Birth Name: Thomas E. Towles III
Date of Birth: March 20, 1944
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Death: April 2, 2015
Place of Death: Pinellas, Florida, U.S.
Ethnicity: African-American
Tom Towles was an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and Night of the Living Dead (1990), among others. He was a U.S. Marine.
He was the son of Katheryn and Thomas Towles.
While he was not publicly known as a black man during his lifetime, his parents were both black.
Tom usually played implicitly white characters. In Henry, he played a real life, white, serial killer, somewhat fictionalized for the film. In Night of the Living Dead, his character is implied to be a white man who is at least somewhat racist towards Tony Todd’s character.
His father was born in Texarkana, Arkansas. His aunts, his father’s sisters, were Lois Towles, a prominent concert pianist, and Dorothea Church, who was the first successful black fashion model in Paris.
Tom’s paternal grandfather was named Thomas Elsworth/Ellsworth Towles. Tom’s grandfather Thomas was born in Alabama.
Tom’s paternal grandmother was named Anabella/Arabella Clark. Anabella was born in Arkansas.
Tom’s maternal grandfather was named Richard James Sanderson. Richard was born in Tennessee.
Tom’s maternal grandmother was named Ida May Greene/Green. Ida was born in Tennessee.
Sources: Marriage record of Tom’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org
Tom’s father on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Tom’s father on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death records of Tom’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary record of Tom’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Tom’s paternal grandparents, Thomas Elsworth/Ellsworth Towles and Anabella/Arabella Clark – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Tom’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org
Tom’s mother on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Tom’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Tom’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Tom’s maternal grandparents, Richard James Sanderson and Ida May Greene/Green – https://www.familysearch.org
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