General Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, 6th Baronet (25 January 1727 – 29 August 1798) was an officer of the British Army and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780.
23-683: Thomas Wilson , Tom Wilson or Tommy Wilson may refer to: Actors [ edit ] Thomas F. Wilson (born 1959), American actor most famous for his role of Biff Tannen in the Back to the Future trilogy Tom Wilson (actor) (1880–1965), American actor Dan Green (voice actor) (born 1970), American actor sometimes credited as "Tom Wilson" in films Businessmen [ edit ] Thomas Wilson (shipping magnate) (1792–1869), British shipping magnate Thomas Wilson, London merchant for whom Wilsons Promontory
46-640: A podcast, Big Pop Fun , on the Nerdist Network from 2011 to 2014. The podcast featured Wilson sharing stories of his career, as well as informal chats with show business friends including Samm Levine , Blake Clark , Steve Oedekerk and "Weird Al" Yankovic . Wilson currently maintains a YouTube channel, where he regularly vlogs . As of March 2023, his channel has over 36,100 subscribers. Wilson married Caroline Thomas on July 6, 1985. They have four children, and live in Los Angeles , California . Wilson
69-657: Is a devout Catholic and released a contemporary Christian album in 2000 called In the Name of the Father . He is also a painter in his spare time, and many of his paintings focus on classic children's toys. In 2006, he was selected to join the California Featured Artist Series at Disneyland . With the rise in popularity of the Back to the Future series, many people began to ask Wilson questions about his experiences making
92-453: Is an American actor, stand-up comedian, musician, podcaster, and YouTuber . He is best known for playing Biff Tannen , Griff Tannen , and Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990). He also played coach Ben Fredricks in the comedy series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000) and voices various characters, mainly villains, on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants (2001–present). Thomas Francis Wilson Jr.
115-734: Is named Thomas Bellerby Wilson (1807–1865), American naturalist A. T. M. Wilson (1906–1978), known as Tommy, British psychiatrist Thomas Wilson (shipwreck) , American whaleback freighter wrecked in Lake Superior in 1902 Tom Wilson, one of the people behind the Martian Monkey hoax Tom Wilson (cartoonist) (1931–2011), US cartoonist whose most famous creation was the cartoon Ziggy Thomas D. Wilson (born 1935), information scientist researching information-seeking behaviors Thomas Edmonds Wilson (1859–1933), Canadian outfitter and guide Thomas R. Wilson (born 1946), director of
138-1324: Is named Thomas Wilson (industrialist) (fl. 1850s to early 20th century), American business magnate Thomas E. Wilson (1868–1958), Canadian American businessman, founder of Wilson Sporting Goods and the Wilson and Company meatpacking company Thomas J. Wilson (born 1958), American businessman Clergy [ edit ] Thomas Wilson (dean of Worcester) (died 1586), English Anglican priest Thomas Wilson (lexicographer) (1563–1622), English Anglican priest, compiler of an early biblical reference work Thomas Wilson (archdeacon of Cashel) (fl. 1608–1616), Irish Anglican priest Thomas Wilson (dean of Lismore) (fl. 1611–1622), Irish Anglican priest, also Dean of Dromore Thomas Wilson (dean of Carlisle) (died 1778), English Anglican priest Thomas Wilson (bishop) (1663–1755), English Anglican Bishop of Sodor and Man Thomas Wilson (schoolmaster) (1747–1813), English cleric known as master of Clitheroe grammar school Thomas Wilson (archdeacon of Worcester) (1882–1961), English Anglican priest Musicians [ edit ] Thomas Wilson (composer) (1927–2001), Scottish composer Tom Wilson (DJ) (1952–2004), Scottish radio/club DJ Tom Wilson (musician) (born 1959), Canadian rock musician with
161-617: The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City . In 1979, he got his first significant stage experience as a comedian. In 1981, Wilson moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. He shared an apartment with fellow aspiring comedians Andrew Dice Clay and Yakov Smirnoff , and later joked that he "taught them both about America". He had a small role in the second season of NBC 's Knight Rider in an episode titled "A Knight In Shining Armor". Wilson's breakthrough role
