Tom Chatterton
Tom Chatterton (February 12, 1881 – August 17, 1952) was an American actor and director.. Born in Geneva, New York, Chatterton was active in sports as a youth. He gained early acting experience with Ben Horning's stock theater company in Syracuse, New York. He worked with several stock theater companies, and for three years he portrayed the mayor in a touring company of The Man of the Hour. He also was active in vaudeville. He began his film career in 1913 at the New York Motion Picture Company under director Thomas H. Ince. Although never a major star, Chatterton had several leading roles in early silent films. He appeared in a large number of westerns and was able to adapt to talkies allowing him to have a successful career lasting five decades. Chatterton was also a film director. He died in Hollywood in 1952 and was interred in the Glenwood Cemetery in his hometown of Geneva. Selected filmography The Open Door (1913, Short) - Rev. Walton The Voice at the Telephone (1914) - Dick Carson On the Night Stage (1915) - Stagecoach Driver (uncredited) The Secret of the Submarine (1915) - Lt. Jarvis Hope Father and the Boys (1915) A Soul Enslaved (1916) - Richard Newton Bluff (1916) - Harold Wainwright Beloved Rogues (1917) - Jack Kennedy Whither Thou Goest (1917) - Tom Van Wye At the Mercy of Tiberius (1920) - Lennox Dunbar The Gilded Dream (1920) - Jasper Halroyd Her Husband's Friend (1920) - Princeton Hadley Would You Forgive? (1920) - John Cleveland The Boss Rider of Gun Creek (1936) - Sheriff Blaine Sandflow (1937) - Sheriff Venus Makes Trouble (1937) - Kenneth Rowland You Can't Beat Love (1937) - Mr. Raymond (uncredited) A Fight to the Finish (1937) - Mayberry The Toast of New York (1937) - Fisk Broker (uncredited) It Happened in Hollywood (1937) - Bank Manager (uncredited) Sudden Bill Dorn (1937) - Morgan All American Sweetheart (1937) - Thatcher (uncredited) This Marriage Business (1938) - Mr. Grant (uncredited) Under Western Stars (1938) - Congressman Edward H. Marlowe Sky Giant (1938) - Johnson (uncredited) Smashing the Rackets (1938) - Grand Juryman (uncredited) Hold That Co-ed (1938) - Political Adviser (uncredited) Hawk of the Wilderness (1938) - Dr. Edward Munro Kentucky (1938) - Man at Race Track (uncredited) Arizona Legion (1939) - Commissioner Teagle The Oklahoma Kid (1939) - Homesteader (uncredited) Trouble in Sundown (1939) - Brown - Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited) The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) - Announcer at Benefit (uncredited) Dodge City (1939) - Passenger (uncredited) The Man Who Dared (1939) - Police Commissioner (uncredited) Man of Conquest (1939) - Official (uncredited) Thunder Afloat (1939) - Lieutenant (uncredited) Calling All Marines (1939) - Judge (uncredited) Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939) - Speaker of the House (uncredited) Laugh It Off (1939) - Politician (uncredited) The Big Guy (1939) - Doctor (uncredited) Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) - Minor Role (uncredited) Village Barn Dance (1940) - Station Executive (uncredited) Drums of Fu Manchu (1940) - Prof. Edward