{"photos": [9033306], "bio": "Thomas \"Tom\" Tryon (January 14, 1926 \u2013 September 4, 1991) was an American film and television actor as well as a novelist. He is best known for playing the title role in the film *The Cardinal* (1963), featured roles in the war films *The Longest Day* (1962) and *In Harm's Way* (1965) with John Wayne, and especially the Walt Disney television character Texas John Slaughter (1958\u20131961). He later turned to the writing of prose fiction and screenplays, and wrote several science fiction, horror and mystery novels. \r\n\r\n\r\n**Source**:[Thomas Tryon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tryon) on Wikipedia.", "alternate_names": ["Tom Tryon"], "name": "Thomas Tryon", "death_date": "4 Sep 1991", "remote_ids": {"viaf": "100234012", "wikidata": "Q1448930", "isni": "0000000115790162", "imdb": "nm0874502", "lc_naf": "n50011735"}, "source_records": ["promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2020-10-07", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-11-30", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-04-01", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2023-02-06:P8-BEF-566", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2023-03-29:W8-BLJ-234"], "personal_name": "Tryon, Thomas.", "key": "/authors/OL590264A", "birth_date": "14 Jan 1926", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "latest_revision": 8, "revision": 8, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-10-07T09:30:00.577312"}}