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Tom is best known for his performances in “Paint Your Wagon” (1969), the TV series “The Young and the Restless” (1973), and “Bang the Drum Slowly” (1973).Ligon created the role of Orson in the prize-winning Off-Broadway musical ‘Your Own Thing’, and starred on Broadway opposite Geraldine Page in “Angela” and with Sandy Duncan in “Love is a Time of Day.”
He graduated from Yale as an English major and was discovered by Tennessee Williams, who saw his performance as Kilroy in Williams’ play, “Camino Real.” Ligon became one of the most sought after young actors in New York in the 1960s. |