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Thomas Curtis Bush (February 6, 1928 – February 4, 2003) was an American actor. He was born in
Orange County, California Orange County (officially the County of Orange; often initialized O.C.) is a county (United States), county located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population ...
. He frequently worked with
Sam Peckinpah David Samuel Peckinpah (; February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director and screenwriter. His 1969 Western epic '' The Wild Bunch'' received two Academy Award nominations and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Instit ...
, appearing in '' The Getaway'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. Other films he appeared in include ''
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'', '' Crimson Tide'', ''
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'' and '' Dr. Dolittle 2''. He appeared in such TV series as ''
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'' and ''
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''. He played Deputy Sturgess on '' Bret Maverick''. He died on February 4, 2003, in Los Angeles, California, at age 74.


Partial filmography

*'' The Getaway'' (1972) - Cowboy's Helper *''
The Killer Elite ''The Killer Elite'' is a 1975 American action film, action thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah and written by Marc Norman and Stirling Silliphant, adapted from the Robert Syd Hopkins novel ''Monkey in the Middle.'' It stars James Caan and ...
'' (1975) - Sam the Mechanic *''
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'' (1978) - Chief Stacey Love *''
Indecent Proposal ''Indecent Proposal'' is a 1993 American erotic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Amy Holden Jones. It is based on the 1988 novel by Jack Engelhard, in which a couple's marriage is disrupted by a stranger's offer of a milli ...
'' (1993) - David's Father *''
Ed Wood Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, and pulp novelist. In the 1950s, Wood directed several B movie, low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult c ...
'' (1994) - Stage Manager *''
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'' (1994) - Rogers Hornsby *'' Crimson Tide'' (1995) - Admiral Williams *''
A Family Thing ''A Family Thing'' is a 1996 American drama film starring Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones and Irma P. Hall. It was written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson and directed by Richard Pearce. Plot Earl Pilcher ( Robert Duvall), an equip ...
'' (1996) - Old Man *''
Mars Attacks! ''Mars Attacks!'' is a 1996 American science fiction film, science fiction black comedy, black comedy film directed by Tim Burton, who also co-produced it with Larry J. Franco. The screenplay by Jonathan Gems was based on the Topps trading ca ...
'' (1996) - Hillbilly *''
Con Air ''Con Air'' is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Simon West and starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich in the lead roles. Written by Scott Rosenberg and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the film centers on a pr ...
'' (1997) - Fresno Sheriff Ted Grasso *''
Rush Hour A rush hour (American English, British English) or peak hour (Australian English, Indian English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice e ...
'' (1998) - Bomb Practice Sergeant *''
Crime and Punishment in Suburbia ''Crime and Punishment in Suburbia'' (stylized as ''Crime + Punishment in Suburbia'') is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Rob Schmidt, written by Larry Gross, and starring Monica Keena, Vincent Kartheiser, Jeffrey Wright, James ...
'' (2000) - Chief Judson *'' Dr. Dolittle 2'' (2001) - Farmer (final film role)


References


Tommy Bush at Aveleyman


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bush, Tommy 1928 births 2003 deaths 20th-century American male actors Male actors from California