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Thomas Lester Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American actor and novelist. As an actor, he was billed as Tom Tryon and is best known for playing the title role in the film ''
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'' (1963), featured roles in the war films '' The Longest Day'' (1962) and '' In Harm's Way'' (1965), acting with
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in both movies, and especially the
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television character '' Texas John Slaughter'' (1958–1961). Tryon later turned to the writing of prose fiction and screenplays, and wrote several successful science fiction, horror and mystery novels as Thomas Tryon.


Early life and education

Thomas Tryon was born on January 14, 1926, in
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, the son of Arthur Lane Tryon, a clothier and owner of Stackpole, Moore & Tryon (he is often erroneously identified as the son of silent screen actor
Glenn Tryon Glenn Tryon (born Glenn Monroe Kunkel; August 2, 1898 – April 18, 1970) was an American film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1923 and 1951. Biography He was born as Glenn Monroe Kunke ...
). He served in the
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in the
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from 1943 to 1946 during and after
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.


Acting career

Tryon began his acting career appearing on stage in ''
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'' (1952), ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1953), and ''Richard III'' (1953). He next found work in TV, appearing in ''The Way of the World'' (1955) with Gloria Lewis, Leora Thatcher, and Sydney Smith. He also guest-starred in 1955 as Antoine De Mores in the two-part episode "King of the Dakotas" of
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''. Tryon was signed to a long-term contract to Paramount in 1955. His film debut was in '' The Scarlet Hour'' (1956) at Paramount, directed by
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, a crime drama about a man whose married lover persuades him to commit a robbery; Tryon received second billing. He was top billed in a low budget war film at Allied Artists, '' Screaming Eagles'' (1956), then supported
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in '' Three Violent People'' (1956) at Paramount. He was announced for, but did not end up appearing in, '' Short Cut to Hell''. He had a support role in RKO's '' The Unholy Wife'' (1957) billed after
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and
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. He had the lead in a low budget science fiction film at Paramount, '' I Married a Monster from Outer Space'' (1958). Tryon's work was mostly in TV, appearing in numerous roles such as '' Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre'', '' The 20th Century-Fox Hour'', ''
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'' (an adaptation of '' Charley's Aunt''), ''
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'', '' Studio 57'', '' Matinee Theatre'', and ''
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'', ''
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'' with John Payne, ''
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'', '' The Millionaire'', and ''
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'', (American Western series originally aired from 1964 to 1969) that he was a guest star in the 1966 episode "The Midas Man". Tryon appeared in the lead in "The Mark Hanford Story" (February 26, 1958) on NBC's ''
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'' with Onslow Stevens and
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. Tryon played Texas John Slaughter in a series of TV movies for Disney which ran from 1958 to 1961. The role was based on actual historical figure John Slaughter. He was considered but eventually passed over for the role of
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's lover, Sam Loomis, in the classic thriller '' Psycho'' (1960); the role went to John Gavin. Tryon starred in '' The Story of Ruth'' (1960) at 20th Century Fox. For that studio he appeared in ''
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'' (1961). Disney borrowed him to star in a satire about the space age, ''
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'' (1962). He was one of many names in '' The Longest Day'' (1962) at Fox. In 1962, Tryon was cast to play the role of Stephen Burkett ("Adam") in the unfinished
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comedy film, '' Something's Got to Give'', directed by
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, but lost that role after Monroe was fired from the movie; the picture was remade with
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as ''
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'' (1963) with
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playing Tryon's part. Tryon guest starred on '' Dr. Kildare'' and '' The Virginian''. Tryon's greatest role was as an ambitious Catholic priest in ''
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'' (1963). The film was a box office hit and Tryon received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. He did not enjoy making the film, saying in 1986, "Finally, I was in a position of being able to pick my roles. But I didn't like the movie. I didn't like me in the movie. To this day, I cannot look at that film. It's because of Preminger. He was a tyrant who ruled by terror. He tied me up in knots. He screamed at me. He called me names. He said I was lazy. He said I was a fool. He never cursed me. His insults were far more personal." Tryon later guest-starred on '' Kraft Suspense Theatre'' and then was reunited with Preminger in '' In Harm's Way'' (1965) starring
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. One of his final film roles was in '' The Glory Guys'' (1965) with
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.


