1. From 2010 to 2024, Tom Selleck co-starred as NYC Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in the series Blue Bloods.
51 Facts About Tom Selleck
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Tom Selleck had a lead role in the television western film The Sacketts, based on two of Louis L'Amour's books.
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Tom Selleck served as an infantryman in the California Army National Guard from 1967 to 1973, attaining the rank of sergeant.
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Tom Selleck has an elder brother Robert, a younger sister Martha, and a younger brother Daniel.
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Tom Selleck is of mostly English descent, although he has some German ancestry.
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Tom Selleck graduated from Grant High School in 1962 and enrolled at Los Angeles Valley College, living at home and saving money.
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Tom Selleck was a pitcher and designated hitter for the USC baseball team.
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Tom Selleck then studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, under Milton Katselas.
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Tom Selleck served in Company C, 1st Battalion, 160th Infantry from 1967 to 1973, attaining the rank of sergeant.
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Tom Selleck began his career with bit parts in smaller movies, including Myra Breckinridge, Coma, and The Seven Minutes.
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Tom Selleck appeared in a number of TV series, mini-series and TV movies.
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Tom Selleck was the face of Salem cigarettes and Revlon's Chaz cologne.
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Tom Selleck appeared in a commercial for Right Guard deodorant in 1971, with Farrah Fawcett in 1972 for the aperitif Dubonnet, and another in 1977 for the toothpaste Close-Up.
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Tom Selleck was in a Safeguard deodorant soap commercial.
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Tom Selleck had a recurring role in the 1970s as private investigator Lance White in The Rockford Files.
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The producers would not release the actor for other projects, so Tom Selleck had to pass on the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, which meant that the role went to actor Harrison Ford instead.
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Tom Selleck played the role of Thomas Magnum in 1980 after filming six other TV pilots that were never sold.
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Tom Selleck was famous for his mustache, a Hawaiian-style aloha shirt and a Detroit Tigers baseball cap.
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The relationship eventually ended over Richard's reluctance to commit to having children, though Tom Selleck did make a few more appearances in later episodes.
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Tom Selleck's costars included Ed Asner, David Krumholtz, and Penelope Ann Miller.
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In 2001, Tom Selleck played the lead role of Murray in a Broadway revival of Herb Gardner's comedic play A Thousand Clowns.
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The movie showed the planning, politics, and preparation for the 1944 Invasion of Normandy, and Tom Selleck was critically lauded for playing a cool, calm Eisenhower.
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Tom Selleck played the role of Mr Kornfeldt in the movie Killers in 2010.
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Since 2005, Selleck has starred in the role of transplanted lawman Jesse Stone in a series of made-for-TV movies based on Robert B Parker's novels.
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Tom Selleck joined the cast of the NBC drama Las Vegas in the season-five premiere on September 28,2007.
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Tom Selleck replaced James Caan, who left the cast in the same episode.
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In 2012, Tom Selleck was featured in Coldwell Banker's television ad campaign focusing on homeownership.
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Tom Selleck appeared in a recurring role on the acclaimed ABC drama Boston Legal as Ivan Tiggs, the troubled ex-husband of Shirley Schmidt.
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In 2021, Tom Selleck made his album debut singing "Yessir, That's My Baby" with Nicolas King on King's album Act One released by Club44 Records.
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From 1971 to 1982, Tom Selleck was married to model Jacqueline Ray.
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Tom Selleck has said he is Episcopalian, and got instruction from Blue Bloods co-star Bridget Moynahan on how to properly cross himself when playing his Catholic character Frank Reagan.
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Tom Selleck has said that he doesn't personally use text messages or e-mail.
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Tom Selleck is an accomplished indoor and beach volleyball player, playing the outside hitter position for the Outrigger Canoe Club, Honolulu.
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Tom Selleck was very patient with all of us, and we relished the big crowds that replaced the usual sparse number of players' friends and spouses at the national tourney matches.
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Tom Selleck is an avid ice hockey fan and has been seen attending Los Angeles Kings games at Staples Center.
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Tom Selleck was once a minority owner of the Detroit Tigers, his favorite baseball team since childhood.
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In 1986, Tom Selleck hit a batting practice home run while working out with the Tigers.
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In preparation for his role in the film Mr Baseball, Tom Selleck reached out to the Tigers to practice with them during the spring of 1991.
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Tom Selleck took batting practice for three weeks, even making an appearance in an exhibition game against Cincinnati, where Tiger manager Sparky Anderson put him into a game as a pinch-hitter.
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Tom Selleck managed to foul off 3 pitches from Reds pitcher Tim Layana before striking out.
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Tom Selleck believes his training helped him considerably in his film role, having gained valuable experience from attending team meetings and developing an understanding of how competitive players function together.
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In February 2009, Tom Selleck joined the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund as national spokesman for the new Education Center being built on the National Mall.
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Tom Selleck settled the suit by paying $21,685.55 to the Calleguas Municipal Water District, an amount which represented the district's private investigator fees in connection with the case.
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Tom Selleck has been a member of the board of directors of the National Rifle Association and served as a spokesman for the organization.
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Tom Selleck resigned from the board on September 18,2018, though he remained a member of the organization.
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In 2002, Selleck donated the rifle he used in Quigley Down Under, along with six other firearms from his other films, to the NRA.
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Tom Selleck describes himself as "a registered independent with a lot of libertarian leanings".
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Blue Bloods co-star Abigail Hawk said Tom Selleck often keeps his opinions to himself, but tries to form his views by reading news sources from across the opinion spectrum and likes to focus on the facts of a situation.
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Tom Selleck was chosen because of his outstanding character and ethic.
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Tom Selleck is a board member of the non-profit Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics and co-founder of the Character Counts Coalition.
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Tom Selleck received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1986.