Researching Tom Clegg
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 10196 people with the Clegg surname? In that year Clegg was ranked number 405 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Tom means "Form of THOMAS. a twin" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Tom Clegg on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Tom Clegg and the Clegg Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Clegg Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Clegg family tree.
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Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Tom Clegg using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 7974 people with the Clegg surname in the UK? Clegg is now ranked number 743 for popularity in the UK. |
Clegg Genealogy Databases
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Clegg Forums
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Miscellaneous Clegg Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Tom Clegg. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Tom Clegg
Tom Clegg (actor)
Tom Clegg (1927–1996) was an English actor, who had a number of small roles in film and television during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for appearing in a number of Carry On films, especially Carry On Screaming!, where he played the role of Oddbod.
Born in Leeds, Clegg was a member of the Household Cavalry and a professional boxer before getting into films as a stuntman in films such as Ivanhoe (1952).
His size and tough guy persona led to film roles, including The Flanagan Boy (1953), The Fake (1953), John of the Fair (1954), The Stateless Man (1955), The Extra Day (1956), Moby Dick (1956), The Hideout (1956), Saint Joan (1957), Battle of the V-1 (1958), Mark of the Phoenix (1958), This Sporting Life (1963) and Thunderball (1965).
He was also cast as a number of toughs and henchmen on television, including supporting turns in Quatermass II, Sword of Freedom, The Four Just Men, Dixon of Dock Green, Adam Adamant Lives!, The Saint and The Sweeney.
His appearances in comedy series include Hancock's Half Hour (The Cold, Football Pools, The Big Night and The Two Murderers), The Benny Hill Show, Corrigan Blake, and Till Death Us Do Part. Comedic film roles include Raising the Wind (1961), Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher, and Great Catherine (both 1968).
Clegg's comedy roles led him to become a semi-regular in the Carry On films, appearing in Carry On Regardless (1961), Carry On Spying (1964), Carry On Cleo (1964), Carry On Cowboy (1965) and Carry On Loving (1970). In the horror spoof Carry On Screaming (1966), he played the lumbering half-Frankenstein monster, half-werewolf Oddbod.
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