Tommy Noonan
Tommy Noonan (born Thomas Noone ( April 29, 1921 – April 24, 1968) was a comedy genre film performer, screenwriter and producer. He acted in a 65 projects including high-profile films as well as B movies from the 1940s through the 1960s and he made several tv appearances also; he is best known for his supporting performances as Gus Esmond, wealthy fiancé of Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe), in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and as musician Danny McGuire in A Star Is Born (1954). In addition to starring alongside Marilyn Monroe, Noonan is also noted for having played love interests to Jayne Mansfield in Promises..... Promises! (1963) and Mamie Van Doren in 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt (Which he also directed) (1964), making him the only actor to play love interests to the 3 former who were dubbed the 3 Ms of Golden Age Hollywood.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.002 |
| Birthday | 1922-04-29 |
| Place of Birth | Bellingham, Washington, USA |
| Also Known As | Tom Noonan, Noonan and Marshall , Thomas Noone, |
1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
7.3/980
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thin...
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1954
A Star Is Born
7.1/306
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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A Star Is Born
1949
Adam's Rib
7.1/310
A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who...
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Adam's Rib
1949
I Shot Jesse James
6.3/53
Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy. The guilt-stricken Ford so...
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I Shot Jesse James
1956
Bundle of Joy
6.4/16
Kitschy musical remake of "Bachelor Mother". Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a large department store and Eddie Fisher plays the boss' so...
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Bundle of Joy
1949
The Set-Up
7.3/157
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
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The Set-Up
1963
Promises! Promises!
4.8/12
After a drunken spree on a cruise ship, two women discover that they're pregnant, and set out to find who the fathers are.
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Promises! Promises!
1955
Violent Saturday
6.735/67
Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.
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Violent Saturday
1948
Open Secret
6.5/6
A couple discovers that their friend has gone missing. Their investigation leads them to believe that anti-semites are behind the disappearance.
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Open Secret
1946
The Bamboo Blonde
6/3
A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the P...
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The Bamboo Blonde
1956
The Best Things in Life Are Free
5/2
Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De...
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The Best Things in Life Are Free
1949
Trapped
5.846/26
Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plat...
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Trapped
1951
FBI Girl
5.9/7
G-men grab a gangster and a governor thanks to a clerk in the fingerprints division.
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FBI Girl
1958
The Girl Most Likely
3.7/4
Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however, is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing de...
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The Girl Most Likely
1955
How To Be Very, Very Popular
4.7/6
Two strippers on the run hide out in a college fraternity. Director Nunnally Johnson's 1955 musical comedy stars Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert Cu...
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How To Be Very, Very Popular
1949
I Cheated the Law
0/0
An attorney (Tom Conway) learns he was duped into being his gangster murder client's (Steve Brodie) alibi.
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I Cheated the Law
1964
3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt
3.2/11
An out-of-work method actor is hired by a male model, an ecdysiast, and a car salesman who live together to save money. They want the actor to listen...
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3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt
1951
Starlift
5.6/4
To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues.
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Starlift
1959
The Rookie
0/0
A manic young radio network employee enlists in the army at the end of WWII and finds himself the only new recruit at basic training camp. Military co...
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The Rookie
1967
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
4/7
Darby Clyde Fenster and Jerry Martin are a pair of penniless nincompoop-drifters who hop a freight train on their way to Florida. Our intrepid heroes...
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Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
7.5/6
Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddes...
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1946
Bedlam
6.5/79
London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they wer...
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Bedlam
1946
The Truth About Murder
5/3
A young attorney (Bonita Granville) is convinced a murder suspect is innocent in the killing of his wife.
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The Truth About Murder
1948
Jungle Patrol
5/2
Eight fighter pilots hold off constant Japanese attacks during the construction of an airstrip in New Guinea.
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Jungle Patrol
1946
Ding Dong Williams
5/1
Ding Dong Williams, a clarinet player who can neither read nor write music is employed at a motion picture studio. The studio plans to use him and his...
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Ding Dong Williams
1950
The Return of Jesse James
5/1
Frank James resents and tries to stop a ruthless drifter who has adopted the name of his dead brother in order to duplicate his crimes.
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The Return of Jesse James
1947
Follow That Music
0/0
Two reel comedy starring Gene Krupa as an Orchestra leader trying to make it in New York.
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Follow That Music
1947
Born to Kill
6.7/81
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.
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Born to Kill
1947
A Likely Story
4.2/5
A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.
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A Likely Story
1956
The Ambassador's Daughter
4.3/7
While on leave in Paris, a G.I. pursues an ambassador's daughter. Meanwhile she's out to prove to her father that soldiers can be gentlemen, too.
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The Ambassador's Daughter
1946
Criminal Court
5.25/12
A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the nightclub where the attorney's girlfriend is a singer...
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Criminal Court
1950
Holiday Rhythm
0/0
A young executive is trying to convince an airline to sponsor a travel show on television, but he's not getting anywhere. When he tells his fiancé tha...
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Holiday Rhythm
1947
The Big Fix
0/0
Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police lieutenant (Regis Toomey) is the head of a gambling ring a...
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The Big Fix
1946
From This Day Forward
5.2/12
A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has no...
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From This Day Forward
1945
Beware of Redheads
0/0
A beautiful redhead (Myrna Dell) comes knocking on Leon's door demanding the return of a compact dropped accidently in his pocket while they were danc...
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Beware of Redheads
1945
The Big Beef
0/0
Edgar invites his boss home for a steak dinner, but the steak hasn't arrived. A pushy book salesman does arrives and this causes Edgar a few problems...
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The Big Beef
1961
Swingin' Along
5/1
An amateur tunesmith and a con man pool their resources in order to win first prize in a songwriting contest.
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Swingin' Along
1947
The Fabulous Joe
5.8/4
Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he retu...
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The Fabulous Joe
1947
Riff-Raff
6.1/20
A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oilfields when he hides a valuable map in plain sight.
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Riff-Raff
1946
Step by Step
6.2/12
Marine veteran Johnny Christopher meets and is immediately drawn to beautiful Evelyn Smith one day on the beach. Evelyn's new job as secretary to a U....
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Step by Step
1946
Crack-Up
5.6/29
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
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Crack-Up
1945
Dick Tracy
5.1/24
Detective Tracy (Morgan Conway) rescues Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys) and Junior from a killer called Splitface (Mike Mazurki).
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