Tom Nolan (actor)
Tom Nolan | |
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| Born | Maurice Joseph Girouard Jr.[1] January 15, 1948 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, music journalist |
| Years active | 1952–present |
Maurice Joseph Girouard Jr. (born January 15, 1948)[1] is a Canadian-American actor and music journalist.[2][3] He is known for playing Jody O'Connell in the American western television series Buckskin.
Life and career
[edit]Nolan was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] At an early age, he emigrated to the United States with his family, when his mother was suffering from health problems.[4] He attended a stage school and used the stage name Butch Bernard.[1]
Nolan began his career in 1952, with an uncredited role in the film Son of Paleface. He appeared in films such as The Grasshopper, The Toy Tiger, The Seven Year Itch, Man Afraid, The Young Warriors, All Mine to Give, The Moonshine War, Kiss Me, Stupid, and Voyage of the Rock Aliens.[5] In 1958, he starred as Jody O'Connell in the NBC western television series Buckskin,[6][7] starring along with Sally Brophy and Mike Road. After the series ended, he guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke, Bachelor Father, Rawhide, My Friend Flicka, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Rifleman, Lassie, The High Chaparral and Wagon Train.[8] He retired in 1970, which he then persuaded in becoming a music journalist.[5]
In 1971, Nolan authored "The Beach Boys: A California Saga", a Rolling Stone magazine article about the Beach Boys. It was unusual in that the story devoted minimal attention to the group's music, and instead focused on the band's internal dynamics and history, particularly around the period when they fell out of step with the 1960s counterculture.[9] According to journalist David Hepworth, the style was unprecedented in the field of music writing, and the "story within was destined to become a classic piece from that brief interlude when pop writing collided with New Journalism ... It combined admiration for the group's achievements with distaste for their strange, inner world in a way that hadn't been done before".[9] A quote from the article, "Don't fuck with the formula", is often attributed to member Mike Love, although Love denied ever saying it.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Aaker, Everett (1997). Television Western Players of the Fifties: A Biographical Encyclopedia of All Regular Cast Members in Western Series, 1949–1959. McFarland. p. 400. ISBN 9780786402847 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Nolan Got First TV Role Standing In Ticket Line". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. June 29, 1958. p. 43. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "TV Keynotes: Dusting Off an Oldie". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. July 7, 1965. p. 32. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tommy Nolan, a Star at 10, Receives an 'A' for Effort". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. December 13, 1958. p. 66. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Kotar, S. L.; Gessler, J. E. (December 2009). Riverboat: The Evolution of a Television Series, 1959–1961. BearManor Media. p. 74. ISBN 9781593935054 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Tommy Nolan, 'Buckskin' Star". The Lima News. Lima, Ohio. June 7, 1958. p. 28. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Marill, Alvin (June 2011). Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders. Scarecrow Press. p. 58. ISBN 9780810881334 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Tommy Nolan Stars in Wagon Train Saga". The Lima Citizen. Lima, Ohio. May 14, 1960. p. 6. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Hepworth, David (2016). Never a Dull Moment: 1971 The Year That Rock Exploded. Henry Holt and Company. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-62779-400-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ Love, Mike (2016). Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-698-40886-9 – via Google Books.
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- Living people
- Canadian emigrants to the United States
- American male child actors
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Canadian male child actors
- Canadian male film actors
- Canadian male television actors
- Male actors from Montreal
- Western (genre) television actors
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- 20th-century American male actors
- 20th-century Canadian male actors