Tom Pittman Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Tom Pittman Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Tom Pittman (March 16, 1932 â€" October 31, 1958) was an American film

and television actor. After his death at the age of 26, the Los

Angeles Times called him "one of Hollywood's most promising young

actors."Pittman was born Jerry Lee Alten in Phoenix, Arizona. His

father was television and radio actor Frank Alten. Pittman began his

career in acting in 1956 with a guest starring role on Science Fiction

Theatre. He made his film debut that same year in D-Day the Sixth of

June. Pittman went on to roles in numerous television Westerns

including Gunsmoke, Cheyenne, Have Gun â€" Will Travel, The Restless

Gun, and Cimarron City. He also appeared in the 1957 drama The Young

Stranger (1957) and the musical comedy Bernardine (1957). His final

two roles were in the films Verboten! and High School Big Shot, both

released in 1959, the year following his death.On October 31, 1958,

Pittman was driving home after a Halloween party when he ran his

Porsche Spyder off the road at a sharp curve in the Hollywood Hills.

After he failed to return home, his father filed a missing persons

report. On November 19, Los Angeles police officer, Roy Kerton,

retraced the roads Pittman's father said his son liked to drive and

found the wreckage at the bottom of a 150-foot ravine. Pittman's car

had crashed through the guard rail, landing at the bottom of the

ravine where it remained out of sight.
Tom Pittman Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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