Thomas E. Jackson
Biography
Thomas E. Jackson was an American actor of stage and screen whose career ran across eight decades. Born in New York City, he started as a child actor on Broadway at twelve, in The Ragged Earl in 1899, then returned to the theater in 1913 and spent years appearing in and producing plays. He reprised his stage role as the sarcastic detective Dan McCorn in the 1929 film Broadway, the part that launched a long screen career. He played similar officers in Little Caesar (1931) and took a more noticeable part as Richard Snow in Manhattan Melodrama (1934), with later work in The Call of the Wild (1935), The Thin Man, Beau Geste, Yankee Doodle Dandy and Union Station. From 1954 he did guest spots on many television series. He died in 1967.
81years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died Hollywood
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Tommy Jackson and Tom Jackson
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 28 years1930 to 1958
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First role
Jackson's sarcastic detective Dan McCorn on stage brought him an invitation to play the same part again the next year in the movie adaptation. It was his first featured role.
Big break
Jackson played Detective McCorn again in Universal's 1929 film Broadway. That performance did well and began his 38-year career in film and television.
A role that slipped away
Jackson had a role in the 1945 version of the film noir The Big Sleep, but his scenes were removed before the 1946 release. Audiences finally saw his part when that original version came out in the 1990s.
Thomas E. Jackson movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Woman in the Window1944 Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thrilleras Inspector Jackson
IMDb rating 7.620K votes
Most often with
Michael Curtiz directed three of these films. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Michael CurtizDirector, 3 films, 1932 to 1935
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Also two films together4 more actors
- Al HillLittle Caesar (1931) and The Doorway to Hell (1930)
- James DonlanThe Case of the Curious Bride (1935) and Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
- Noel MadisonManhattan Melodrama (1934) and The Doorway to Hell (1930)
- Arthur Edmund CareweMystery of the Wax Museum (1933) and Doctor X (1932)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.