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Born Vincent Markowski in New York in 1903, western screen hero Tom Tyler worked as a factory laborer, coal miner, and a lumberjack before rising to fame in silent films. Details of his early life are sketchy, at best. By the early 1920s, Tyler made his way to Hollywood. Tall, muscular, and handsome, Tom Tyler quickly found work as an film extra and stuntman.
In the 1920s, Tyler worked at various studios, including Pathe, MGM, and Film Booking Offices of America (FBO). In 1925, the financially burdened FBO was purchased by Kennedy-family patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy. When Tyler secured a contract with the newly solvent FBO studio that same year, his name was changed to Tom Tyler. FBO primarily made low-budget westerns, often distributed solely in the south and midwest, and the studio paid its actors meager salaries. Tyler's first film for the studio was Let's Go Gallagher, released in August 1925. Between 1925 and 1929, Tyler made nearly 30 films at FBO. However, in 1929 FBO was absorbed into a conglomerate which became RKO Studios. After leaving RKO, Tyler made films for nearly every poverty row studio, including Mascot, Victory, and Reliable. He met actress Jeanne Martel on the set of Reliable's Santa Fe Bound in 1936, and the couple married the following year. After making two more films together, Orphan of the Pecos (1937) and Lost Ranch (1937), Tyler and Martel soon parted company.
By the late 1930s, many poverty row studios had either folded or were bought up by larger companies. Rolling with the punches, Tom Tyler moved on to such studios as Universal, Republic, and Columbia, taking on a larger variety of roles. Branching out from westerns, Tyler took roles in horror films and in serials portraying the comic book heroes Captain Marvel and The Phantom.
Republic's popular Three Mesquiteers series eventually saw the production of 51 features. Tyler, who portrayed Stony Brooke, was on board for the final 13 films; however, he also appeared in earlier Three Mesquiteers films, such as Powdersmoke Range (1935) and The Night Riders (1939). There were numerous cast changes during the run of the series. By the time Tyler took over the role of Stony Brooke, Bob Steele portrayed Tucson Smith, and Rufe Davis was in the role of Lullaby Joslin. When Davis left the series in 1942, he was replaced by Jimmy Dodd. Avid TV viewers will remember Davis as "Floyd Smoot" in the CBS TV series Petticoat Junction from 1963 to 1970. As for Jimmy Dodd, from 1955 to 1959 he hosted The Mickey Mouse Club.
Although Tom Tyler acted in at least 200 films during his 30-year career, he never earned much money. In the years following the end of World War II, Tyler's career suffered greatly due to his terrible bout with rheumatoid arthritis. Although he worked in films with some regularity, often the roles were little more than bit parts; Tyler's mobility was limited, and his facial features became distorted from the disease. By 1953, with his health declining rapidly, yet he took a part in Ed Wood's 25-minute TV pilot Crossroads Avenger; in his scenes, he's clearly in great pain. After one more small role in the 1953 western Cow Country, Tyler, now crippled, headed east to Michigan to live with family members. Sadly, he passed away in May 1954 of a heart ailment at the age of 50.
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FILMOGRAPHY

"The Gene Autry Show: Bandidos (#3.8)" (1953) TV Episode [Actor .... Lanky Outlaw at Hideout]

"The Gene Autry Show: Thunder Out West (#3.1)" (1953) TV Episode [Actor .... Slender Thug in the White Hat]

Cow Country (1953) [Actor .... Pete]

Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid (1953) (TV) [Actor .... Deputy Ed]

"Cowboy G-Men: Salted Mines (#1.14)" (1952) TV Episode [Actor]

"Sky King: The Giant Eagle (#1.15)" (1952) TV Episode [Actor .... Al]

The Lion and the Horse (1952) [Actor .... Bud Sabin]

Outlaw Women (1952) [Actor .... Chillawaka Charlie] (uncredited) ... aka Boot Hill Mamas (USA: video title)

"The Gene Autry Show: The Trail of the Witch (#2.26)" (1952) TV Episode [Actor .... Snake-eye]

Road Agent (1952) [Actor .... Larkin]

"The Gene Autry Show: Trouble at Silver Creek (#2.23)" (1952) TV Episode [Actor .... Hank]

"Boston Blackie: The Big H Murder (#1.26)" (1952) TV Episode [Actor]

"The Roy Rogers Show: Outlaw's Town (#1.9)" (1952) TV Episode [Actor .... Slim]

"Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok: Mexican Gun Running Story (#3.4)" (1952) TV Episode [Actor .... Sheriff]

"The Roy Rogers Show: The Outlaw's Girl (#1.7)" (1952) TV Episode [Actor .... Andy - Deputy]

"Boston Blackie: Roller Coaster Murder (#1.12)" (1951) TV Episode [Actor]

