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name: "Tom Tully"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 August 1908"
died: "27 April 1982"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T02:41:58.912936+00:00"
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# Tom Tully

Actor. Born 21 August 1908 in Durango, Colorado, USA. Died 27 April 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 August 1908, Durango, Colorado, USA
- **Died:** 27 April 1982
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tully, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q744381, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0876451/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19414

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Caine Mutiny*](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md) (76)

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## Biography

Tom Tully (21 August 1908 – 27 April 1982) was an American actor. Born in Durango, Colorado, he began his career in radio and on the stage, appearing in several Broadway productions in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He made his film debut in Northern Pursuit (1943) and went on to work in both cinema and television until the early 1970s.

Tully received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Comdr. DeVriess in The Caine Mutiny (1954). He was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for his contributions to film. Among his other credits are appearances in Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950), Coogan's Bluff (1968) and Charley Varrick (1973), as well as guest roles in series such as Bonanza, Perry Mason and Mission: Impossible.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), Fi1m 76, as Comdr. DeVriess — [page](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md)

## Complete filmography (78)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Madame X* (1981), as Man in Dublin Bar
- *Running Scared* (1980), as C-47 Pilot
- *Hijack!* (1973), as Mr. Noonan
- *Charley Varrick* (1973), as Tom
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, as Joe Richardson
- *Any Second Now* (1969), as Howard Lenihan
- *Coogan's Bluff* (1968), as Sheriff McCrea
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Actor
- *The High Chaparral* (1967), series, as General Tirrel
- *The Guns of Will Sonnett* (1967), series, Actor
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, Actor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Shane* (1966), series, as Tom Starett
- *The Loner* (1965), series, Actor
- *The Legend of Jesse James* (1965), series, as Doc Pierson
- *McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force* (1965), as Gen. Harkness
- *The Carpetbaggers* (1964), as Amos Winthrop
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Jethro Tate
- *The Farmer's Daughter* (1963), series, Actor
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Junius Antlow
- *The Wackiest Ship in the Army* (1960), as Captain McClung
- *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), series, as Walt Simpson
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Sundown Davis
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Dan Yates, Clete Bonner
- *Ten North Frederick* (1958), as Mike Slattery
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Carey York, Harvey Scott
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Tom Roarke, Sheriff Jed Phillips
- *Behind the High Wall* (1956), as Frank Carmichael
- *Telephone Time* (1956), series, Actor
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Phil Canby
- *Love Me or Leave Me* (1955), as Frobisher
- *Soldier of Fortune* (1955), as Tweedie
- *The Lineup* (1954), series, Actor
- *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), as Comdr. DeVriess — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md)
- *Arrow In The Dust* (1954), as Crowshaw
- *The Girl on The Roof* (1953), as Michael O'Neill
- *Sea of Lost Ships* (1953), as Ice Patrol Capt. Holland
- *The Danny Thomas Show* (1953), series, as Tom Kelly
- *The Moon Is Blue* (1953), as Michael O'Neill
- *Trouble Along the Way* (1953), as Father Malone
- *The Jazz Singer* (1953), as Dan McGurney
- *Ruby Gentry* (1952), as Jud Corey
- *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as John Honeyman
- *Lure of the Wilderness* (1952), as Zack Taylor
- *The Turning Point* (1952), as Matt Conroy
- *Love Is Better Than Ever* (1952), as Mr. Clinton E. Macaboy
- *Return of the Texan* (1952), as Stud Spiller
- *Texas Carnival* (1951), as Sheriff Jackson
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Jess
- *The Lady and the Bandit* (1951), as Tom King
- *Tomahawk* (1951), as Dan Castello
- *Branded* (1950), as Ransom
- *Where the Sidewalk Ends* (1950), as Jiggs Taylor
- *The Lady Takes a Sailor* (1949), as Henry Duckworth
- *A Kiss for Corliss* (1949), as Harry P. Archer
- *Illegal Entry* (1949), as Nick Gruber
- *Blood on the Moon* (1948), as John Lufton
- *June Bride* (1948), as Mr. Whitman Brinker
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Major Avery
- *Rachel and the Stranger* (1948), as Parson Jackson
- *Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!* (1948), as Robert 'Roarer' McGill
- *Intrigue* (1947), as Marc Andrews
- *Killer McCoy* (1947), as Cecil Y. Walsh
- *Lady in the Lake* (1946), as Captain Kane
- *Till the End of Time* (1946), as C.W. Harper
- *The Virginian* (1946), as Nebraska
- *Adventure* (1945), as Gus
- *Kiss and Tell* (1945), as Bob Pringle
- *The Unseen* (1945), as Sullivan
- *I'll Be Seeing You* (1944), as Mr. Marshall
- *The Town Went Wild* (1944), as Henry Harrison
- *Secret Command* (1944), as Brownell
- *Reward Unlimited* (1944), as Peggy's father
- *Destination Tokyo* (1943), as Mike Conners
- *Over the Wall* (1943), as Father Darcy
- *Northern Pursuit* (1943), as Inspector Barnett
- *Mission to Moscow* (1943), as American Engineer in Russia (uncredited)
- *The Sign of the Cross* (1932), as Hoboken (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Tom Tully in Lady in the Lake (1941) trailer screenshot. (1947)](https://film.one/media/person/1237801/gallery-bca71f7ca82f.jpg) Tom Tully in Lady in the Lake (1941) trailer screenshot. (1947) — film trailer screenshot (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Tom_Tully_-_Lady_in_the_Lake_%281947%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tom Tully](https://film.one/media/person/1237801/gallery-ff2c307806e4.jpg) Tom Tully — Vanguard Films, Inc., for the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Reward-Unlimited-8.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tom Tully](https://film.one/media/person/1237801/gallery-5bf5a18b6b44.jpg) Tom Tully — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1955: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *The Caine Mutiny*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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