Tom ContiTom Conti (born November 22, 1941) is a Scottish actor. His dark good looks, inherited from his Italian father, have made him much in demand for playing Mediterranean types. Born in Paisley, Scotland, Conti is mostly known for his stage work. He won the Tony Award in 1979 for Whose Life is it Anyway?. But he is also an accomplished film and television actor. Besides taking the leading role in the 1978 TV version of Alan Ayckbourn's Norman Conquests, he played opposite Nigel Hawthorne in a long-running series of car advertisements. He has appeared in such films as Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Reuben, Reuben (nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor), American Dreamer, Shirley Valentine and Saving Grace. He is married to Scottish actress, Kara Wilson. This page about Tom Conti includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Tom Conti News stories about Tom Conti External links for Tom Conti Videos for Tom Conti Wikis about Tom Conti Discussion Groups about Tom Conti Blogs about Tom Conti Images of Tom Conti |
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He is married to Scottish actress, Kara Wilson. Nevertheless, he is best remembered today as one of the original action heroes of the cinema. Lawrence, Reuben, Reuben (nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor), American Dreamer, Shirley Valentine and Saving Grace. Crabbe's career waned somewhat in the 1950s, though he did make regular television appearances including one on an episode of the 1979 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century where he plays a retired warrior named "Brigadier Gordon" in honor of Flash Gordon. He has appeared in such films as Merry Christmas, Mr. Crabbe starred in the television series, Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955 to 1957) as Captain Michael Gallant; the adventure series aired on NBC. Besides taking the leading role in the 1978 TV version of Alan Ayckbourn's Norman Conquests, he played opposite Nigel Hawthorne in a long-running series of car advertisements. Other characters he portrayed included Western hero Billy the Kid and Buck Rogers. But he is also an accomplished film and television actor. His next major role was as Flash Gordon in the popular Flash Gordon serial (a role he reprised in two sequels). He won the Tony Award in 1979 for Whose Life is it Anyway?. In the 1933 movie, King of the Jungle the 1941's Jungle Man, and the 1952 serial, King of the Congo he played similar roles...but that's not Tarzan. Born in Paisley, Scotland, Conti is mostly known for his stage work. Other than a 1964 remake of the same movie, it would be the only movie in which he starred as Tarzan. His dark good looks, inherited from his Italian father, have made him much in demand for playing Mediterranean types. Crabbe's role in a 1933 Tarzan serial, also issued as a full length movie Tarzan the Fearless, launched a successful career in which he starred in over one hundred movies. Tom Conti (born November 22, 1941) is a Scottish actor. Ironically, at that Olympics, he broke the record held by Johnny Weissmuller, whose role as Tarzan he would later assume. Raised in Hawaii, he excelled as a swimmer and participated in two Olympic Games: 1928, where he won the bronze medal for the 1,500 meter freestyle, and 1932, where he won the gold medal for the 400 meter freestyle. According to the Internet Movie Database he was born February 17, 1907, and his birth name was Clarence Linden Crabbe. Larry 'Buster' Crabbe (February 7, probably in 1908, Oakland, California - April 23, 1983, Scottsdale, Arizona) was an American athlete turned actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s. |