Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Lockyer Jefferson (September 10, 1856 – April 2, 1932) was an American film and stage actor in mostly silent films.

Biography He was born to Margaret Clements Lockyer (died 1861) and actor Joseph Jefferson. He had leading roles in several films including The Grim Game (1919) with Harry Houdini. He also starred in two film adaptations of Rip Van Winkle as the title character, a role his father had performed on stage.

He toured the U.S. performing a starring role in the play Lightnin'.

Selected filmographyThe Sable Lorcha (1915)Only a Tramp (1915)Under the Gaslight (1914)The Seats of the Mighty (1914)Rip Van Winkle (1914)Classmates (1914)No Place for Father (1913)Olaf—An Atom (1913)Up from the Depths (1915) The Mainspring (1916) Little Eve Edgarton (1916)The Missing Links (1916)An Old-Fashioned Young Man (1917) Polly Put the Kettle On (1917)A Hoosier Romance (1918)The Grim Game (1919) The Other Half (1919)The Spender (1919) Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919) Married in Haste (1919)Hearts Are Trumps (1920) White Youth (1920)The Little Grey Mouse (1920)A Splendid Hazard (1920)Help Wanted - Male (1920) The Girl in the Web (1920)The Idle Rich (1921)Rip Van Winkle (1921)My Lady's Latchkey (1921) Straight from Paris (1921)Beauty's Worth (1922)The Son of the Wolf (1922)Zander the Great (1925) (*uncredited) The Thoroughbred (1925)Paid to Love (1927)Soft Living (1928)On with the Show! (1929) Just Like Heaven (1930)Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1931)Forbidden (1932) The Hatchet Man'' (1932)