He appeared with Marilyn Monroe in her final (and unfinished) film, Slaughter" (1958), which made him a household name. He madeĪ few more films, but in 1958 he appeared in the part that made him most famous: the title role in the Disney TV series, "Texas John In 1955, he moved to California to try his hand at the movies, and the next year made his film debut in The Scarlet Hour (1956). He worked in television as a production assistant. He made his Broadway debut in 1952 in the musical "Wish You Were Here". He also graduated from Yale University, with a BFA degree. He served as set painter/designer, assistant stage manager, and, later, encouraged, by Gertrude Lawrence and her husband, Richard Aldrich, who managed the theatre, he became an actor. After his discharge, he joined the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts. Navy at age 17 and spent three years as a radio specialist in the South Pacific. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Tom Tryon - son of clothier Arthur Lane Tryon and not, as was commonly believed - actor Glenn Tryon - grew up in Wethersfield, Connecticut.
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