{{Short description|Canadian actor and agent (1936–2003)}} {{For|the Australian musician and half of Busby Marou|Tom Busby (musician)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Tom Busby | image = Actor_Tom_Busby.jpg | imagesize = | caption = in ''The War Lover'' (1962) | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|11|07}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2003|09|20|1936|11|07}} | death_place = Glasgow, Scotland | birth_name = | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = }} '''Tom Busby''' (7 November 1936 &ndash; 20 September 2003) was a Canadian actor and agent. Among his film credits were ''The War Lover'' (1962); ''The Dirty Dozen'' (1967) as Milo Vladek, one of the dozen; and ''Heavenly Pursuits'' (1986).<ref>{{cite news |title=Tom Busby Actor, one of the famous group in The Dirty Dozen |newspaper=The Herald |date=19 October 2003 |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12530141.Tom_Busby_Actor__one_of_the_famous_group_in_The_Dirty_Dozen/}}</ref>

==Biography== Busby was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba63c1494|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602193940/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba63c1494|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 June 2017|title=Tom Busby|website=BFI}}</ref> He was responsible for training Glasgow youngsters at Community Service Volunteers (CSV). Among his many pupils were Billy Boyd, actor (''The Lord of the Rings''), and Cameron McKenna, voice-over artist (BBC and STV announcer). Busby also directed comedian Chic Murray in another version of ''A Christmas Carol'' shown in 1992 on the BBC. {{citation needed|date=February 2014}}

The novelist Siân Busby was his daughter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituaries: Sian Busby |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=6 September 2012 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9526100/Sian-Busby.html}}</ref>

He died on 20 September 2003, at his home in Glasgow, Scotland; he was 66 years old.<ref name=bfi/> The cause of death was a heart attack.

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1960|| ''During One Night'' || Sam || |- |1960|| ''Never Take Sweets from a Stranger'' || 2nd Policeman || |- |1962|| ''The War Lover'' || Farr: Crew of 'The Body' || |- |1963|| ''The Victor'' || 'The Squad' Member #4 || |- |1967|| ''The Dirty Dozen'' || Milo Vladek || |- |1986|| ''Heavenly Pursuits'' || Monseigneur Brusse || (final film role) |}

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