Tom Fadden (January 6, 1895 â€" April 14, 1980) was an American actor.
He performed on the legitimate stage, vaudeville, in films and on
television during his long career.Fadden was born in Bayard, Iowa, on
January 6, 1895; his father was a mining engineer. Early in life the
family moved farther west, moving from state to state, including the
Dakotas, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Nebraska. In Nebraska
Fadden graduated from Creighton University.After graduating from
college, Fadden joined a theater company in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1915.
He acted in stock companies and vaudeville during the 1910s and 1920s.
In 1924 he made his Broadway debut, starring as Peter Jekyll in The
Wonderful Visit. Over the next fifteen years he appeared in almost two
dozen productions on the Great White Way, including Nocturne (1925),
The Butter and Egg Man (1925â€"26), Elmer Gantry (1928), The Petrified
Forest (1935) and Our Town (1938). During a revival of The Butter and
Egg Man in London Fadden met and married his first wife, Genevieve
Bartolocci.He made his film debut with a small role in 1939's I Stole
a Million, which stars George Raft and Claire Trevor. His next film,
Destry Rides Again, starred Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. His
film career spanned almost forty years, and encompassed over 90 films,
mostly in small or supporting roles, although with an occasional
starring role, as in 1940's Zanzibar and the 1940 serial Winners of
the West.
He performed on the legitimate stage, vaudeville, in films and on
television during his long career.Fadden was born in Bayard, Iowa, on
January 6, 1895; his father was a mining engineer. Early in life the
family moved farther west, moving from state to state, including the
Dakotas, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Nebraska. In Nebraska
Fadden graduated from Creighton University.After graduating from
college, Fadden joined a theater company in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1915.
He acted in stock companies and vaudeville during the 1910s and 1920s.
In 1924 he made his Broadway debut, starring as Peter Jekyll in The
Wonderful Visit. Over the next fifteen years he appeared in almost two
dozen productions on the Great White Way, including Nocturne (1925),
The Butter and Egg Man (1925â€"26), Elmer Gantry (1928), The Petrified
Forest (1935) and Our Town (1938). During a revival of The Butter and
Egg Man in London Fadden met and married his first wife, Genevieve
Bartolocci.He made his film debut with a small role in 1939's I Stole
a Million, which stars George Raft and Claire Trevor. His next film,
Destry Rides Again, starred Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. His
film career spanned almost forty years, and encompassed over 90 films,
mostly in small or supporting roles, although with an occasional
starring role, as in 1940's Zanzibar and the 1940 serial Winners of
the West.
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