Trivia

Father of Nina Conti.

Won a Tony in 1979 for "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"

Of Italian and Irish extraction.

In 1976 he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier award for Best Actor in a revival for his performance in Don Juan and The Devils Disciple at the RSC Aldwych.

Is one of four Scottish actors to have received an Academy Award nomination. The others in chronological order are Deborah Kerr, Mary Ure and Sean Connery. As of 2011 Sean Connery is the only one to have won an Academy Award (for his performance in Les Incorruptibles (1987)).

He went to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with the intention of going far in music but by mistake he was sent to the Drama department.

When Tom showed the manuscript of his book "The Doctor" to his friend Lynsey De Paul, she was kind enough to mention it to publisher Jeremy Robson, who got the book published.

Won Broadway's 1979 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"

Nominated for 'Actor of the Year in a Musical' in the 1980 Laurence Olivier Awards for his performance in 'They're Playing Our Song' but lost out to Dennis Quilley.

Attended the funeral of his friend singer-songwriter Lynsey De Paul on 7 October 2014 in London.

Performed in Dundee Rep in September 1959.

As of 2018, has never appeared in a film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.