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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 10, 1931
Died
December 12, 2013
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Also Known As
- T.C. Frank
Tom Laughlin
0.7 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr. (August 10, 1931 – December 12, 2013) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator, and activist. Laughlin was best known for his series of Billy Jack films. He was married to actress Delores Taylor from 1954 until his death. Taylor co-produced and acted in all four Billy Jack films. His unique promotion of The Trial of Billy Jack (TV trailers during national news and an "opening day" nationwide release) was a major influence on the way films are marketed. In the early 1960s, Laughlin put his film career on hiatus to start a Montessori preschool in Santa Monica, California; it became the largest school of its kind in the United States. In his later years, he sought the office of President of the United States in 1992, 2004, and 2008. He was involved in psychology and domestic abuse counseling, writing several books on Jungian psychology and developing theories on the causes of cancer.
Known For
7.3
Early Edition
1996
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
6.3
Billy Jack
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
1977
6.0
Engineering Officer (uncredited)
Voyage of the Damned
1976
4.5
Finley
The Master Gunfighter
1975
5.7
Billy Jack
The Trial of Billy Jack
1974
5.9
Billy Jack
Billy Jack
1971
6.0
Billy Jack
The Born Losers
1967
🎬
4.0
Chris Wotan
Like Father, Like Son
1965
6.2
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Credits
Early Edition
1996
7.3
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
as Billy Jack
1977
6.3
Voyage of the Damned
as Engineering Officer (uncredited)
1976
6.0
The Master Gunfighter
as Finley
1975
4.5
The Trial of Billy Jack
as Billy Jack
1974
5.7
Billy Jack
as Billy Jack
1971
5.9
The Born Losers
as Billy Jack
1967
6.0
🎬
Like Father, Like Son
as Chris Wotan
1965
4.0
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Tall Story
as Fred Jensen
1960
5.4
The Proper Time
as Mickey Henderson
1960
3.5
Battle of the Coral Sea
as Ens. Franklin
1959
5.6
Riverboat
as Tom Fowler
1959
6.2
Gidget
as Lover Boy
1959
5.9
Senior Prom
as Carter Breed III
1958
7.0
Man with a Camera
1958
4.6
South Pacific
as Lt. Buzz Adams
1958
6.1
Lafayette Escadrille
as Arthur Blumenthal
1958
4.4
The Walter Winchell File
1957
5.0
The Delinquents
as Scotty White
1957
4.7
Tea and Sympathy
as Ralph
1956
6.9
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
The Millionaire
as Vic Carter
1955
5.0
Climax!
as Paisan
1954
3.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
The Return of Billy Jack
as Billy Jack
N/A
0.0