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Tom Ligon, a seasoned character successful films, TV and connected Broadway who besides was a longtime personnel of SAG-AFTRA New York Local board, has died. He was 85. The actors national confirmed his decease but did not supply a origin aliases different details.
Born connected September 10, 1940, successful New Orleans, Ligon sewage his commencement guesting connected TV successful nan mid-1960s earlier booking a supporting domiciled successful nan 1969 movie philharmonic Paint Your Wagon starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood. That aforesaid twelvemonth he starred successful a brace of short-lived Broadway shows: Angela opposite Geraldine Page and Love Is a Time of Day with Sandy Duncan. He besides appeared successful galore New York shape productions during nan 1960s.
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He continued to activity steadily onscreen from nan 1970s into nan 2010s, pinch films credits ranging from The Last American Hero and Bang nan Drum Slowly — successful which he besides sang “Streets of Laredo” — to Joyride, Young Doctors successful Love and Serial. His TV activity included guesting connected specified celebrated bid arsenic Medical Center, Starsky and Hutch, Police Woman, Baretta, Dallas, Law & Order: SVU and daytime soaps The Young and nan Restless, Loving, Santa Barbara, Another World and All My Children.
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He besides was an understudy successful Broadway’s Tartuffe in 1996.
A SAG-AFTRA personnel for immoderate 60 years, Ligon served connected nan New York Local’s committee and aggregate committees, chairing nan National Seniors Committee and co-chairing nan NY Seniors Committee. He besides was a beardown advocator of nan merging of SAG and AFTRA, which was finalized successful 2012.
Ligon wed chap character K.C. Ligon (née Crawford) successful 1976, and they remained joined until her decease successful 2009.
