Tom Ricketts
Acting
146
Acting Credits
17
Directed
Biography
Tom Ricketts (January 15, 1853 – January 19, 1939) was an English stage, later a Hollywood screen, actor. He also directed numerous early Hollywood Silent films, and was the writer of several.
Known For
The Invisible Man
Old Farmer with Barn (uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein
Burgher
A Star Is Born
Ray (uncredited)
After the Thin Man
Henry (uncredited)
Top Hat
Nervous Thackeray Club Waiter (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady
Old Man Sitting next to Mary at the Banquet Table (uncredited)
Dead End
Old Man (uncredited)
Cavalcade
Waiter (uncredited)
Filmography
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Butler in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein
1939
as Burgher
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Old Man Sitting next to Mary at the Banquet Table (uncredited)
The Young in Heart
1938
as Andrew
Young Fugitives
1938
as Tom Riggins
Gateway
1938
as Old Man
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
Dead End
1937
as Old Man (uncredited)
Breakfast for Two
1937
as Receivership Hearing Member (uncredited)
History Is Made at Night
1937
The Lady Escapes
1937
as Uncle George
Carnival in Paris
1937
as Egyptologist (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1937
as Ray (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
1937
as Giles Cory (Uncredited)
Parnell
1937
as Elderly Man
Show Boat
1936
Daniel Boone
1936
as Attorney General's Associate
To Mary - with Love
1936
as Waiter
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936
as Old Man in Hospital
After the Thin Man
1936
as Henry (uncredited)
Human Cargo
1936
as Reporter
Trouble for Two
1936
as Sir Frederick (Uncredited)
Now or Never
1935
as Robert, the Butler
Hi, Gaucho!
1935
as Don Salvador de Aragon
Cardinal Richelieu
1935
as Agitator
Music Is Magic
1935
as Elderly Dancer in Music is Magic Number (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
1935
as Pigeon Receiver
The Great Impersonation
1935
as Villager (uncredited)
Top Hat
1935
as Nervous Thackeray Club Waiter (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
1935
as Spear Department Head (uncredited)
Forsaking All Others
1934
as Wiff' Wiffens (Uncredited)
Manhattan Love Song
1934
as Rich Man
The Curtain Falls
1934
as Hotel Manager
By Your Leave
1934
as Old Man in Club
Stolen Sweets
1934
as Stoner, the Bennet Butler
No Greater Glory
1934
as Janitor
The Red Rider
1934
as Judge
One More River
1934
as Barrister (Uncredited)
In Love with Life
1934
as Book Store Proprietor
Forgotten
1933
as Mr. Johnson
Mama Loves Papa
1933
as Mr. Pierrepont
I Am Suzanne!
1933
as Puppeteer
Pleasure Cruise
1933
as The Man from Manchester (Uncredited)
Stage Mother
1933
as Fred's Father (uncredited)
Gordon of Ghost City
1933
as Amos Gray
Cavalcade
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
Secret Sinners
1933
as Pop - the Stage Doorman
He Learned About Women
1933
as Augus
The Invisible Man
1933
as Old Farmer with Barn (uncredited)
Laughter in Hell
1933
as Judge
Berkeley Square
1933
as Town Crier (uncredited)
Blind Adventure
1933
Zoo in Budapest
1933
as Gus - Lamplighter (uncredited)
Women Won't Tell
1932
as Williams
The Expert
1932
as Dietenhofer
Thrill of Youth
1932
as Grandpa Zachary Thayer
Vanity Fair
1932
as Sir Pitt's Butler Parker
If I Had a Million
1932
as Mrs. Walker's Dancing Partner at Idylwood (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Wedding Spectator (uncredited)
The Phantom President
1932
as Old Man (uncredited)
Side Show
1931
as Tom Allison
Ambassador Bill
1931
