--- name: "Tom McGuire" canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-mcguire" roles: [] born: "31 August 1873" died: "6 May 1954" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-19T23:14:27.816675+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Tom McGuire Actor. Born 31 August 1873 in Lancashire, England, UK. Died 6 May 1954. ## Details - **Born:** 31 August 1873, Lancashire, England, UK - **Died:** 6 May 1954 - **Also known as:** Thomas Maguire, Thomas McGuire - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1, Music 1, Romance 1 - **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $9m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_McGuire_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7816817, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570297/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120811 ## Biography Tom McGuire (also credited as Thomas Maguire or Thomas McGuire) was an English stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1919 and 1949. Born in Lancashire, England, on 1 September 1873, he died in Hollywood, California, on 6 May 1954. Among his credited roles were John King in *Steamboat Bill, Jr.* (1928) and Matey in *City Girl* (1930). He played numerous uncredited parts, including the Los Angeles Promoter in *The Champ* (1931), a detective on the phone in *Little Caesar* (1931), the driver in *The Petrified Forest* (1936) and a town councilman in *Hail the Conquering Hero* (1944). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *San Francisco* (1936), Fi1m 71, as Bartender (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md) - *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), Fi1m 78, as Mike - Lou's Coachman (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/she-done-him-wrong.md) - *The Champ* (1931), Fi1m 72, as Los Angeles Promoter (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-champ.md) ## Complete filmography (103) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Goodbye, My Fancy* (1951), as Party Guest (Uncredited) - *The Sin of Harold Diddlebock* (1947), as Police Captain (uncredited) - *Kitty* (1945), as Vegetable Hawker (uncredited) - *The Brighton Strangler* (1945), as Barman (Uncredited) - *Hail the Conquering Hero* (1944), as Town Councilman (uncredited) - *Bad Men of Missouri* (1941), as Tax-Paying Rancher - *Santa Fe Trail* (1940), as Man with Surveyor (uncredited) - *Two Girls on Broadway* (1940), as Policeman in Courtroom (uncredited) - *Free, Blonde and 21* (1940), as Edgar, Doorman - *Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence* (1939), as Tom - Waiter at Mamie's - *The Spellbinder* (1939), as Juror, First Trial (uncredited) - *Young Mr. Lincoln* (1939), as Bailiff (uncredited) - *Torchy Runs for Mayor* (1939), as Detective Tom (uncredited) - *Sergeant Madden* (1939), as Policeman in 1919 - *The Saint Strikes Back* (1939), as Policeman in Commissioner's Office (Uncredited) - *Made for Each Other* (1939), as Bailiff (uncredited) - *Gang Bullets* (1938), as Police Officer Clancy (uncredited) - *Young Dr. Kildare* (1938), as Clancy (uncredited) - *The Chaser* (1938), as Motorman #2 - *Holiday* (1938), as Party Guest (uncredited) - *A Slight Case of Murder* (1938), as Partygoer (uncredited) - *One Mile from Heaven* (1937), as Court Attaché - *Parnell* (1937), as Irish Party Member - *Kid Galahad* (1937), as Plainclothes Cop (uncredited) - *We Who Are About to Die* (1937), as Death-Row Captain Harris (uncredited) - *Sinner Take All* (1936), as Hoboken Plainclothesman (uncredited) - *Charlie Chan at the Opera* (1936), as Pop Morris - Stage Doorman - *To Mary - with Love* (1936), as Politician - *San Francisco* (1936), as Bartender (uncredited) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md) - *Murder by an Aristocrat* (1936), as