184-2192: The 1930s and 1940s American football [ edit ] Tom Wilson (American football) (1944–2016), Texas A&M University head football coach Tommy Wilson (American football) (1932–2006), former National Football League running back Baseball [ edit ] Tom Wilson (1910s catcher) (1890–1953), Major League Baseball catcher Tom Wilson (2000s catcher) (born 1970), Major League Baseball catcher Tommy Wilson (shortstop) (fl. 1940s), American baseball player Basketball [ edit ] Bubba Wilson (Thomas Eugene Wilson, born 1955), American professional basketball player Tom Wilson (basketball) (born 1997), Australian basketball player and footballer Cricket [ edit ] Thomas Wilson (cricketer, born 1841) (1841–1929), English cricketer Thomas Wilson (cricketer, born 1849) (1849–1924), English cricketer Thomas Wilson (New Zealand cricketer) (1869–1918), New Zealand cricketer Thomas Wilson (Middlesex cricketer) (fl. 1880s), English cricketer Thomas Wilson (cricketer, born 1936) (born 1936), English cricketer Tommy Wilson (umpire) (1937–2023), former English cricket umpire Other sports [ edit ] Thomas Wilson (equestrian) (born 1962), Puerto Rican Olympic equestrian Thomas Wilson (pickleball) (born 1990), American professional pickleball player Tom Wilson (curler) , Canadian curler Tom Wilson (ice hockey) (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player Tommy Wilson (gymnast) (born 1953), British Olympic gymnast Others [ edit ] Thomas Wilson (academic) (1726–1799), Irish academic and clergyman Thomas Wilson (economist) (1916–2001), British economist Thomas Wilson (rhetorician) (1524–1581), English diplomat, judge, and privy councillor Thomas Wilson (philanthropist) (1764–1843), English Congregationalist benefactor Thomas Wilson (poet) (1773–1858), Tyneside poet, writer of The Pitman's Pay Thomas Braidwood Wilson (1792–1843), Scottish explorer, medical practitioner and settler after whom Wilson Inlet in Western Australia
207-570: The Defense Intelligence Agency Tom Wilson (filmmaker) (born 1980), British filmmaker based in Romania Thomas Wilson, fictional US President in the 2012 film Thomas Read Wilson , TV personality See also [ edit ] Thomas Willson (1860–1915), Canadian inventor and industrialist Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
230-797: The Nickelodeon television series SpongeBob SquarePants . He has voiced many villainous characters that are physically strong and menacing, such as Flats the Flounder in the third-season episode "The Bully", The Tattletale Strangler in "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler", and the non-villainous character Reg the Club Bouncer in "No Weenies Allowed". In 2005, he played Coach Phelps in the TV series Zoey 101 . In 2009, he released his first stand-up comedy special and second comedy album, Tom Wilson: Bigger Than You . He hosted
253-599: The Queensland Legislative Assembly Thomas B. Wilson (1852–1929), New York state senator Thomas Fleming Wilson (1862–1929), British Member of Parliament for North East Lanarkshire, 1910–1911 Thomas Spencer Wilson (1727–1798), British Army officer and Member of Parliament Thomas Stokeley Wilson (1813–1894), judge in Iowa T. Webber Wilson (1893–1948), U.S. Representative from Mississippi Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), 28th President of
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#1732873241090276-1111: The United States (used his first name until he was a student at Princeton) Tom Wilson (New Jersey lobbyist) (born 1967), chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee Sportsmen [ edit ] Association football [ edit ] Tom Wilson (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1948), England and Huddersfield Town footballer Tom Wilson (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1992), English footballer Tom Wilson (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2010), English footballer Tom Wilson (footballer, born 1940) (born 1940), Scottish footballer at Falkirk, Millwall and Hull City Tommy Wilson (footballer, born 1877) (1877–1940), English footballer Tommy Wilson (footballer, born 1930) (1930–1992), Nottingham Forest and Walsall footballer Tommy Wilson (footballer, born 1961) , head coach of Scotland U-19 national team, as of 2006 Tug Wilson (footballer) (Thomas Harold "Tom" Wilson, 1917–1959), Gillingham F.C. player of
299-454: The animated series Wing Commander Academy (1996) in the same role. He also guest starred in an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in 1997. Wilson played McKinley High School's Coach Ben Fredricks in the 1999–2000 NBC comedy drama Freaks and Geeks . In 1994, Wilson was briefly reunited with his Back to the Future co-star Christopher Lloyd in the film Camp Nowhere . Wilson has done voice-over work for
322-516: The animated series . Wilson did not reprise his role as Biff in the initial versions of Telltale 's Back to the Future: The Game released in 2011, being replaced by Kid Beyond . When the game was ported to the PlayStation 4 , Xbox 360 and Xbox One in 2015 in commemoration of the original film's 30th anniversary, Wilson returned to provide Biff's voice in these newer versions. Wilson found
