Thomas (Tom) Ligon (born September 10, 1940) is an actor of Cajun
ancestry. He appeared in the films Paint Your Wagon, Jump, and Bang
the Drum Slowly (in which he also sang the title song) as well as the
television series The Young and the Restless, and Oz.Mentored by
folksinger and actor Gordon Heath in Paris, beginning in the mid
1950s, Ligon then attended St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.), where
he suffered a broken leg while playing football, and, sans sports, his
interests turned solidly toward theater. At Yale, where he was a
member of Skull and Bones and graduated as an English major (1962), he
was discovered by Tennessee Williams, who saw his performance as
Kilroy in Williams' play, Camino Real at the Yale Dramatic
Association. Ligon became one of the most sought after young actors in
New York in the 1960s.Ligon has appeared on many prominent regional
stages in the U.S., notably the Arena Stage where he played the title
role in Billy Budd and in Hard Travelin' by Millard Lampell in 1964,
and Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he played Hank Czerniak, the
polka king, in Evelyn and the Polka King.
ancestry. He appeared in the films Paint Your Wagon, Jump, and Bang
the Drum Slowly (in which he also sang the title song) as well as the
television series The Young and the Restless, and Oz.Mentored by
folksinger and actor Gordon Heath in Paris, beginning in the mid
1950s, Ligon then attended St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.), where
he suffered a broken leg while playing football, and, sans sports, his
interests turned solidly toward theater. At Yale, where he was a
member of Skull and Bones and graduated as an English major (1962), he
was discovered by Tennessee Williams, who saw his performance as
Kilroy in Williams' play, Camino Real at the Yale Dramatic
Association. Ligon became one of the most sought after young actors in
New York in the 1960s.Ligon has appeared on many prominent regional
stages in the U.S., notably the Arena Stage where he played the title
role in Billy Budd and in Hard Travelin' by Millard Lampell in 1964,
and Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he played Hank Czerniak, the
polka king, in Evelyn and the Polka King.
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