Tommy Noonan

Infobox actor
name = Tommy Noonan
birthname = Thomas Noon
birthdate = birth date|1921|4|29|mf=y
birthplace = Bellingham, Delaware, United States
deathdate = death date and age|1968|4|24|1921|4|29|mf=y
deathplace = Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California United States
restingplace = San Fernando Mission Cemetery
Mission Hills
California, United States
Plot: Section B, Lot 1048, Grave 7

Tommy Noonan (born Thomas Noon) (April 29, 1921 – April 24, 1968) was a comedy genre film performer, screenwriter and producer. He acted in a number of 'A' and 'B' pictures from the 1940s through the 1960s, and he is fondly remembered as "Danny McGuire" in "A Star Is Born", and as "Gus Esmond", "Lorelei"'s boyfriend, in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes".

Life and career

Noonan was the half-brother of actor John Ireland, and the two made their stage debuts with a New York-based experimental theater. They would later appear together in three films, including "I Shot Jesse James" (1949).

He teamed with Peter Marshall to form a comedy team in the 1950s, but the duo went their separate ways in the early 1960s. Afterward, Noonan appeared in a few 'B' films, such as "Promises! Promises!" (1963) with Jayne Mansfield, and produced, directed, wrote, and starred in "Three Nuts in Search of a Bolt" (1964) with Mamie Van Doren. His last effort as a producer was "Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers" (1967), which was also the cinematic swan song of the estimable Sonny Tufts. Not long after the release of the film, Noonan was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He died just a few days shy of his 47th birthday.

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