Spears (uncredited) - *Private Number* (1936), as Policeman Arresting Ellen (Uncredited) - *The Singing Kid* (1936), as Policeman (uncredited) - *Colleen* (1936), as Policeman in Park (uncredited) - *The Country Doctor* (1936), as Dinner Guest (uncredited) - *The Petrified Forest* (1936), as Driver (uncredited) - *Two in the Dark* (1936), as Hotel Doorman (uncredited) - *3 Kids and a Queen* (1935), as Police Captain - *Woman Wanted* (1935), as Court Officer (uncredited) - *Broadway Gondolier* (1935), as Man Leaving Opera / Accident Bystander - *No More Ladies* (1935), as Party Bartender (uncredited) - *The Gay Bride* (1934), as Cop in Hospital (uncredited) - *Counsel on De Fence* (1934), as Trial Judge - *Among the Missing* (1934), as Detective (uncredited) - *Million Dollar Ransom* (1934), as Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited) - *Manhattan Melodrama* (1934), as Policeman in Court (uncredited) - *Upperworld* (1934), as Bailiff (uncredited) - *A Very Honorable Guy* (1934), as Race Caller - *The Chief* (1933), as Fire Captain - *Saturday's Millions* (1933), as Cop - *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), as Mike - Lou's Coachman (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/she-done-him-wrong.md) - *Ladies They Talk About* (1933), as Mr. Farnum at Revival Meeting (uncredited) - *Whistling in the Dark* (1933), as Train Conductor (uncredited) - *The Devil Is Driving* (1932), as Traffic Cop (uncredited) - *Breach of Promise* (1932), as Committeeman - *Hearts of Humanity* (1932), as Mr. Wells - *The Hollywood Handicap* (1932), Actor - *High Hats and Low Brows* (1932), as Mr. Slaughter - *By Whose Hand?* (1932), as Train Conductor (uncredited) - *The Dark Horse* (1932), as Conservative Party Man - *No Greater Love* (1932), as Policeman - *Men of Chance* (1931), as Race Track Bookie - *The Champ* (1931), as Los Angeles Promoter (uncredited) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-champ.md) - *Julius Sizzer* (1931), as Chief - *Broadminded* (1931), as Tim - 2nd Policeman - *Stepping Out* (1931), as Casino Patron - *Politics* (1931), as Mayor Tom Collins - *Little Caesar* (1931), as Detective on Phone (uncredited) - *Born Reckless* (1930), as Newspaper Worker - *City Girl* (1930), as Matey - *Copy* (1929), as McCloskey - *The Voice of the City* (1929), as Detective Kelly - *Lights of New York* (1928), as Collins - *Retribution* (1928), as Tom / Senator John Nixon - *A Thief in the Dark* (1928), Actor - *Steamboat Bill, Jr.* (1928), as John King - *Babe Comes Home* (1927), as Angel - *The Missing Link* (1927), as Colonel Braden - *The Better 'Ole* (1926), as The English General (uncredited) - *You'd Be Surprised* (1926), as Inspector Brown - *My Own Pal* (1926), as Pat McQuire - *The Little Giant* (1926), as Mr. Dansey - *Red Hot Tires* (1925), as Crook - *Captain Blood* (1924), as Farmer Baynes - *The Reckless Age* (1924), as Martin Wall - *Her Man* (1924), Actor - *Dark Stairways* (1924), as Police Chief - *A Million to Burn* (1923), as P.D. Riley - *April Showers* (1923), as Lieutenant Muldoon - *The Spoilers* (1923), as Captain Stevens - *A Self Made Wife* (1923), as Hotchkiss - *The Victor* (1923), as Jacky Williams - *Single Handed* (1923), as Macklin - *The Scarlet Car* (1923), as Jim Winthrop - *A Front Page Story* (1922), as Jack Peeler - *The Ladder Jinx* (1922), as Judge Brown - *The Married Flapper* (1922), as John Holbrook - *Afraid to Fight* (1922), Actor - *Cinderella of the Hills* (1921), as Giles - *The Girl in the Taxi* (1921), as John Stewart - *See My Lawyer* (1921), as Leonard D. Robinson - *The Road of Ambition* (1920), as Old Mack - *Someone in the House* (1920), as Halloran - *The Woman Under Oath* (1919), as District Attorney --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/tom-mcguire