Biography
Thomas Lester Tryon was an American actor and novelist. As an actor, he was billed as Tom Tryon and is best known for playing the title role in the film The Cardinal (1963), featured roles in the war films The Longest Day (1962) and In Harm's Way (1965), acting with John Wayne in both movies, and especially the Walt Disney television character Texas John Slaughter (1958–1961). Tryon later turned to the writing of prose fiction and screenplays, and wrote several successful science fiction, horror and mystery novels as Thomas Tryon.
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Awards & recognition
- Locus Award — Best Horror Novel · 1996 · nominated
Filmography13 titles
The Longest Day
Johnny Got His Gun
The Story of Ruth
Marines, Let's Go
In Harm's Way
The Glory Guys
The Virginian
The Big Valley
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Three Violent People
Screaming Eagles
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Moon Pilot