Best of the Badmen (1951) [Actor .... Frank James]

"Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok: Johnny Deuce (#1.12)" (1951) TV Episode [Actor .... Sheriff]

The Great Missouri Raid (1951) [Actor .... Allen Parmer]

"The Cisco Kid: Uncle Disinherits Niece (#1.24)" (1951) TV Episode [Actor .... Sheriff]

"The Cisco Kid: Phoney Sheriff (#1.23)" (1951) TV Episode [Actor .... Sheriff]

"The Cisco Kid: Haven for Heavies (#1.20)" (1951) TV Episode [Actor .... Sheriff Jim Turner]

Trail of Robin Hood (1950) [Actor .... Tom Tyler]

"The Cisco Kid: Wedding Blackmail (#1.14)" (1950) TV Episode [Actor .... Sheriff]

Rio Grande Patrol (1950) [Actor .... Chet Yance, chief henchman]

Fast on the Draw (1950) [Actor .... Outlaw Leader in Shack] ... aka Sudden Death (USA: new title)

"The Lone Ranger: Damsels in Distress (#1.39)" (1950) TV Episode [Actor .... Garth]

West of the Brazos (1950) [Actor .... Henchman Sam] ... aka Rangeland Empire

Colorado Ranger (1950) [Actor .... Henchman Pete] ... aka Guns of Justice

Crooked River (1950) [Actor .... Henchman Weston] ... aka The Last Bullet (USA: TV title)

Marshal of Heldorado (1950) [Actor .... Mike Tulliver] ... aka Blazing Guns

Hostile Country (1950) [Actor .... Tom Brady] ... aka Outlaw Fury (USA: TV title)

The Daltons' Women (1950) [Actor .... Emmett Dalton] ... aka Dalton's Women (USA: video catalogue title)

Riders of the Range (1950) [Actor .... The Ringo Kid]

Square Dance Jubilee (1949) [Actor .... Henchman Buck]

Samson and Delilah (1949) [Actor .... Gristmill captain] (uncredited) ... aka Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (USA: complete title)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) [Actor .... Cpl. Mike Quayne, Leader of Paradise River Patrol]

Masked Raiders (1949) [Actor .... Trig Trevett]

Lust for Gold (1949) [Actor .... Luke, Saloon Owner] (uncredited) ... aka For Those Who Dare (UK: new title)

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) [Actor] (uncredited)

The Younger Brothers (1949) [Actor .... Hatch]

I Shot Jesse James (1949) [Actor .... Frank James]

Blood on the Moon (1948) [Actor .... Frank Reardon]

The Three Musketeers (1948) [Actor .... First Traveller] (uncredited) ... aka Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers (USA: complete title)

Red River (1948) [Actor .... The Quitter] (uncredited)

The Golden Eye (1948) [Actor] (scenes deleted) ... aka Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye ... aka The Mystery of the Golden Eye

Return of the Bad Men (1948) [Actor .... Wild Bill Yeager] ... aka Return of the Badmen (International: English title)

The Dude Goes West (1948) [Actor .... Spiggoty]

Cheyenne (1947) [Actor .... Pecos] ... aka The Wyoming Kid (USA: reissue title)

Never Say Goodbye (1946) [Actor .... Policeman] (uncredited)

Badman's Territory (1946) [Actor .... Frank James]

San Antonio (1945) [Actor .... Lafe McWilliams]

They Were Expendable (1945) [Actor .... Captain at Airport] (uncredited)

Sing Me a Song of Texas (1945) [Actor .... Steve]

The Princess and the Pirate (1944) [Actor .... Lieutenant] (uncredited)

Ladies of Washington (1944) [Actor .... Agent] (uncredited) ... aka Ladies in Washington

Boss of Boomtown (1944) [Actor .... Jim Ward]

The Navy Way (1944) [Actor .... Triangle A Ranch Hand] (uncredited)

Gun to Gun (1944) [Actor .... Sheriff]

The Phantom (1943) [Actor .... The Phantom]

Wagon Tracks West (1943) [Actor .... Clawtooth]

Riders of the Rio Grande (1943) [Actor .... Stony Brooke]

Santa Fe Scouts (1943) [Actor .... Stony Brooke]

The Blocked Trail (1943) [Actor .... Stony Brooke]

Thundering Trails (1943) [Actor .... Stony Brooke]

Valley of Hunted Men (1942) [Actor .... Stony Brooke]

Shadows on the Sage (1942) [Actor .... 'Stony' Brooke]

The Talk of the Town (1942) [Actor .... Clyde Bracken] ... aka George Stevens' The Talk of the Town (USA: complete title)

The Phantom Plainsmen (1942) [Actor .... Stony Brooke]

Westward Ho (1942) [Actor .... Stony Brooke]

