Tom May was born in 1933 in Hollywood, California, USA as Thomas P. May. He is known for his work on Batman Returns (1992), The Untouchables (1959) and The Last of the Mohicans (1992). He was married to Jody. He died on February 23, 2015 in Granada Hills, California.
A strapping former high school and college football player, May earned his nickname for his skill in using a chainsaw to build a camera platform or quickly remove a piece of wall that was in the way of a shot.
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Father of cinematographer Michael P. May, daughters Monica and Kathy; his nephew, director Bradford May. His father, Cecil Thomas May, was a member of the studio mechanics local.
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dead Bang
1989
key grip
Tequila Sunrise
1988
key grip - as Thomas P. May
Mac and Me
1988
key grip
The Presidio
1988
first company grip - as Thomas P. May
The Monster Squad
1987
key grip - as Tommy May
Six Against the Rock
1987
TV Movie key grip - as Tommy May
Blind Date
1987
key grip - as Tommy May
Running Scared
1986
key grip
Playing for Keeps
1986
key grip
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985
best boy - as Tom May II
Hell Town
1985
TV Movie key grip
Certain Fury
1985
key grip - as Thomas P. May
2010
1984
key grip
George Washington
1984
TV Mini-Series key grip - 3 episodes
Uncommon Valor
1983
key grip
Get Crazy
1983
best boy grip - as Tommy May II
The Star Chamber
1983
key grip
Staying Alive
1983
key grip
In Love with an Older Woman
1982
TV Movie key grip - as Tom May Jr.
O'Hara's Wife
1982
key grip
Buddy Buddy
1981
key grip - as Tommy May
Southern Comfort
1981
grip - as Tommy May
S.O.B.
1981
key grip - as Tommy May
The Monkey Mission
1981
TV Movie key grip - as Tom May II
The Jazz Singer
1980
second grip
Resurrection
1980
key grip
Up the Academy
1980
key grip
Carny
1980
key grip
Bogie
1980
TV Movie key grip
Prophecy
1979
key grip
Lady of the House
1978
TV Movie grip
Born Again
1978
key grip
Go Tell the Spartans
1978
key grip
Convoy
1978
key grip - as Tommy May
Damnation Alley
1977
key grip - as Thomas May
The Greatest
1977
key grip - uncredited
Special Delivery
1976
key grip - as Tommy May
The Big Bus
1976
key grip - as Thomas May
Rooster Cogburn
1975
key grip - uncredited
Mitchell
1975
key grip
Bite the Bullet
1975
key grip
Bank Shot
1974
key grip
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974
key grip
The Gun and the Pulpit
1974
TV Movie key grip - as Tommy May
Cinderella Liberty
1973
key grip
The Girl Most Likely to...
1973
TV Movie key grip - as Thomas May
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
TV Movie key grip - as Thomas P. May
Electra Glide in Blue
1973
key grip
Detroit 9000
1973
key grip
Cleopatra Jones
1973
key grip
Scarecrow
1973
key grip
Dirty Little Billy
1972
key grip
Bearcats!
1971
TV Series key grip - 10 episodes
Honky
1971
key grip
The Forgotten Man
1971
TV Movie key grip
Valdez Is Coming
1971
chief grip
Monte Walsh
1970
key grip
Adam at Six A.M.
1970
key grip - as Tommy May
Paint Your Wagon
1969
key grip
Get Smart
1965-1968
TV Series key grip - 76 episodes
The Graduate
1967
grip - uncredited
Warning Shot
1967
key grip
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
grip - uncredited
Gunsmoke
1964-1965
TV Series grip - 36 episodes
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
key grip
The Untouchables
1959-1963
TV Series grip - 119 episodes
Follow That Dream
1962
grip - uncredited
Sergeants 3
1962
grip - uncredited
West Side Story
1961
grip - uncredited
One Six Right
2005
Documentary key grip
The Last Producer
2000
key grip - as Thomas P. May
The Bachelor
1999
key grip - as Tommy P. May
Fire Down Below
1997
key grip: second unit - as Tommy May
The Relic
1997
first company grip
Cybill
1995-1996
TV Series key grip - 6 episodes
The Surgeon
1995
key grip - as Tommy May
A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle