Thomas Kane Tulley[citation needed] (August 21, 1908 – April 27, 1982) was an American actor.

His other Broadway credits include The Sun Field (1942), The Strings, My Lord, Are False (1942), Jason (1942), Ah, Wilderness!

[2] In the era of old-time radio, Tully had the lead role of Joe in the serial Home of the Brave.

His last feature film role was as a crooked gun dealer, seated in a wheelchair after having his left leg removed close to the hip, in Don Siegel's popular crime film Charley Varrick (1973), with Walter Matthau and Joe Don Baker.

During the 1966 season of ABC's Shane western series, he made 17 appearances as Tom Starett.

His "handshake tour" took him to hospitals, radio interviews, and flight behind enemy lines, courtesy of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, to visit strategic military outposts such as the "Hawks Nest" in the Phum Valley.

[1] Tully refused to join the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, and was out of work during the Hollywood blacklist, for nine months.

[1] Tully played chess by mail, was a fly-fisherman, and voiced children's books for an elementary school.

[13] Tully died of cancer at the age of 73 on April 27, 1982, at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, California.