as Littleton
The Common Law
1931
as Elderly Party Guest (uncredited)
East Lynne
1931
as Rev. Hartley
Man of the World
1931
as Mr. Bradkin (uncredited)
Big Business Girl
1931
as Old Man at Graduation Dance (uncredited)
Danger Island
1931
as Professor Gerald Adams
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
1930
as Rheumatic Old Man
Sea Legs
1930
as Commander
The Vagabond King
1930
as The Astrologer
The Life of the Party
1930
as Elderly Fashion Show Spectator
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
as King's Aide
Prince of Diamonds
1930
as Williams
Interference
1929
as Charles Smith
Light Fingers
1929
as Edward Madison
Skirt Shy
1929
as Edgar, the old beau
Glad Rag Doll
1929
as Admiral
Bulldog Drummond
1929
as Colonel
Red Hot Speed
1929
as Colonel Long (as Thomas Ricketts)
Dry Martini
1928
as Joseph
Doomsday
1928
as Percival's Butler
Five and Ten Cent Annie
1928
as Adam Peck
Just Married
1928
as Makepeace Witter
Freedom of the Press
1928
as Wicks
The Law and the Man
1928
as Quintus Newtoon
My Friend from India
1927
as Judge Elmer Elderberry Egbert Belmore
Get Your Man
1927
as Gentleman in Wax Museum (uncredited)
Children of Divorce
1927
as The Secretary
Casey at the Bat
1927
as Laughing Spectator (uncredited)
Venus of Venice
1927
as Bride's Father
A Sailor's Sweetheart
1927
as Professor Meekham
Too Many Crooks
1927
as Butler
Orchids and Ermine
1927
as Customer
Broadway Madness
1927
as Lawrence Compton
In a Moment of Temptation
1927
as Timothy Gage
The Old Soak
1926
as Roue
Love's Blindness
1926
as Marquis of Hurlshire
When the Wife's Away
1926
The Belle of Broadway
1926
as Maurice Penelli
Stranded in Paris
1926
as Herr Rederson
Ladies at Play
1926
as Deacon Ezra Boody
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
1926
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Dancing Days
1926
as Stubbins
The Lily
1926
as Jean (as Thomas Ricketts)
Ladies of Leisure
1926
as Wadleigh
Poker Faces
1926
as Henry Curlew
The Nut-Cracker
1926
as Isaac Totten
Going the Limit
1926
as Mortimer Harden
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925
as Andrew J. Casson (as Thomas Ricketts)
My Wife and I
1925
as Valet
Oh, Doctor!
1925
as Mr. Peck
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
1925
as The Rounder (as Thomas Ricketts)
Bobbed Hair
1925
as Mr. Brewster
Wages for Wives
1925
as Judge McLean
The Fate of a Flirt
1925
as Uncle John Burgess
A Fight to the Finish
1925
as Cyrus J. Davis
When Husbands Flirt
1925
as Wilbur Belcher
The Price of Success
1925
as Peter Van Teyne
Three Women
1924
as Butler
Cheap Kisses
1924
as The Old Man
Secrets of the Night
1924
as Jerry Hammond
Circe the Enchantress
1924
as Archibald Crumm
The Gaiety Girl
1924
as His Grace, the Duke
Strangers of the Night
1923
as Lush
The Dangerous Maid
1923
as John Standish Lane
Black Oxen
1923
as Charles Dinwiddie
Within the Law
1923
as General Hastings
Alice Adams
1923
as J.A. Lamb
A Tailor-Made Man
1922
as Anton Huber
Shattered Idols
1922
as Rev. Dr. Romney
The Lavender Bath Lady
1922
as Simon Gregory
The Eternal Flame
1922
as Vidame de Pameir (as Thomas Ricketts)
The Killer
1921
as Tim Westmore
Sham
1921
as Uncle James (as Thomas Ricketts)
Beating the Game
1921
as Jules Fanchette
Puppets of Fate
1921
as Father Francisco
The Parish Priest
1921
as Dr. Thomas Cassidy
Bonnie May
1920
The Desperate Hero
1920
as Butler
The Paliser Case
1920
as Major Archie Phipps
The Great Lover
1920
as Potter
The Willow Tree
1920
as Priest
All of a Sudden Peggy
1920
as Major Archie Phipps
Girls
1919
as Mr. Dennett
Please Get Married
1919
as Doctor Jenkins
A Christmas Carol
1908
as Ebenezer Scrooge