Not to be
confused with British director Tom Clegg [1934-2016]. As a young man our Tom
Clegg started out in life as a member of the Household Cavalry, before becoming
a professional middleweight boxer from 1938-1939 appearing in 8 bouts, winning
four and losing four. You can see why
Peter Rogers cast him in that role in two of the “Carry On” films! Tom
apparently first broke into the world of film when he got some work as a stuntman
in the 1952 film, “Ivanhoe”, starring Robert Taylor. By the mid-1950s Tom was
starting to appear in small acting roles. Some of the films he appeared in
during those early days include “Moby Dick” and “The Hideout” (both 1956);
“Saint Joan” (1957); “This Sporting Life” (1963) and the James Bond epic
“Thunderball” in 1965.
Branching
out in the blossoming world of television in the late 1950s and 1960s, Tom
played a range of tough guys and menacing baddies in a wide range of well-known
Drama series. He popped up in the likes of ‘Quatermass II’, ‘The Saint’, ‘Sword
of Freedom’, ‘Dixon of Dock Green’ and ‘The Sweeney’. He also found a niche in
comedy roles on the small screen, appearing in four separate episodes of the
classic comedy series ‘Hancock's Half Hour’. He went on to appear in ‘The Benny
Hill Show’ and ‘Till Death Us Do Part’.
CLEGG, Tom (aka Tommy Clegg) [1915, Hackney, East
London, England,
U.K. – 1996, U.K.] – boxer,
stuntman, film, TV actor.
Carry on
Cowboy – 1965 (blacksmith)
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