Tom Ricketts

Acting · Directing · Writing

Born January 15, 1853, London, England, UK

Tom Ricketts (January 15, 1853 – January 19, 1939) was an English stage, later a Hollywood screen, actor. He also directed numerous early Hollywood Silent films, and was the writer of several.

Filmography

• 1964The Big Parade of Comedy — Butler in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1939Son of Frankenstein — Burgher
• 1938Four Men and a Prayer — Stationmaster (uncredited)
• 1938Gateway — Old Man
• 1938The Cowboy and the Lady — Old Man Sitting next to Mary at the Banquet Table (uncredited)
• 1938The Young in Heart — Andrew
• 1938Young Fugitives — Tom Riggins
• 1937A Star Is Born — Ray (uncredited)
• 1937Breakfast for Two — Receivership Hearing Member (uncredited)
• 1937Carnival in Paris — Egyptologist (uncredited)
• 1937Dead End — Old Man (uncredited)
• 1937History Is Made at Night
• 1937Maid of Salem — Giles Cory (Uncredited)
• 1937Parnell — Elderly Man
• 1937The Lady Escapes — Uncle George
• 1936After the Thin Man — Henry (uncredited)
• 1936Daniel Boone — Attorney General's Associate
• 1936Human Cargo — Reporter
• 1936Show Boat
• 1936Sing, Baby, Sing — Old Man in Hospital
• 1936To Mary - with Love — Waiter
• 1936Trouble for Two — Sir Frederick (Uncredited)
• 1935Cardinal Richelieu — Agitator
• 1935Hi, Gaucho! — Don Salvador de Aragon
• 1935Music Is Magic — Elderly Dancer in Music is Magic Number (uncredited)
• 1935Now or Never — Robert, the Butler
• 1935The Great Impersonation — Villager (uncredited)
• 1935The Three Musketeers — Pigeon Receiver
• 1935Top Hat — Nervous Thackeray Club Waiter (uncredited)
• 1935Vagabond Lady — Spear Department Head (uncredited)
• 1934By Your Leave — Old Man in Club
• 1934Forsaking All Others — Wiff' Wiffens (Uncredited)
• 1934In Love with Life — Book Store Proprietor
• 1934Manhattan Love Song — Rich Man
• 1934No Greater Glory — Janitor
• 1934One More River — Barrister (Uncredited)
• 1934Stolen Sweets — Stoner, the Bennet Butler
• 1934The Curtain Falls — Hotel Manager
• 1934The Red Rider — Judge
• 1933Berkeley Square — Town Crier (uncredited)
• 1933Blind Adventure
• 1933Cavalcade — Waiter (uncredited)
• 1933Forgotten — Mr. Johnson
• 1933Gordon of Ghost City — Amos Gray
• 1933He Learned About Women — Augus
• 1933I Am Suzanne! — Puppeteer
• 1933Laughter in Hell — Judge
• 1933Mama Loves Papa — Mr. Pierrepont
• 1933Pleasure Cruise — The Man from Manchester (Uncredited)
• 1933Secret Sinners — Pop - the Stage Doorman
• 1933Stage Mother — Fred's Father (uncredited)
• 1933The Invisible Man — Old Farmer with Barn (uncredited)
• 1933Zoo in Budapest — Gus - Lamplighter (uncredited)
• 1932If I Had a Million — Mrs. Walker's Dancing Partner at Idylwood (uncredited)
• 1932Merrily We Go to Hell — Wedding Spectator (uncredited)
• 1932The Expert — Dietenhofer
• 1932The Phantom President — Old Man (uncredited)
• 1932Thrill of Youth — Grandpa Zachary Thayer
• 1932Vanity Fair — Sir Pitt's Butler Parker
• 1932Women Won't Tell — Williams
• 1931Ambassador Bill — Littleton
• 1931Big Business Girl — Old Man at Graduation Dance (uncredited)
• 1931Danger Island — Professor Gerald Adams
• 1931East Lynne — Rev. Hartley
• 1931Man of the World — Mr. Bradkin (uncredited)
• 1931Side Show — Tom Allison
• 1931The Common Law — Elderly Party Guest (uncredited)
• 1930Du Barry, Woman of Passion — King's Aide
• 1930Prince of Diamonds — Williams
• 1930Sea Legs — Commander
• 1930Sweet Kitty Bellairs — Rheumatic Old Man
• 1930The Life of the Party — Elderly Fashion Show Spectator
• 1930The Vagabond King — The Astrologer
• 1929Bulldog Drummond — Colonel
