Tom Fadden

• Born: 1895
• Died: Apr 14, 1980 in Vero Beach, Florida
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '40s-'60s
• Major Genres: Comedy, Western
• Career Highlights: State of the Union, Edge of Darkness, Zanzibar
• First Major Screen Credit: Zanzibar (1940)

Biography

Lanky character actor Tom Fadden first trod the boards when he joined an Omaha stock company in 1915. Fadden went on to tour in top vaudeville with his actress wife Genevieve. From 1932 to 1939, he was seen on Broadway in such productions as Nocturne and Our Town. He made his first film in 1939. Fadden's better-known screen roles include the tollhouse keeper in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)--which led to choice appearances in subsequent Frank Capra productions--and "possessed" townman Ira in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). In 1958, he was seen on a weekly basis as Silas Perry on TV's Cimarron City. Tom Fadden's cinematic swan song was 1977's Empire of the Ants. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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