Later career

Tryon was part of a live television performance of '' The Fall of the House of Usher''. He also co-wrote a song, "I Wish I Was", which appeared on an obscure record by Dick Kallman, star of the short-lived 1965 television sitcom '' Hank''. Other television roles include episodes of ''
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'', '' Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre'', and the 1967 TV movie remake '' Winchester '73'' in which Tryon played
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's original role with a supporting cast featuring Dan Duryea, John Drew Barrymore,
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,
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and
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. Tryon went to Australia for his final screen performance as the lead in '' Color Me Dead'' (1969), a remake of the noir classic '' D.O.A.'' (1950), which had slipped into public domain.


Writing career

Disillusioned with acting, Tryon retired from the profession in 1969 and began writing horror and mystery novels. He also moved into film financing, serving as executive producer of Dalton Trumbo's '' Johnny Got His Gun'' (1971). His best-known work is '' The Other'' (1971), about a boy whose evil twin brother may or may not be responsible for a series of deaths in a small rural community in the 1930s. He adapted his novel into a film released the following year that starred Diana Muldaur,
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, and
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. '' Harvest Home'' (1973), about the dark
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town, was adapted as '' The Dark Secret of Harvest Home'' (1978), a television miniseries starring
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. Tryon's other books include ''Crowned Heads'', a collection of novellas inspired by the legends of
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. Tryon sold the film rights to Universal to make four films based on the novellas. The first of these novellas, ''
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,'' about a reclusive former film actress whose relationship with her plastic surgeon is similar to that between a drug addict and her pusher, was later converted to a feature film directed by
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. Other novellas in the collection were based on the murder of former silent screen star Ramón Novarro and on the complicated relationship between actor Clifton Webb and his mother. ''Lady'' (1974) concerns the friendship between an eight-year-old boy and a charming widow in 1930s New England and the secret he discovers about her. His novel ''The Night of the Moonbow'' (1989) tells the story of a boy driven to violent means by the constant harassment he receives at summer camp. ''Night Magic,'' written in 1991, was posthumously published in 1995.


Personal life

In 1955, Tryon married Ann L. Noyes, the daughter of stockbroker Joseph Leo Lilienthal and his wife, the former Edna Arnstein. She was the former wife of Thomas Ewing Noyes, with whom she had been a theatrical producer. The Tryons divorced in 1958. Ann died in 1966. Tryon said that she committed suicide and that he kept a photograph of her in his apartment. During the 1970s, he was in a romantic relationship with Clive Clerk, one of the original cast members of ''
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'' and an interior designer who decorated Tryon's apartment on
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in New York City, which was featured in ''
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''. From 1973 to 1977, Tryon was in a relationship with porn actor Casey Donovan.


Death

Tryon died on September 4, 1991, at the age of 65 in Los Angeles, California. The announced cause of death was stomach cancer. Tryon's literary executor, C. Thomas Holloway, later stated Tryon's illness was related to his
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status. Tryon asked to keep this information private. When Tryon's lover Clive Clerk explained, "Tom didn't want his readers or his relatives to know," Holloway disapproved, writing, "I see it as Tom's selfish silence helped the Dark Ages f public acceptance of HIV/AIDS">HIV_AIDS.html" ;"title="f public acceptance of HIV/AIDS">f public acceptance of HIV/AIDScontinue into the millennium."Holloway, C. Robert, ''Dangerous Crossing: Memoir of a Fateful Trip'' (Holloway, 2013), page 88


Filmography


Film


Television


Bibliography


Novels

* '' The Other'' (
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, 1971) * '' Harvest Home'' (
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, 1973) * ''Lady'' (
Knopf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. () is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers ...
, 1974) * ''The Night of the Moonbow'' (
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, 1989) * ''The Wings of the Morning'' (
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, 1990) * ''In the Fire of Spring'' (
Knopf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. () is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers ...
, 1992) * ''The Adventures of Opal and Cupid'' (
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, 1992) * ''Night Magic'' (
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, 1995)


Collections

* ''Crowned Heads'' (
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, 1976) * ''All That Glitters'' (
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, 1986)


Short stories and novellas

* ''Bobbitt'' (1976) * ''Fedora'' (1976) * ''Lorna'' (1976) * ''Willie'' (1976)


References


External links

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