---
name: "Tom Nawn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-nawn"
fi1m_id: "tom-nawn"
imdb_id: "nm0623189"
tmdb_id: 14426
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 January 1863"
died: "8 February 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:14:07.163498+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 Nawn

## Identity

Tom Nawn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-nawn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-nawn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0623189
- **TMDB ID:** 14426
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623189/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14426

Actor. Born 11 January 1863 in Scotland, UK. Died 8 February 1949.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 January 1863, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 8 February 1949
- **Also known as:** Thomas Joseph Nawn
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623189/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14426

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The General*](https://film.one/film/the-general.md) (91)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Tom Nawn, also credited as Thomas Joseph Nawn, was a Scottish-born actor who appeared in early silent films. He was born on 11 January 1863 in Scotland and died on 8 February 1949 in Norwalk, California.

Nawn is credited as a Union General in Buster Keaton's *The General* (1926). His other screen roles include the King in *Keep Moving* (1915) and an appearance in the short *Their Husband* (1917). He had a background in American vaudeville, where he performed comic sketches with his own company.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The General* (1926), Fi1m 91, as Union General — [page](https://film.one/film/the-general.md)

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