Thomas Percy Helmore Net Worth
Thomas Percy Helmore Net Worth is
$400,000
Thomas Percy Helmore Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Tom Helmore (4 January 1904 – 12 September 1995) was an English film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1927 and 1972, including three directed by Alfred Hitchcock.Helmore was born in London, England and died in Longboat Key, Florida, USA. Helmore worked in his father's accounting firm while working as an extra in movies. He subsequently pursued acting as a career, working predominantly on the stage, and later on Broadway, which led to Helmore's Hollywood career.In British and American films, Helmore was employed as a dapper, comedic actor, even if he is best known for his role as the villain Gavin Elster in Vertigo. | Date Of Birth | January 4, 1904 |
| Died | 1995-09-12 |
| Place Of Birth | London, England, UK |
| Height | 5' 11" (1.8 m) |
| Profession | Actor |
| Spouse | Mary Drayton child |
| Star Sign | Capricorn |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He is probably most famous today as the man who hires James Stewart to shadow Kim Novak, in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). |
| 2 | Starred as "The Shadow" in a prospective TV pilot in the 1950s that didn't pan out. |
| 3 | A good friend of actor Boris Karloff, even after Karloff married his ex-wife, Evelyn, in 1946. |
| 4 | He was Rex Harrison's understudy in the original stage production of "My Fair Lady." |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Night Gallery | 1972 | TV Series | John Warwick (segment "The Caterpillar") |
| The Scarecrow | 1972 | TV Movie | Sir Charles Reddington |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1971 | TV Series | Alan Redding |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | 1969 | TV Series | Mr. McBane |
| Dr. Kildare | 1964 | TV Series | Dr. Foster Bailey |
| Flipper's New Adventure | 1964 | Sir Halsey Hopewell | |
| Advise & Consent | 1962 | British Ambassador | |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1961 | TV Series | Osborne |
| Thriller | 1961 | TV Series | Eric Beaumont |
| The Time Machine | 1960 | Anthony Bridewell | |
| Markham | 1959 | TV Series | Richard Stanton |
| The Man in the Net | 1959 | Gordon Moreland | |
| Count Your Blessings | 1959 | Hugh Palgrave | |
| General Electric Theater | 1959 | TV Series | George Manson |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1958 | TV Series | Miles Farnham / Adam Longsworth |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Dean Lowell / Detective Superintendent Tom Reid |
| Alcoa Theatre | 1958 | TV Series | Commanding Officer |
| Matinee Theatre | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Henry Maurier |
| Vertigo | 1958 | Gavin Elster | |
| The Loretta Young Show | 1958 | TV Series | Dr. Dale Sargent |
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | 1958 | TV Series | Ralph Emory |
| Studio 57 | 1958 | TV Series | |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | 1957 | TV Series | James Brunswick |
| Telephone Time | 1957 | TV Series | Jack Howard / Wild Jack Howard |
| Designing Woman | 1957 | Zachary Wilde | |
| This Could Be the Night | 1957 | Stowe Devlin | |
| Star Tonight | 1955 | TV Series | |
| The Tender Trap | 1955 | Mr. Loughran | |
| Lucy Gallant | 1955 | Jim Wardman | |
| Ponds Theater | 1954-1955 | TV Series | |
| Kraft Theatre | 1952-1954 | TV Series | |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1954 | TV Series | Max |
| The Shadow | 1954 | TV Short | Lamont Cranston |
| Broadway Television Theatre | 1952-1953 | TV Series | Lord Arthur Dilling / Bill Tremaine |
| Let's Do It Again | 1953 | Courtney Craig | |
| Trouble Along the Way | 1953 | Harold McCormick | |
| Goodyear Playhouse | 1953 | TV Series | |
| The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse | 1953 | TV Series | |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1952 | TV Series | |
| The Web | 1952 | TV Series | |
| Suspense | 1951-1952 | TV Series | Dermot West |
| Love Story | 1952 | TV Movie | Robert Browning |
| Somerset Maugham TV Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | |
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | 1951 | TV Series | Carlton Fitzgerald |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | 1950 | TV Series | |
| Shadow on the Wall | 1950 | Crane Weymouth | |
| Malaya | 1949 | Matisson | |
| Scene of the Crime | 1949 | Norrie Lorfield | |
| Three Daring Daughters | 1948 | Michael Pemberton | |
| Shadowed Eyes | 1940 | Ian | |
| Paid in Error | 1938 | Jimmy Randle | |
| Easy Riches | 1938 | Harry Miller | |
| Merry Comes to Town | 1937 | Peter Bell | |
| The House of Silence | 1937 | Short | Jack Ramsden |
| Treachery on the High Seas | 1936 | Edward Brailstone | |
| Luck of the Turf | 1936 | Lord Broadwater | |
| Secret Agent | 1936 | Col. Anderson (uncredited) | |
| The Right Age to Marry | 1935 | Stephen | |
| The Riverside Murder | 1935 | Alfred Jerome | |
| The Feathered Serpent | 1934 | Peter Dewin | |
| The Scoop | 1934 | Scoop Moreton | |
| Virginia's Husband | 1934 | Barney Hammond | |
| Song at Eventide | 1934 | Michael Law | |
| Up for the Derby | 1933 | Ronnie Gordon | |
| The King's Cup | 1933 | Ronnie Helmore | |
| The Barton Mystery | 1932 | Harry Maitland | |
| Above Rubies | 1932 | Short | Paul |
| The House Opposite | 1932 | Minor role (uncredited) | |
| The Wife's Family | 1931 | Willie Nagg | |
| The House of Unrest | 1931 | David | |
| Leave It to Me | 1930 | Short | Tony |
| White Cargo | 1929 | Worthing | |
| The Ring | 1927/I | Spectator (uncredited) | |
| The Traitor: Psalm 25 | 1927 | Short |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obsessed with Vertigo | 1997 | TV Short documentary | Gavin Elster |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
Known for movies
Vertigo (1958)
as Gavin Elster
The Time Machine (1960)
as Anthony Bridewell
Designing Woman (1957)
as Zachary Wilde
Advise & Consent (1962)
as British Ambassador