Raiders of the Range (1942) [Actor .... Stony Brooke]

Valley of the Sun (1942) [Actor .... Geronimo]

Code of the Outlaw (1942) [Actor .... Stony Brooke]

West of Cimarron (1941) [Actor .... Stony Brooke]

Gauchos of El Dorado (1941) [Actor .... 'Stony' Brooke]

Riders of the Timberlane (1941) [Actor .... Henchman Bill Slade]

Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941) [Actor .... Stony Brooke]

Bad Men of Missouri (1941) [Actor .... Deputy Sheriff Dave] (uncredited)

Border Vigilantes (1941) [Actor .... Henchman Yager]

Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) [Actor .... Captain Marvel] ... aka Captain Marvel ... aka Return of Captain Marvel (USA: reissue title)

Buck Privates (1941) [Actor .... Boxing instructor/Referee] (uncredited) ... aka Rookies (UK)

The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940) [Actor .... Ranger Gilpin] (uncredited)

Cherokee Strip (1940) [Actor .... Frank Morrell] ... aka Fighting Marshal (UK)

The Mummy's Hand (1940) [Actor .... Kharis, the Mummy]

The Westerner (1940) [Actor .... King Evans]

Brother Orchid (1940) [Actor .... Curley Matthews] [Soundtrack] (performer: "My Little Buckaroo")

The Light of Western Stars (1940) [Actor .... Sheriff Tom Hawes] ... aka Border Renegade (USA)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940) [Actor .... Deputy handcuffing Casy] (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind (1939) [Actor .... Commanding Officer During Evacuation] (uncredited)

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) [Actor .... Capt. Morgan] (uncredited)

Frontier Marshal (1939) [Actor .... Curly Bill's Henchman] (uncredited)

The Night Riders (1939) [Actor .... Henchman Jackson] Stagecoach (1939) [Actor .... Luke Plummer]

King of Alcatraz (1938) [Actor .... Gus Banshek] ... aka King of the Alcatraz (UK)

Lost Ranch (1937) [Actor .... Tom Wade] [Soundtrack] (performer: "Tucson Mary")

Brothers of the West (1937) [Actor .... Tom Wade]

Orphan of the Pecos (1937) [Actor .... Tom Rayburn]

Mystery Range (1937) [Actor .... Tom Wade]
The Feud of the Trail (1937) [Actor .... Tom Wade, posing as Jack Granger] [Soundtrack] (performer: "The Old Chisholm Trail")

Under Southern Stars (1937) [Actor .... Leader of CSA patrol that shoots Jackson] (uncredited)

Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) [Actor .... Tom Wade, aka 'Cheyenne Tommy']

The Phantom of the Range (1936) [Actor .... Jerry Lane]

Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (1936) [Actor .... 'Scotty' McQuade]

Santa Fe Bound (1936) [Actor .... Tom Crenshaw]

The Last Outlaw (1936) [Actor .... Al Goss]

Pinto Rustlers (1936) [Actor .... Tom Dawson]

Roamin' Wild (1936) [Actor .... Tom Barton]

Ridin' On (1936) [Actor .... Tom Rork] ... aka The Unseen Enemy (UK)

Fast Bullets (1936) [Actor .... Ranger Tom Hilton] ... aka Law and Order (UK)

Trigger Tom (1935) [Actor .... Tom Hunter]

Powdersmoke Range (1935) [Actor .... Sundown Saunders]

Rio Rattler (1935) [Actor .... Tom Denton]

The Laramie Kid (1935) [Actor .... Tom Talbot]

The Silver Bullet (1935) [Actor .... Tom Henderson]

Silent Valley (1935) [Actor .... Sheriff Tom Hall]

Born to Battle (1935) [Actor .... 'Cyclone' Tom Saunders]

Tracy Rides (1935) [Actor .... Sheriff Tom Tracy]

Coyote Trails (1935) [Actor .... Tom Riley]

Unconquered Bandit (1935) [Actor .... Tom Morgan]

Terror of the Plains (1934) [Actor .... Tom Lansing]

Fighting Hero (1934) [Actor .... Tom Hall]

Mystery Ranch (1934) [Actor .... Bob Morris]

Ridin' Thru (1934) [Actor .... Tom Saunders]

War of the Range (1933) [Actor .... Tom Bradley]

Phantom of the Air (1933/I) [Actor .... Bob Raymond]

Deadwood Pass (1933) [Actor .... Tom Whitlock]

Clancy of the Mounted (1933) [Actor .... Sergeant Tom Clancy]

When a Man Rides Alone (1933) [Actor .... Tom Harris aka The Llano Kid]

The Forty-Niners (1932) [Actor .... 'Tennessee' Matthews]

