Tommy Farrell (born Thomas Farrell Richards; October 7, 1921 – May 9, 2004) was an American actor and comedian who appeared in over 100 films and TV series between 1944 and 1983. He was best known for his sidekick roles in the Hollywood Golden Age.
Farrell made his Broadway debut as a young drummer in Strip for Action[1] and made his movie debut in Winged Victory,[2] the film version of the Army Air Forces play of the same title. He was a corporal at the time.[3]
Farrell was married three times. He had a daughter, born in 1945, with his first wife, Norma, another daughter, born in 1951, with his second wife, Ann, and two more children, a son and a daughter, with his third wife, Bobbi.
Farrell died of natural causes at the Motion Picture and Television Fund hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, at the age of 82. At the time of his death, he was the last living B Western sidekick from the golden era of Westerns.[citation needed]
He was survived by his wife, a son, three daughters, and three grandchildren.[6]
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Winged Victory (1944) – Soldier in Audience at Camp Show (uncredited)
^"Strip for Action (1942)". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
^Lentz, Harris M. III (2005). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2004: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. pp. 120–121. ISBN 9780786421039. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
^"Winged Victory Broadway Original Cast", broadwayworld.com website. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
^ abcTerrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
^"Golden Boot Awards". b-westerns.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
^Willis, John; Hodges, Ben (2006). Theatre World. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 315. ISBN 9781557836502. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
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