Tom Laughlin

Birth Name:

Thomas Robert Laughlin

Birth Place:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Profession

Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor

Left Hollywood in 1959 to create a Montessori preschool in Santa Monica with wife Delores Taylor
Studied at the University of Wisconsin, Marquette University and the University of South Dakota
Married actress and "Billy Jack" co-star Delores Taylor in 1954
Passed away at 82-years-old after struggling with a bout of pneumonia
Decided to pursue a career as an actor after seeing a live production of "A Streetcar Named Desire․"
Best known portraying the title characters in the "Billy Jack" series of films
During the 1970s, lectured on Jungian philosophy at universities throughout the United States
Wrote the "Billy Jack" screenplay after witnessing the treatment of Native Americans in South Dakota

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