Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr. popularly known as Tom Laughlin is an American actor, director, screenwriter, novelist, educator, and activist, was born on August 10, 1931. Laughlin was most known for his Billy Jack series of flicks. From 1954 until his death, he was married to actress Delores Taylor. Taylor worked on all four Billy Jack films as a co-producer and actor. His unusual marketing of The Trial of Billy Jack had a significant impact on the way movies are promoted today.
In the early 1960s, Laughlin took a break from acting to open a Montessori preschool in Santa Monica, California, which grew to be the country’s largest of its kind. He ran for President of the United States three times in his later years, in 1992, 2004, and 2008. He worked in the fields of psychology and domestic violence counseling, as well as producing multiple books on Jungian psychology and inventing cancer theories.
Laughlin was born to Margaret and Thomas Laughlin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He went to Washington High School, where he was embroiled in a sports dispute that made national headlines since Laughlin was forced to attend another school for a short time, rendering him unable to play football at his former school when he returned.
He had an interest in psychology and had studied it independently, although not being a professionally qualified psychologist. A 1975 People article on Laughlin indicated his deep interest in psychology and that he had a personal ‘dream secretary’ to whom he reported his dreams. They were jotted down so that they could be evaluated later.
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