345-758: The band Junkhouse Tom Wilson (record producer) (1931–1978), American record producer Politicians [ edit ] Sir Thomas Wilson (record keeper) (1560?–1629), English official and Member of Parliament Thomas Wilson (c.1767–1852) , MP for the City of London, 1818–1826 Thomas Wilson (mayor) (1787–1863), mayor of Adelaide, Australia Thomas Wilson (Minnesota politician) (1827–1910), U.S. Representative from Minnesota Thomas Wilson (Pennsylvania politician) (1772–1824), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania Thomas Wilson (Virginia politician) (1765–1826), U.S. Representative from Virginia Thomas Wilson (Queensland politician) (1865–1933), miner and member of
368-532: The car scene in the first Back to the Future , in which he molests Lea Thompson 's character, Lorraine the most difficult scene he shot. In between takes Wilson whispered to Thompson "I'm so sorry, Lea." to which Thompson replied with "It's just acting, Tom." In 1992, he voiced gangster Tony Zucco in Batman: The Animated Series and police detective Matt Bluestone in the animated series Gargoyles . He later went to co-star with Mark Hamill in
391-564: The films. He found the repetitive nature of the questions to be both hilarious and frustrating, and wrote a song about them titled "Biff's Question Song" which he includes in his stand-up routine. Thomas Spencer Wilson The son of Sir Thomas Wilson, 4th Baronet, he was educated at Charterhouse School . He succeeded his brother in the baronetcy in 1760. By his wife, Jane Weller, he had one son and three daughters. One daughter, Margaretta, married Charles Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden and another, Jane , married his brother Spencer Perceval ,
414-519: The future prime minister. He joined the British Army as an ensign in the 8th Regiment of Foot in 1744. He reached the rank of captain in that regiment, and on 14 April 1762, became a captain-lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards . He progressed through the ranks to Major-General in 1777. He was made colonel of the 50th Regiment of Foot from 1777 until his death, promoted to lieutenant-general in 1782 and full general in 1796. He took part in
437-550: The title Thomas Wilson . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Wilson&oldid=1252125353 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thomas F. Wilson Thomas Francis Wilson Jr. (born April 15, 1959)
460-570: The video game Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger . It was the third chapter in the Wing Commander series, but the first to feature live action and was extremely popular at the time. The character played by Wilson was Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall, a fellow starfighter pilot to Hamill's character. Wilson also starred in the sequels Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995) and Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997) and contributed his voice to
483-653: The war in Flanders, the rebellion in Scotland, the war in Germany, where he was aide-de-camp to Lord Waldegrave at the battle of Minden , and in three expeditions on the coast of France. He was MP for Sussex from 1774 to 1780. This article about a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (1707–1800) representing an English constituency is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This biographical article related to
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#1732873241090506-635: Was as the bully Biff Tannen in the 1985 film Back to the Future . He returned in the sequels Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III to not only reprise his role as Biff, but to also play Biff's grandson Griff Tannen and great-grandfather Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen . In each Back to the Future film, his character ends up in a pile of manure after trying to kill or hurt Michael J. Fox 's character Marty McFly . He reprised his role as Biff and voiced various Tannen relatives in
529-494: Was born in Philadelphia on April 15, 1959, and grew up in nearby Wayne . While attending Radnor High School , he was involved in dramatic arts, served as president of the debate team (where his partner was future New York Times columnist David Brooks ), played the tuba in the high school band, and was the drum major of the school marching band . He studied international politics at Arizona State University and attended
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