Tom Greenway

Tom Greenway (June 5, 1909 – February 8, 1985) was an American film and television actor. He appeared in over 100 films and television programs, in which he also appeared in westerns of the 1950s, such as Big Timber. He was particularly rough on Dennis Weaver's character ("Chester Goode") on Gunsmoke, almost killing Matt Dillon's sidekick twice in 1957; first when he played the hated "Ned Pickard" in the episode "Chester's Murder" (S2E27) and later the bully "Trevitt" as he again attacks Chester in the episode "Never Pester Chester" (S3E10). He also made an appearance on High Noon. Greenway died in February 1985 of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles, California. at the age of 75.

Greenway was born in Booneville, Arkansas to Charles Sanford Greenway and his wife Lena Mai Radford, in Logan County, east of Fort Smith in western Arkansas. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Forces as a flight engineer on a B-17 bomber. While on a mission, he was shot down and spent more than a year in Italian and German POW camps. Released from military service, he performed on Broadway in New York City, where he procured his Social Security number, before he moved into films, where he had many uncredited roles in the early years of his career.

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Vorname:Tom
Geburtsdatum:05.06.1909 (♊ Zwillinge)
Geburtsort:Booneville
Sterbedatum:08.02.1985
Sterbeort:Los Angeles
Nationalität:Vereinigte Staaten
Muttersprache:Englisch
Sprachen:Englisch;
Geschlecht:♂männlich
Berufe:Schauspieler, Fernsehschauspieler,

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