Tom Ricketts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tom Ricketts

actor

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1853

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 20-Jan-1939

Profession: screenwriter, actor, stage actor, film director, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Thomas B.
Ricketts (January 15, 1853 – January 19, 1939) was a London-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry.
He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of A Christmas Carol (1908), and directed one of the first motion pictures ever made in Hollywood.
After directing scores of silent films, including the first film to be released by Universal Pictures, Ricketts became a prominent character actor.