The Jungle Mystery (1932) [Actor .... Kirk Montgomery]

Honor of the Mounted (1932) [Actor .... RCMP Constable Tom Halliday] ... aka Beyond the Border (UK)

Vanishing Men (1932) [Actor .... Sheriff Doug Barrett]

The Man from New Mexico (1932) [Actor .... Jess Ryder]

Single-Handed Sanders (1932) [Actor .... Matt Sanders] ... aka Wyoming (UK)

Galloping Thru (1931) [Actor .... Tom McGuire]

Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931) [Actor .... William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody]

Two Fisted Justice (1931) [Actor .... 'Kentucky' Carson]

The Man from Death Valley (1931) [Actor .... Dave]

Partners of the Trail (1931) [Actor .... Larry Condon]

Rider of the Plains (1931) [Actor .... Blackie Saunders] ... aka The Greater Love

God's Country and the Man (1931) [Actor .... Tex Malone, alias Steve Collins] ... aka Rose of the Rio Grande (USA: review title) ... aka Trail of the Law (USA: TV title)

West of Cheyenne (1931) [Actor .... Tom Langdon]

The Phantom of the West (1931) [Actor .... Jim Lester]

Her Man (1930) [Actor .... Sailor] (uncredited)

The Canyon of Missing Men (1930) [Actor .... Dave Brandon]

Half Pint Polly (1930) [Actor .... Don Wilson]

Call of the Desert (1930) [Actor .... Rex Carson]

'Neath Western Skies (1929) [Actor .... Tex McCloud]

The Lone Horseman (1929) [Actor .... Jack Gardner]

Pioneers of the West (1929) [Actor .... Phil Sampson]

The Phantom Rider (1929) [Actor .... Dick Cartwright]

The Man from Nevada (1929) [Actor .... Jack Carter]

Law of the Plains (1929) [Actor .... O'Brien]

The Pride of Pawnee (1929) [Actor .... Kirk Stockton]

Idaho Red (1929) [Actor .... Andy Thornton]

Gun Law (1929) [Actor .... Tom O'Brien] ... aka A Swift Lover (UK)

Trail of the Horse Thieves (1929) [Actor .... Vic Stanley] ... aka Double Lives (UK)

Tyrant of Red Gulch (1928) [Actor .... Tom Masters] ... aka The Sorcerer (UK)

The Avenging Rider (1928) [Actor .... Tom Larkin]

Terror Mountain (1928) [Actor .... Tom Tyler] ... aka Tom's Vacation (UK)

The Texas Tornado (1928) [Actor .... Tom Jones/Tom King]

Phantom of the Range (1928) [Actor .... Duke Carlton]

When the Law Rides (1928) [Actor .... Tom O'Malley]

The Desert Pirate (1927) [Actor .... Tom Corrigan]

The Cherokee Kid (1927) [Actor .... Bill Duncan] ... aka The Stranger (UK)

The Flying U Ranch (1927) [Actor .... Señor Miguel García]

Tom's Gang (1927) [Actor .... Dave Collins]

Splitting the Breeze (1927) [Actor .... Death Valley Drake]

Cyclone of the Range (1927) [Actor .... Tom MacKay]

The Sonora Kid (1927) [Actor .... Tom MacReady]

Lightning Lariats (1927) [Actor .... Tom Potter]

Red Hot Hoofs (1926) [Actor .... Tom Buckley]

Out of the West (1926) [Actor .... Tom Hanley]

Tom and His Pals (1926) [Actor .... Tom Duffy]

The Cowboy Cop (1926) [Actor .... Jerry McGill]

The Masquerade Bandit (1926) [Actor .... Jeff Morton]

Wild to Go (1926) [Actor .... Tom Blake]

The Arizona Streak (1926) [Actor .... Dandy Carrell]

Born to Battle (1926) [Actor .... Dennis Terhune]

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) [Actor .... Chariot driver] (uncredited) [stunts] (uncredited) ... aka Ben-Hur (USA: short title)

The Cowboy Musketeer (1925) [Actor .... Tom Latigo]

The Only Thing (1925) [Actor .... Party Guest] (uncredited) ... aka Four Flaming Days (USA)

The Wyoming Wildcat (1925) [Actor .... Phil Stone]

Let's Go Gallagher (1925) [Actor .... Tom Gallagher]

Wild Horse Mesa (1925) [Actor .... Cowboy] (uncredited)

Leatherstocking (1924) [Actor .... Indian] (as Vincent Markowski)

Three Weeks (1924) [Actor .... Extra] (uncredited) ... aka The Romance of a Queen (UK)

The Eagle's Talons (1923) [Actor .... Extra] (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

"Dick Tracy: The Payroll Robbery (#1.12)" (????) TV Episode [Actor .... Coffeehead]

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