
Biography
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.
Acted in 139
1960s
- 1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Butler in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1930s
- 1939
- 1938
Gateway
Old Man
Young Fugitives
Tom Riggins
Four Men and a Prayer
Stationmaster (uncredited)
- 1937
Breakfast for Two
Receivership Hearing Member (uncredited)
The Lady Escapes
Uncle George
Parnell
Elderly Man
Maid of Salem
Giles Cory (Uncredited)
- 1936
After the Thin Man
Henry (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
Attorney General's Associate
Sing, Baby, Sing
Old Man in Hospital
To Mary - with Love
Waiter
Trouble for Two
Sir Frederick (Uncredited)
Show Boat
Movie
Human Cargo
Reporter
- 1935
The Great Impersonation
Villager (uncredited)
Music Is Magic
Elderly Dancer in Music is Magic Number (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
Pigeon Receiver
Hi, Gaucho!
Don Salvador de Aragon
Now or Never
Robert, the Butler
Vagabond Lady
Spear Department Head (uncredited)
Cardinal Richelieu
Agitator
- 1934
By Your Leave
Old Man in Club
The Curtain Falls
Hotel Manager
One More River
Barrister (Uncredited)
The Red Rider
Judge
In Love with Life
Book Store Proprietor
Manhattan Love Song
Rich Man
No Greater Glory
Janitor
Stolen Sweets
Stoner, the Bennet Butler
- 1933
I Am Suzanne!
Puppeteer
Secret Sinners
Pop - the Stage Doorman
Stage Mother
Fred's Father (uncredited)
Berkeley Square
Town Crier (uncredited)
Blind Adventure
Movie
Gordon of Ghost City
Amos Gray
Mama Loves Papa
Mr. Pierrepont
Zoo in Budapest
Gus - Lamplighter (uncredited)
Pleasure Cruise
The Man from Manchester (Uncredited)
He Learned About Women
Augus
Forgotten
Mr. Johnson
Laughter in Hell
Judge
- 1932
Women Won't Tell
Williams
The Phantom President
Old Man (uncredited)
Thrill of Youth
Grandpa Zachary Thayer
Merrily We Go to Hell
Wedding Spectator (uncredited)
Vanity Fair
Sir Pitt's Butler Parker
The Expert
Dietenhofer
- 1931
Ambassador Bill
Littleton
Side Show
Tom Allison
Danger Island
Professor Gerald Adams
The Common Law
Elderly Party Guest (uncredited)
Big Business Girl
Old Man at Graduation Dance (uncredited)
Man of the World
Mr. Bradkin (uncredited)
East Lynne
Rev. Hartley
- 1930
Sea Legs
Commander
The Life of the Party
Elderly Fashion Show Spectator
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
King's Aide
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Rheumatic Old Man
Prince of Diamonds
Williams
The Vagabond King
The Astrologer
1920s
- 1929
Skirt Shy
Edgar, the old beau
Light Fingers
Edward Madison
Glad Rag Doll
Admiral
Bulldog Drummond
Colonel
Red Hot Speed
Colonel Long (as Thomas Ricketts)
Interference
Charles Smith
- 1928
Freedom of the Press
Wicks
Dry Martini
Joseph
Just Married
Makepeace Witter
Five and Ten Cent Annie
Adam Peck
Doomsday
Percival's Butler
The Law and the Man
Quintus Newtoon
- 1927
My Friend from India
Judge Elmer Elderberry Egbert Belmore
Get Your Man
Gentleman in Wax Museum (uncredited)
Broadway Madness
Lawrence Compton
A Sailor's Sweetheart
Professor Meekham
Children of Divorce
The Secretary
Too Many Crooks
Butler
Venus of Venice
Bride's Father
Casey at the Bat
Laughing Spectator (uncredited)
Orchids and Ermine
Customer
- 1926
Stranded in Paris
Herr Rederson
Love's Blindness
Marquis of Hurlshire
Ladies at Play
Deacon Ezra Boody
The Old Soak
Roue
The Lily
Jean (as Thomas Ricketts)
Going the Limit
Mortimer Harden
Poker Faces
Henry Curlew
The Belle of Broadway
Maurice Penelli
The Nut-Cracker
Isaac Totten
Ladies of Leisure
Wadleigh
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
- 1925
Wages for Wives
Judge McLean
The Fate of a Flirt
Uncle John Burgess
A Fight to the Finish
Cyrus J. Davis
When Husbands Flirt
Wilbur Belcher
Bobbed Hair
Mr. Brewster
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Andrew J. Casson (as Thomas Ricketts)
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
The Rounder (as Thomas Ricketts)
The Price of Success
Peter Van Teyne
My Wife and I
Valet
Oh, Doctor!
Mr. Peck
- 1924
Cheap Kisses
The Old Man
Secrets of the Night
Jerry Hammond
Circe the Enchantress
Archibald Crumm
Three Women
Butler
The Gaiety Girl
His Grace, the Duke
- 1923
Black Oxen
Charles Dinwiddie
The Dangerous Maid
John Standish Lane
Strangers of the Night
Lush
Within the Law
General Hastings
- 1922
The Lavender Bath Lady
Simon Gregory
The Eternal Flame
Vidame de Pameir (as Thomas Ricketts)
A Tailor-Made Man
Anton Huber
Shattered Idols
Rev. Dr. Romney
- 1921
Beating the Game
Jules Fanchette
Sham
Uncle James (as Thomas Ricketts)
The Killer
Tim Westmore
- 1920
The Great Lover
Potter
Bonnie May
Movie
The Desperate Hero
Butler
The Paliser Case
Major Archie Phipps
All of a Sudden Peggy
Major Archie Phipps
The Willow Tree
Priest
1910s
- 1919
Please Get Married
Doctor Jenkins
Girls
Mr. Dennett
Directed 6
1910s
- 1918
The Crime of the Hour
Director
- 1916
The Suppressed Order
Director
The Happy Masquerader
Director
- 1914
Damaged Goods
Director
- 1912
The Belle of Bar-Z Ranch
Director
A Brave Little Woman
Director
Wrote 1
1910s
- 1912
A Brave Little Woman
Writer