Thomas Jefferson (actor)

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
	Jefferson in 1902
Born	Thomas Lockyer Jefferson; September 10, 1856; New York City, U.S.
Died	April 2, 1932 (aged 75); Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1911–1932
Spouse	Daisy Jefferson

Thomas Lockyer Jefferson (September 10, 1856 – April 2, 1932) was an American film and stage actor in mostly silent films.

Biography

He was born to Margaret Clements Lockyer (died 1861) and actor Joseph Jefferson.^[1] The Burns Mantle Yearbook reported that he was sixth in a line of famous Jeffersons.^[2] He had leading roles in several films including The Grim Game (1919) with Harry Houdini. He also starred in two film adaptations of Rip Van Winkle as the title character, a role his father had performed on stage.

He toured the U.S. performing a starring role in the play Lightnin'.^[1] He married actress Daisy Jefferson and had three daughters from an earlier marriage.^[1]

Selected filmography

The Sable Lorcha (1915)
Only a Tramp (1915)
Under the Gaslight (1914)
The Seats of the Mighty (1914)
Rip Van Winkle (1914)
Classmates (1914)
No Place for Father (1913)
Olaf—An Atom (1913)
The Mainspring (1916)
Little Eve Edgarton (1916)
The Missing Links (1916)
An Old-Fashioned Young Man (1917)
Polly Put the Kettle On (1917)
A Hoosier Romance (1918)
The Grim Game (1919)^[3]
The Other Half (1919)
The Spender (1919)
Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919)
Married in Haste (1919)
Hearts Are Trumps (1920)
White Youth (1920)
The Little Grey Mouse (1920)
A Splendid Hazard (1920)
Help Wanted - Male (1920)
The Girl in the Web (1920)
The Idle Rich (1921)
Rip Van Winkle (1921)
My Lady's Latchkey (1921)
Straight from Paris (1921)
Beauty's Worth (1922)
The Son of the Wolf (1922)
The Thoroughbred (1925)
Paid to Love (1927)
Soft Living (1928)
On with the Show (1929)
Just Like Heaven (1930)
Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1931)
Forbidden (1932)^[1]
The Hatchet Man (1932)^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "HOLLYWOOD HEYDAY: April 3, 1932". July 22, 2009.
^ Mantle, Burns; Chapman, John Arthur; Sherwood, Garrison P.; Kronenberger, Louis (April 13, 2019). "Burns Mantle Yearbook". Dodd, Mead. Retrieved April 13, 2019 – via Google Books.
^ "Where Was Thomas Jefferson Born? Thomas Jefferson Hometown, Birthplace". Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019.