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Thomas E. Jackson, also known as Tom Jackson or Tommy Jackson, was an American stage and screen actor. His 67-year career spanned eight decades and two centuries, during which time he appeared in over a dozen Broadway plays, produced two others, acted in over a 130 films, as well as numerous television shows. ==Life and career== Jackson would begin his career as a child actor in Broadway productions at the age of twelve, in the production ''The Ragged Earl'', which had a short run at the Academy of Music in 1899.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Internet Broadway Database )〕 He would appear in several more productions as a youth over the next four years, before taking a ten-year absence from the stage. He would return to the theater in 1913, where he would remain until the end of the 1920s, appearing in or producing a dozen plays.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Internet Broadway Database )〕 His last stage performance would be in the hit play, ''Broadway'', directed by George Abbott and Philip Dunning, which ran from 1926-28 at the Broadhurst Theatre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Internet Broadway Database )〕 His portrayal of the sarcastic detective Dan McCorn earned him an invitation to reprise the role the following year in the film version of the play. Although he had appeared in minor roles in two 1910s films which had been produced in New Jersey (where the film industry was largely located prior to its move west),〔 this would be his first featured role. He would return only once more to Broadway, in the role of producer, for the successful 1928 play, ''Gentlemen of the Press''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Internet Broadway Database )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Gentlemen of the Press'': Detail View )〕 The success of his performance reprising his role of Detective McCorn in Universal's 1929 film Broadway started Jackson's lengthy 38-year career in film and television. He would follow up this initial success with several performances in 1930, and in 1931 with a notable performance in ''Little Caesar'', starring Edward G. Robinson, again in the role of the sarcastic police officer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Little Caesar'': Detail View )〕 One of his more noticeable roles was playing Richard Snow in the hit drama ''Manhattan Melodrama''. Most of the roles throughout his career were smaller character roles, with occasional featured roles, as in 1935's ''The Call of the Wild'', thrown in.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''The Call of the Wild'': Detail View )〕 Notable films in which he appeared included ''The Thin Man'' (1934); ''Angels With Dirty Faces'' (1938); ''Beau Geste'' (1939), ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' (1943); ''Union Station'' (1950); and ''Stars and Stripes Forever'' (1952).〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=American Film Institute )〕 He also appeared in the original 1945 version of the classic film noir, ''The Big Sleep'' (1946), but his on-screen time was cut out when changes were made to it before its ultimate release in 1946. His part (along with the part played by actor James Flavin in the same scene) was eventually seen by the general audience when the original version was released in the 1990s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Simple Movie )〕 Ironically, his final film role would be in ''The Last Hurrah'' (1958). He had begun appearing in episodic television several years earlier, in 1954 and transitioned to the small screen. During the late 1950s through the late 1960s, he would appear in guest spots on dozens of television shows, such as ''Dragnet'', ''Adventures of Superman'', ''Have Gun – Will Travel'', and ''77 Sunset Strip''. Jackson died of a heart attack on September 7, 1967 in Hollywood, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas E. Jackson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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