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'''Tom Greenway''' (June 5, 1909 – February 8, 1985)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175233998/tom-greenway|title=Tom Greenway|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref> was an [[United States|American]] character [[actor]] of [[film]] and [[television]], whose work in westerns extended from 1949 to 1965.<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://italy.imdb.com/name/nm0339281/|title=Tom Greenway|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref>
'''Tom Greenway''' (June 5, 1909 – February 8, 1985)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175233998/tom-greenway|title=Tom Greenway|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref> was an [[United States|American]] character [[actor]] of [[film]] and [[television]], whose work in westerns extended from 1949 to 1965.<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://italy.imdb.com/name/nm0339281/|title=Tom Greenway|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref>
==Early life==
==Background==
Greenway was born to Charles Sanford Greenway and the former Mai Radford, in Booneville in Logan County, east of [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]] in western [[Arkansas]]. During [[World War II]] he served in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps as a flight engineer on a B-17 bomber. While on a mission, he was shot down and spent more than a year in [[Italy|Italian]] and [[Germany|German]] prisoner-of-war camps.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/28597/Tom-Greenway|title=About this Person: Tom Greenway|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=January 18, 2010 |author=Bosley Crowther}}</ref> Released from military service, he performed on [[Broadway]] in [[New York City]] before he moved into films. Very early in his career, he had many uncredited roles.<ref name=nyt/>
Greenway was born to Charles Sanford Greenway and the former Mai Radford, in Booneville in Logan County, east of [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]] in western [[Arkansas]]. During [[World War II]] he served in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps as a flight engineer on a B-17 bomber. While on a mission, he was shot down and spent more than a year in [[Italy|Italian]] and [[Germany|German]] prisoner-of-war camps.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/28597/Tom-Greenway|title=About this Person: Tom Greenway|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=January 18, 2010 |author=Bosley Crowther}}</ref> Released from military service, he performed on [[Broadway]] in [[New York City]] before he moved into films. Very early in his career, he had many uncredited roles.<ref name=nyt/>
==Acting career==
Greenway's first appearances were uncredited in two 1949 films, ''Impact'' and ''Deputy Marshal.'' Often he was cast as a law enforcement officer. He was an unnamed townsman in the 1952 Dale Robertson (1922-2013) film based on [[Bret Harte]]'s [[short story]], "The Outcasts of Poker Flat".<ref name=imdb/> Greenway later appeared in many well known films including ''North by Northwest,' ''High Noon,'' ''How the West Was Won,'' ''Peyton Place,'' and ''Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?''
Greenway's first appearances were uncredited in two 1949 films, ''Impact'' and ''Deputy Marshal''. Often he was cast as a law enforcement officer. He was an unnamed townsman in the 1952 Dale Robertson (1922-2013) film based on [[Bret Harte]]'s [[short story]], "The Outcasts of Poker Flat".<ref name=imdb/> Greenway later appeared in many well known films including ''North by Northwest,' ''High Noon,'' ''How the West Was Won,'' ''Peyton Place,'' and ''Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire.''
Greenway appeared twice in 1954-1955 on the Rod Cameron syndicated television series, ''City Detective]].'' In 1955, he guest starred in the episode "The Big Genius" of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Dragnet]]'', starring and narrated by Jack Webb. In 1958, Greenway appeared four times on Rod Cameron's second syndicated series, ''State Trooper,' western set in the 1950s.. He portrayed Sheriff Bronson in the episodes "Stay Lost, Little Girl," "Dangerous Honeymoon," "Full Circle," and "Death on Wheels.'' In 1957, Greenway was cast in the episode "Copper Wire" of another syndicated crime drama, ''Sheriff of Cochise'', set in [[Arizona]] in 1958, he portrayed Deputy Sheriff Tom Munger in the episode "Sentenced to Death" of Bromfield's successor series, ''U.S. Marshal.''<ref name=imdb/>
Greenway appeared twice in 1954-1955 on the Rod Cameron syndicated television series, ''City Detective]].'' In 1955, he guest starred in the episode "The Big Genius" of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Dragnet]]'', starring and narrated by Jack Webb. In 1958, Greenway appeared four times on Rod Cameron's second syndicated series, ''State Trooper,' western set in the 1950s.. He portrayed Sheriff Bronson in the episodes "Stay Lost, Little Girl," "Dangerous Honeymoon," "Full Circle," and "Death on Wheels.'' In 1957, Greenway was cast in the episode "Copper Wire" of another syndicated crime drama, ''Sheriff of Cochise'', set in [[Arizona]] in 1958, he portrayed Deputy Sheriff Tom Munger in the episode "Sentenced to Death" of Bromfield's successor series, ''U.S. Marshal.''<ref name=imdb/>