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Thomas Carroll Neal Jr. (January 28, 1914 – August 7, 1972) was an American actor and successful amateur boxer best known for his co-starring role in the critically lauded film Detour, for having a widely publicized affair with actress Barbara Payton, and for later being convicted and imprisoned for involuntary manslaughter.
Tom Neal. Actor: Detour. Tom Neal is best remembered for his off-screen exploits, which involved scandal, mayhem and a charge of murder.
Tom Neal. Actor: Detour. Tom Neal is best remembered for his off-screen exploits, which involved scandal, mayhem and a charge of murder.
Mar 25, 2016 · Tom Neal was a man who came into the world with benefits and attributes that less fortunate souls could only dream of having, then he went ahead and made a complete mess of his life. And along the way he got away with cold-blooded murder.
Tom Neal. Actor: Detour. Tom Neal is best remembered for his off-screen exploits, which involved scandal, mayhem and a charge of murder.
Nov 6, 2014 · Tom Neal ended up selling everything he owned and moving to Palm Springs where he started working as a gardener, a trade he said he'd learned by watching Japanese gardeners who trimmed the hedges of his former two-acre estate back in Bel Air.
Death Behind Flagstone: Tom Neal, Palm Springs, and Studio City. Tom Neal was a middling movie actor from the late 1930s to the 1950s who was more known for his off-screen escapades than for his acting. Neal’s best role was in the curious film-noir, Detour.
Hollywood's quintessential low-budget film noir hero Tom Neal earned some notoriety at an early age when his banker father persuaded him to drop the idea of eloping with Inez Martin, a buxom former Follies girl and the mistress of slain mobster Arnold Rothstein.
Aug 8, 1972 · HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 7 (UPI) —Tom Neal, who appeared in 180 movies before his acting career collapsed in a scandal over a fist fight, was found dead today at his home at the age of 59.
Tom Neal) is a hitchhiker who assumes a benefactor’s identity when the man dies during their cross-country ride. He soon finds himself forced to continue the ploy by a scheming femme fatale (Ann Savage) who wants Roberts to try to claim an inheritance owed to… Read More.