Tom Helmore

Tom Helmore
Born	(1904-01-04)4 January 1904 London, England
Died	12 September 1995(1995-09-12) (aged 91) Longboat Key, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1927–1972
Spouse(s)	Mary Drayton (1945-1994) (her death) 1 child Evelyn Hope (1931-1945) (divorced)

Tom Helmore (4 January 1904 – 12 September 1995) was an English film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1927 and 1972, including three directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Helmore was born in London, England and died in Longboat Key, Florida, USA. Helmore worked in his father's accounting firm while working as an extra in films. He subsequently pursued acting as a career, working predominantly on the stage, and later on Broadway, which led to Helmore's Hollywood career.

In British and American films, Helmore was employed as a dapper, comedic actor, even if he is best known for his role as the villain Gavin Elster in Vertigo.

Partial filmography

• The Ring (1927)
• Young Woodley (1928)
• The King's Cup (1933)
• Merry Comes to Town (1933)
• The Feathered Serpent (1934)
• Virginia's Husband (1934)
• The Riverside Murder (1935)
• Secret Agent (1936) (uncredited)
• Luck of the Turf (1936)
• Merry Comes to Town (1937)
• Easy Riches (1938)
• Paid in Error (1938)
• Scene of the Crime (1949)
• Shadow on the Wall (1950)
• Let's Do It Again (1953)
• The Shadow (1954) TV pilot as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow
• The Tender Trap (1955)
• Designing Woman (1957)
• Vertigo (1958)
• The Man in the Net (1959)
• The Time Machine (1960)
• Flipper's New Adventure (1964)

External links

• Tom Helmore at the Internet Movie Database