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Tom Ricketts

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English-American actor and director (1853-1939)

United KingdomActorsLived 1853 to 1939 · aged 86
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Thomas B. Ricketts was an English-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of A Christmas Carol (1908), and directed one of the first motion pictures ever made in Hollywood.

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Ricketts in After the Thin Man (1936)Ricketts in After the Thin Man (1936)

Filmography 2

Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago2011
Brick by Brick: The Story of Wrigley Field2023

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Thomas B. Ricketts was an English-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of A Christmas Carol (1908), and directed one of the first motion pictures ever made in Hollywood. After directing scores of silent films, including the first film to be released by Universal Pictures, Ricketts became a prominent character actor.

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United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1853 to 1939 · aged 86
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