Tom Neal

Tom Neal

1914-01-28 Evanston, Illinois, USA 75 Credits

Biography

​From Wikipedia Thomas Carroll Neal Jr. (January 28, 1914 – August 7, 1972) was an American actor and boxer best known for appearing in the critically lauded film Detour (1945), for having a tryst with actress Barbara Payton, and for later committing manslaughter.

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Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Al Roberts in Detour (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen ...

The Great Jesse James Raid

The Great Jesse James Raid

1953

as Arch Clements

4.7
Acting

The famed outlaw is talked into saddling up for one more bank robbery.

All That I Have

All That I Have

1951

as Bert Grayson

5.0
Acting

As a wealthy retired surgeon nears the end of his life, he begins to distribute his wealth to those in need, stating that "all that I have belongs to ...

Let's Go Navy!

Let's Go Navy!

1951

as Joe

7.0
Acting

The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.

Varieties on Parade

Varieties on Parade

1951

as Himself

5.5
Acting

Following a live orchestra opening, emcee Eddie Garr greets the audience and tells them about his trip to Los Angeles, where out-of-work actors are al...

G.I. Jane

G.I. Jane

1951

as Tim Rawlings

6.0
Acting

A civilian, ordered to report to his draft board, slips off into a dream about the army life ahead of him. He is assigned to a remote desert post wher...

Venture of Faith

1951

Acting

Shortly after WWII, students at Valparaiso University in Indiana come together to raise funds and construct a new building on campus, so the school ca...

Danger Zone

Danger Zone

1951

as Edgar Spadely

4.2
Acting

A San Francisco man is paid to bid on a saxophone and escort a woman to a yacht party.

Stop That Cab

Stop That Cab

1951

as Lefty

Acting

The trials and tribulations of a cab driver working the night shift, who must put with an assortment of crazies, hardcases and sob stories during work...

Navy Bound

Navy Bound

1951

as Joe Morelli

6.0
Acting

A sailor who is a champion boxer in the Navy is forced to leave the service because his family's business, a tuna fishing operation, is in financial t...

Fingerprints Don't Lie

Fingerprints Don't Lie

1951

as Prosecuting Attorney

4.8
Acting

A fingerprint expert figures out who killed the mayor.

King of the Bullwhip

King of the Bullwhip

1950

as Benson

6.0
Acting

A whip-cracking federal marshal goes under cover as a masked bandit to ferret out a gold-bullion thief.

Call of the Klondike

Call of the Klondike

1950

as Tom Mallory

7.0
Acting

A brother and sister are running a phony gold mine scam in the Klondike, which leads to murder. A Canadian Mountie sets out to bring them to justice.

The Du Pont Story

1950

as Alfred V. du Pont

Acting

A straight-line historical account of the Du Pont chemical manufacturing company and its vital role in the growth of the USA.

Train To Tombstone

Train To Tombstone

1950

as Dr. Willoughby

1.0
Acting

One of the passengers on a train to Tombstone decides to rob it of the $250,000 it is carrying.

I Shot Billy the Kid

I Shot Billy the Kid

1950

as Charley Bowdry

4.0
Acting

Although the Lincoln County War has come to a conclusion, Billy the Kid turns his back on a gubernatorial pardon and continues his lawless career.

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

1950

as Gordon Rogers

Acting

A crooked boxing promoter tries to shake down Joe's manager by setting up a rigged fight in Humphrey Pennyworth's hometown.

The Daltons' Women

The Daltons' Women

1950

as Mayor

2.0
Acting

The Dalton gang has moved west taking new identities and Marshals Lash and Fuzzy are after them. They receive help from Pinkerton agent Joan Talbot as...

Radar Secret Service

Radar Secret Service

1950

as Mickey Moran

3.1
Acting

A federal agent and his partner track uranium-ore hijackers with radar.

Red Desert

Red Desert

1949

as John Williams

Acting

A Government agent is sent to track an outlaw who has stolen gold boulion. The chase leads into a desolate desert region where the agent is forced to ...

