Tom Tryon

Tom Tryon (January 14, 1926 - September 4, 1991) was an American film and television actor, as well as author of several science fiction, horror, and mystery novels. He was born Thomas Tryon in Hartford, Connecticut. He is usually credited and listed as an author under his birth name. He was the son of silent screen actor Glen Tryon.

Relationships

During the 1970s, Tryon was in a gay romantic relationship with Clive Clerk, one of the original cast members of A Chorus Line and an interior designer who decorated Tryon's Central Park West apartment, which was featured in Architectural Digest. Tryon was also involved with Cal Culver, better known as gay porn star Casey Donovan, while still maintaining his relationship with Clerk. Cal is credited with helping Tryon finish Crowned Heads on an extremely tight deadline by typing up the revisions and offering suggestions. Their relationship was short-lived, for while Tryon had no per se problems with Cal's porn career, the attention and publicity his lover received made the closeted Tryon fearful of being outted, which he felt could destroy his career as a popular writer. Tryon and Culver parted ways in the summer of 1977.

Related Topics:
1970s - Gay - Clive Clerk - A Chorus Line - Central Park West - Architectural Digest - Porn star - Casey Donovan - 1977

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Thomas Tryon continuing writing through the 1980s and 1990s, before dying at age 65 on September 4, 1991 from a metastasized stomach cancer which had originated in his spine.

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1980s - 1990s - September 4 - 1991 - Metastasize - Stomach cancer

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