Biography
Tom Ricketts (also credited as Thomas Ricketts, Thomas R. Ricketts and Thomas B. Ricketts) was an English-born American actor and director. Born in Greenwich, London, on 15 January 1853, he began his career on the London stage before emigrating to the United States. He directed numerous early silent films, including one of the first motion pictures made in Hollywood, and later returned to acting as a character player.
Ricketts appeared in many Hollywood films of the 1930s, often in uncredited roles. His credits include The Invisible Man (1933), Cavalcade (1933), Top Hat (1935), After the Thin Man (1936), Show Boat (1936), A Star Is Born (1937), Dead End (1937) and Son of Frankenstein (1939). He died in Hollywood on 19 January 1939.
