Andrew Tombes
Andrew Tombes (29 June 1885—17 March 1976) was an American comedian and character actor.
The son of a grocer, originally from Ashtabula, Ohio, Tombes had a significant career as a vaudeville comic. By December 1914 he'd appeared in the headlining act for the opening of the Kansas City Orpheum Theatre.[1]
He successfully ascended to Broadway comedies beginning in 1917, in the revue Miss 1917, and appeared there consistently through the 1920s, for instance in Tip-Toes in 1925, and in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 and 1927.
Tombes' first film appearances were in 1933, already approaching 50 years old. He made about 150 films all together for various studios.
Partial filmography
- Broadway Through a Keyhole (1933)
- Thanks a Million (1935)
- King of Burlesque (1936)
- The Holy Terror (1937)
- Meet the Boyfriend (1937)
- Riding on Air (1937)
- Easy Living (1937)
- Romance on the Run (1938)
- Captain Caution (1940)
- Melody for Three (1941)
- Texas (1941)
- Down Mexico Way (1941)
- Bedtime Story (1941)
- They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
- Don't Get Personal (1942)
- Blondie Goes to College (1942)
- Obliging Young Lady (1942)
- Swing Fever (1943)
- The Mad Ghoul (1943)
- A Stranger in Town (1943)
- Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
- Crazy House (1943)
- Phantom Lady (1944)
- The Merry Monahans (1944)
- Can't Help Singing (1944)
- San Fernando Valley (1944)
- Patrick the Great (1945)
- Don't Fence Me In (1945)
- Badman's Territory (1946)
- Two Guys from Texas (1948)
- Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949)
- I Dream of Jeanie (1952)
- How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
References
- ↑ The enchanted years of the stage: Kansas City at the crossroads of American ... by Felicia Hardison Londré, David Austin Latchaw, page 230