Thomas Beck

• Born: Dec 29, 1909 in New York City, New York
• Died: Sep 23, 1995 in Miami Shores, Florida
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '30s
• Major Genres: Drama, Mystery
• Career Highlights: Charlie Chan at the Opera, Charlie Chan in Paris, The Thirteenth Chair
• First Major Screen Credit: Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)

Biography

Thomas Beck was but one of a legion of pleasant, unassuming young men who were signed to 20th Century-Fox contracts in the mid-1930s. Beck was afforded romantic-lead assignments in several of Fox's "B" productions, including four "Charlie Chans," two "Mr. Motos" and a brace of the "Jones Family" comedies. He also played featured roles in a handful of "A"s: a dying legionnaire in Under Two Flags (1937), Brissac in Seventh Heaven (1937) and the village priest in Heidi (1938). Beck might have gone on to stardom had not his fervent political activities with the Screen Actors Guild prompted Fox to "punish" the actor by cutting his salary. Turning his back on films at age 30, Thomas Beck successfully pursued a number of business ventures before retiring to Florida in the early 1970s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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