Career
He cut his teeth on a string of B movies in the early 40s, before breaking into John Ford"s inner circle of regulars. Thompson fared better with higher profile projects throughout the 50s and 60s, particularly in television, working on such series as Perry Mason, The Fugitive and The Manitoba from United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, whilst on the feature film front, his work can be viewed in Samuel Fuller"s Shock Corridor (1963) and the Clint Eastwood vehicle, Joe Kidd (1972). Thompson scored a second Oscar nomination in 1965 for his work on A Patch of Blue.
He died on July 9, 1994 at the age of 85.