Apache Chief

Apache Chief

1949

as Lieutenant Brown

3.7
Acting

When his tribesmen begin killing off white settlers, Young Eagle is opposed to the carnage. In order to assure a lasting peace, however, the chief mus...

Amazon Quest

Amazon Quest

1949

as Thomas Dekker Jr.

1.0
Acting

Thomas Dekker is a diamond cutter attempting to reclaim his right to a portion of a rubber empire in the early part of the twentieth century. Tom trav...

Bruce Gentry

Bruce Gentry

1949

as Bruce Gentry

8.0
Acting

Famed aviator Bruce Gentry is working with scientist Andrew Benson, setting out to uncover the origin of a deadly secret weapon---an electronically co...

Beyond Glory

Beyond Glory

1948

as Capt. Henry Jason Daniels

7.3
Acting

Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls f...

The Case of the Baby-Sitter

The Case of the Baby-Sitter

1947

as Russ Ashton

4.0
Acting

The baby sitter is none other than veteran Hollywood tough guy Tom Neal. A private detective, Neal is hired to keep an eye on the child of married cou...

The Hat Box Mystery

The Hat Box Mystery

1947

as Russ Ashton

4.2
Acting

Susan Hart, assistant to private detective Russ Ashton, is given a camera concealed in a hat box and assigned to take a picture of a woman. A gun is a...

My Dog Shep

My Dog Shep

1946

as James Herrick

6.0
Acting

An orphan boy on his way to live with his uncle picks up a stray dog, and the two become fast friends. However, the uncle doesn't want the dog, and wh...

The Brute Man

The Brute Man

1946

as Clifford Scott

4.5
Acting

A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.

Blonde Alibi

Blonde Alibi

1946

as Rick Lavery

3.9
Acting

Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot with a chec...

Detour

Detour

1945

as Al Roberts

7.2
Acting

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

Club Havana

Club Havana

1945

as Bill Porter

5.7
Acting

A number of different characters unfolding love, hate, and death problems during an evening in a fashionable Latin nightclub.

First Yank into Tokyo

First Yank into Tokyo

1945

as Major Steve Ross

5.4
Acting

A U.S. pilot undergoes plastic surgery and drops into Japan to get a captive scientist's (Marc Cramer) atomic secrets.

Crime, Inc.

Crime, Inc.

1945

as Jim Riley

4.2
Acting

A crime reporter writes book to expose names and methods of the criminal leaders. He is held on a charge after refusing to explain how he got his info...

Thoroughbreds

Thoroughbreds

1944

as Rusty Curtis

Acting

Sgt. Rusty Curtis of the U.S. Cavalry is unhappy about the Army's plan to replace horses with tanks so, after a medical discharge, he tries to buy his...

The Unwritten Code

The Unwritten Code

1944

as Sgt. Terry Hunter

5.2
Acting

A Nazi spy sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not until plenty of bullets have been spent.

Two-Man Submarine

Two-Man Submarine

1944

as Jerry Evans

6.0
Acting

Medical researchers Jerry Evans and Walt Hedges are assigned by a pharmaceutical company to work at a secret laboratory on a remote South Pacific Isla...

The Racket Man

The Racket Man

1944

as Matt Benson

7.0
Acting

A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees to help the FBI break up a black market ring by p...

Klondike Kate

Klondike Kate

1943

as Jefferson Braddock

5.8
Acting

A young man in Alaska finds himself accused of murder, and must fight to clear his name.

There's Something About a Soldier

There's Something About a Soldier

1943

as Wally Williams

4.8
Acting

Five officer candidates fight to prove their mettle during training.

Behind the Rising Sun

Behind the Rising Sun

1943

as Taro Seki

5.7
Acting

A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943

as Charlie Edmonds

5.8
Acting

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.

She Has What It Takes

She Has What It Takes

1943

as Roger Rutledge

Acting

Fay Weston (Jinx Falkenburg), a radio singer of no consequence, pretends to be the daughter of a recently deceased Broadway stage star in order to hoo...

