Mascot Pictures, Lone Star
Film Company, and for other studios in and around Hollywood.Born in
Indianapolis, Indiana, Thomas was the son of actress Katherine
Fletcher and Matheis ("Matt") V. Lingham, who was also a well known
stage actor and leading player on Broadway in the late 1870s and
1880s. Thomas Lingham began his own entertainment career performing in
operatic productions in 1894 and then acting for five years with
theatrical star James Neill, initially serving as a supporting
character in the 1895 stage production Monte Cristo. Then, during the
early 1900s, Lingham acted with several stock companies in
Indianapolis, Buffalo, Louisville, and Boston as well as being
featured in a variety of Broadway plays, including an "all-star cast"
adaptation of The Three Musketeers.In 1913, after nearly 20 years
singing and acting on stage, he and his wife Alberta (née Boardman),
who used the name Katherine Goodrich in her own acting career, moved
to California to begin working in the rapidly expanding motion picture
industry in and around Los Angeles. Lingham soon found work with Kalem
Company in east Hollywood, where in 1914 he was cast and credited as
T. G. Lingham in dramas such as the two-reeler The Shadow of Guilt and
the much longer five-reeler Shannon of the Sixth in which he portrayed
Shah, the king of Dehli.
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