Tom Forman
ActingAlso Known As
Thomas Powers Forman, Tom Powers Forman, Tom P. Forman, Tom P. Foreman, Thomas Forman
Biography
Tom Forman (February 22, 1893 – November 7, 1926) was an American motion picture actor, director, writer, and producer of the early 1920s. Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 1914. With the exception of service at the front during World War I, he had a successful career as both an actor and director. Forman directed Lon Chaney's Shadows (1922), but his biggest achievement was realised directing the second screen version of Owen Wister's The Virginian (1923). After his career faltered, he was reduced to working on cheap Poverty Row melodramas. Forman is also known for his work with Edith Taliaferro in Young Romance. Forman was set to direct the Columbia film The Wreck, which was to start shooting on November 8, 1926. However, on the evening of November 7 Forman died by suicide, by shooting himself through the heart at his parents' home in Venice, California. Adela Rogers St. Johns based the character of Maximillan Carey in her original story for What Price Hollywood? (1932) on Forman. He was a cousin of silent screen star Madge Bellamy. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movies
(33 total)
For Better, for Worse
as Richard Burton
Young Romance
as Tom Clancy
The Round-Up
as Jack Payson
The Cost of Hatred
as Ned Amory
The Tree of Knowledge
as Brian
Out of the Darkness
as Tom Jameson
The Unknown
as First Private
The Marriage of Kitty
as Jack Churchill
The Yellow Pawn
as Philip Grant
To Have and to Hold
as Lord Carnal
Those Without Sin
as Bob Wallace
The Wild Goose Chase
as Bob Randall
The Ragamuffin
as Bob Van Dyke
The Sea Wolf
as Humphrey Van Weyden
The Woman
as Tom Blake
Forbidden Paths
as Harry Maxwell
Chimmie Fadden
as Antoine, Butler-Thief
Chimmie Fadden Out West
as Antoine
The Clown
as Bob Hunter
Her Strange Wedding
as Lee Brownell