• 1929Glad Rag Doll — Admiral
• 1929Interference — Charles Smith
• 1929Light Fingers — Edward Madison
• 1929Red Hot Speed — Colonel Long (as Thomas Ricketts)
• 1929Skirt Shy — Edgar, the old beau
• 1928Doomsday — Percival's Butler
• 1928Dry Martini — Joseph
• 1928Five and Ten Cent Annie — Adam Peck
• 1928Freedom of the Press — Wicks
• 1928Just Married — Makepeace Witter
• 1928The Law and the Man — Quintus Newtoon
• 1927A Sailor's Sweetheart — Professor Meekham
• 1927Broadway Madness — Lawrence Compton
• 1927Casey at the Bat — Laughing Spectator (uncredited)
• 1927Children of Divorce — The Secretary
• 1927Get Your Man — Gentleman in Wax Museum (uncredited)
• 1927In a Moment of Temptation — Timothy Gage
• 1927My Friend from India — Judge Elmer Elderberry Egbert Belmore
• 1927Orchids and Ermine — Customer
• 1927Too Many Crooks — Butler
• 1927Venus of Venice — Bride's Father
• 1926Dancing Days — Stubbins
• 1926Going the Limit — Mortimer Harden
• 1926Ladies at Play — Deacon Ezra Boody
• 1926Ladies of Leisure — Wadleigh
• 1926Love's Blindness — Marquis of Hurlshire
• 1926Poker Faces — Henry Curlew
• 1926Stranded in Paris — Herr Rederson
• 1926The Belle of Broadway — Maurice Penelli
• 1926The Grand Duchess and the Waiter — Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
• 1926The Lily — Jean (as Thomas Ricketts)
• 1926The Nut-Cracker — Isaac Totten
• 1926The Old Soak — Roue
• 1926When the Wife's Away
• 1925A Fight to the Finish — Cyrus J. Davis
• 1925Bobbed Hair — Mr. Brewster
• 1925My Wife and I — Valet
• 1925Never the Twain Shall Meet — Andrew J. Casson (as Thomas Ricketts)
• 1925Oh, Doctor! — Mr. Peck
• 1925The Business of Love — Noah Burgess
• 1925The Fate of a Flirt — Uncle John Burgess
• 1925The Girl Who Wouldn't Work — The Rounder (as Thomas Ricketts)
• 1925The Price of Success — Peter Van Teyne
• 1925Wages for Wives — Judge McLean
• 1925When Husbands Flirt — Wilbur Belcher
• 1924Cheap Kisses — The Old Man
• 1924Circe the Enchantress — Archibald Crumm
• 1924Secrets of the Night — Jerry Hammond
• 1924The Gaiety Girl — His Grace, the Duke
• 1924Three Women — Butler
• 1923Alice Adams — J.A. Lamb
• 1923Black Oxen — Charles Dinwiddie
• 1923Strangers of the Night — Lush
• 1923The Dangerous Maid — John Standish Lane
• 1923Within the Law — General Hastings
• 1922A Tailor-Made Man — Anton Huber
• 1922Shattered Idols — Rev. Dr. Romney
• 1922The Eternal Flame — Vidame de Pameir (as Thomas Ricketts)
• 1922The Lavender Bath Lady — Simon Gregory
• 1921Beating the Game — Jules Fanchette
• 1921Puppets of Fate — Father Francisco
• 1921Sham — Uncle James (as Thomas Ricketts)
• 1921The Killer — Tim Westmore
• 1921The Parish Priest — Dr. Thomas Cassidy
• 1920All of a Sudden Peggy — Major Archie Phipps
• 1920Bonnie May
• 1920The Desperate Hero — Butler
• 1920The Great Lover — Potter
• 1920The Paliser Case — Major Archie Phipps
• 1920The Willow Tree — Priest
• 1919Girls — Mr. Dennett
• 1919Please Get Married — Doctor Jenkins
• 1918The Crime of the Hour — Director
• 1916Bonds of Deception — Director
• 1916In the Shuffle — Director
• 1916Out of the Rainbow — Director
• 1916Realization — Director
• 1916The Happy Masquerader — Director
• 1916The Profligate — Director
• 1916The Suppressed Order — Director
• 1916The Trail of the Thief — Director
• 1914Damaged Goods — Director
• 1914Jim — Director
• 1912A Brave Little Woman — Writer, Director
• 1912The Belle of Bar-Z Ranch — Director
• 1912The Dawn of Netta — Director
• 1912The Indian Raiders — Director
• 1910The Hand of Uncle Sam — Director
• 1908A Christmas Carol — Ebenezer Scrooge, Director