Tom Pittman

Tom Pittman
Born Jerry Alten
March 16, 1932(1932-03-16)
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Died October 31, 1958(1958-10-31) (aged 26)
Occupation Actor

Tom Pittman (born Jerry Lee Alten)[1] (March 16, 1932 – October 31, 1958) was an American actor. He died aged 26, described by the Los Angeles Times as "one of Hollywood's most disastrous young actors".[2]

He was born in Phoenix, Arizona. His father was TV-radio actor Frank Alten.[1] He appeared in the films The Proud Rebel (1958) with Alan Ladd, High School Big Shot (1958) and Verboten! (1959); and also in Wagon Train, Cimarron and Zane Grey Theater on television.[1][3]

He died in a gatecrash at Benedict Canyon, California in 1958, after leaving a Halloween party; his body was found nearly three weeks later.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rising Actor Meets Fate of James Dean". Associated Press. 20 November 1958. http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=eAIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iCYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2446,5373102. Retrieved 9 August 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "Body of Actor Tom Pittman Found in Car". Los Angeles Times. 20 November 1958. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/445140992.html?dids=445140992:445140992&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+20%2C+1958&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Body+of+Actor+Tom+Pittman+Found+in+Car&pqatl=google. Retrieved 9 August 2010. 
  3. ^ IMDb Tom Pittman (accessed 9 August 2010)

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