The Rear Gunner

The Rear Gunner

1943

as Instructor Sargeant

5.2
Acting

Documentary-style drama on training of aerial rear gunners in World War II. Private PeeWee Williams, a Kansas farm boy, transforms his home-grown shoo...

No Time for Love

No Time for Love

1943

as Sandhog (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.

Air Force

Air Force

1943

as Marine (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of t...

China Girl

China Girl

1942

as Captain Haynes

5.4
Acting

Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes fro...

Bowery at Midnight

Bowery at Midnight

1942

as Frankie Mills

5.1
Acting

A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bowery mission as a front for his criminal gang. Pol...

Flying Tigers

Flying Tigers

1942

as Reardon

6.1
Acting

Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into Wor...

The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees

1942

as Fraternity Boy (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942

as Cadet (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century, Congress...

One Thrilling Night

One Thrilling Night

1942

as Frankie Saxton

5.2
Acting

A honeymoon couple in New York for one night of wedded bliss before he's to join the army, become involved with gangsters after they find a cadaver un...

The Miracle Kid

The Miracle Kid

1941

as Jimmy Conley

5.0
Acting

A young boxer finds his life turned upside down when he meets with sudden success in the ring.

Top Sergeant Mulligan

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941

as Don Lewis

5.0
Acting

Frank Faylen and Charlie Hall (a longtime Laurel & Hardy foil) star as Dolan and Doolittle, a pair of goofy druggists who join the army to escape ...

Jungle Girl

Jungle Girl

1941

as Jack Stanton

6.2
Acting

Dr. John Meredith has been driven from civilization by the criminal activities of his twin brother Bradley Meredith. With his infant daughter, he sett...

Under Age

Under Age

1941

as Rocky Stone

6.0
Acting

Fresh out of reform school, a bunch of delinquent girls fall in with a gang of crooks and are put to work as "hostesses" in a number of mob-controlled...

Wings of Steel

Wings of Steel

1941

Acting

A football hero joins the Army Air Corps.

Flight Command

Flight Command

1940

as Hell Cat

5.6
Acting

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression ...

Rodeo Dough

Rodeo Dough

1940

as Tom Neal - Announcer at Rodeo

5.3
Acting

After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star-filled rodeo.

Sky Murder

Sky Murder

1940

as Steve - Pilot

6.3
Acting

This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US en...

The Courageous Dr. Christian

The Courageous Dr. Christian

1940

as Dave Williams

5.4
Acting

A doctor fights an epidemic that breaks out in the poor section of town and tries to get the rest of the town to help out.

Jack Pot

Jack Pot

1940

as Frank Watson

6.4
Acting

This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with illegal gambling and bookmaking.

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

1939

as Johnny Crusper

2.0
Acting

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their...

Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man

1939

as Freddie Coleman

7.1
Acting

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

They All Come Out

They All Come Out

1939

as Joe Z. Cameron

5.6
Acting

A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of crime...

Stronger Than Desire

Stronger Than Desire

1939

as Reporter (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

1939

as Joe Daniels

7.0
Acting

A temporary laborer who helps bring down a mob-sponsored employment racket

6,000 Enemies

6,000 Enemies

1939

as Ransom

6.0
Acting

A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

Prophet Without Honor

Prophet Without Honor

1939

as Matthew Fontaine Maury (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

This short film portrays the story of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American Naval officer who developed the first maps that charted the ocea...

Within the Law

Within the Law

1939

as Richard Gilder

6.0
Acting

Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful wa...

Money to Loan

Money to Loan

1939

as Ambulance Intern

6.7
Acting

The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordin...

Honolulu

Honolulu

1939

as Ambulance Intern (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.

Four Girls in White

Four Girls in White

1939

as Dr. Phillips

6.3
Acting

Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

1939

as Hank Hogan

5.0
Acting

An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.

The Great Heart

The Great Heart

1938

as Father Damien (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

This short film tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who suffered a living death in order to bring hope a...

Out West with the Hardys

Out West with the Hardys

1938

as Aldrich Brown

6.4
Acting

Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him.