Thomas Wilde
Birthday:
13 March 1916, California, USA
Tom Wilde or "Big Daddy", as he was known to his drama students, adored the theater. He acted in plays in San Francisco and The Music Circus and various commercials in Sacramento. After his short television career in Hollywood, he found the "dream job" of his life and became a drama teacher at Encino High School in Sacramento,CA...
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Tom Wilde or "Big Daddy", as he was known to his drama students, adored the theater. He acted in plays in San Francisco and The Music Circus and various commercials in Sacramento. After his short television career in Hollywood, he found the "dream job" of his life and became a drama teacher at Encino High School in Sacramento,CA., producing and directing classic plays such as "Guys and Dolls", "1776", which he starred, in and "Bye Bye Birdie". He lived in Sacramento, California most of his life with his adoring wife, Neva Wilde and their two children. He is the grandfather of actor/producer Jennifer Bushnell. Show less «
It was fun working on a set with Alfred Hitchcock. After the takes he would fall back laughing at his own jokes.
It was fun working on a set with Alfred Hitchcock. After the takes he would fall back laughing at his own jokes.
I left Hollywood when I got in a plane crash and crushed my throat, if I had stayed I would have been a star.
I left Hollywood when I got in a plane crash and crushed my throat, if I had stayed I would have been a star.
