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Tom Poston: Works, Career & Art

Thomas Gordon Poston (October 17, 1921 – April 30, 2007) was an American actor, appearing in television roles from the 1950s through the early to mid-2000s, reportedly appearing in more sitcoms than any other actor. In the 1980s, he played George Utley on the CBS sitcom Newhart, receiving three Emmy Award nominations for the role. In addition he had a…

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Tom Poston topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Career and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around Tom Poston.

Related topics
73
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
77
Extracted relationships
21
Concept neighborhoods
21
Bridge connections
77

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Career · 52 topics
Early life · 11 topics
Personal life and death · 6 topics
Overview · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Known for
George Utley on Newhart · Franklin Bickley on Mork & Mindy
Occupation
Actor
Alma mater
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Allegiance
United States
Born
Thomas Gordon Poston (1921-10-17)October 17, 1921 Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Branch
Army Air Forces

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Early life

Career

Personal life and death

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Tom Poston connects Entity context

The extracted context around Tom Poston shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Tom Poston → American TelevisionTom Poston, Archive, IMDbTom Poston, Internet Broadway DatabaseTom Poston, Internet Off-Broadway Database Another extracted example is Tom Poston → Franklin Bickley on Mork & Mindy, George Utley on Newhart. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Tom Poston

Top relations

related to External links · 5
Tom Poston → American TelevisionTom Poston, Archive, IMDbTom Poston, Internet Broadway DatabaseTom Poston, Internet Off-Broadway Database
Known for · 2
Tom Poston → Franklin Bickley on Mork & Mindy, George Utley on Newhart
Allegiance · 1
Tom Poston → United States
Alma mater · 1
Tom Poston → American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Born · 1
Tom Poston → Thomas Gordon Poston (1921-10-17)October 17, 1921 Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Branch · 1
Tom Poston → Army Air Forces
Children · 1
Tom Poston → 3
Conflicts · 1
Tom Poston → Battle of Normandy
Died · 1
Tom Poston → April 30, 2007(2007-04-30) (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation · 1
Tom Poston → Actor

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

poston newhart television played show role actor episode pleshette american george bob career series emmy appeared roles born 2007 utley

Tom Poston relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 21 structured relationships around Tom Poston. Examples in this analysis include Tom Poston → Allegiance → United States and Tom Poston → Alma mater → American Academy of Dramatic Arts. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Tom PostonAllegianceUnited States1.00infobox
Tom PostonAlma materAmerican Academy of Dramatic Arts1.00infobox
Tom PostonBornThomas Gordon Poston (1921-10-17)October 17, 1921 Columbus, Ohio, U.S.1.00infobox
Tom PostonBranchArmy Air Forces1.00infobox
Tom PostonChildren31.00infobox
Tom PostonConflictsBattle of Normandy1.00infobox
Tom PostonDiedApril 30, 2007(2007-04-30) (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Tom PostonKnown forGeorge Utley on Newhart1.00infobox
Tom PostonKnown forFranklin Bickley on Mork & Mindy1.00infobox
Tom PostonOccupationActor1.00infobox
Tom PostonRankCaptain1.00infobox
Tom PostonResting placeHillside Memorial Park Cemetery1.00infobox
Tom PostonService years1941-19451.00infobox
Tom PostonSpouses.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marria…1.00infobox
Tom PostonYears active1950–20071.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Tom Poston bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Show, Television and Newhart. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Tom Poston
    • Show
    • Television
    • Newhart
    • Played
    • Angeles
    • Los
    • Bob
    • Guest
    • Pleshette
    • Role
    • California
    • Early
  • tom poston
    • Show
    • Television
    • Newhart
    • Played
    • Angeles
    • Los
    • Bob
    • Guest
    • Pleshette
    • Role
    • California
    • Early
  • newhart
    • Bob
    • Utley
    • Award
    • Played
    • Three
    • Emmy
    • Pleshette
    • Role
    • Show
    • Poston
    • California
    • Academy
  • the bob newhart show
    • Bob
    • Newhart
    • Utley
    • Award
    • Played
    • Three
    • Emmy
    • Show
    • Pleshette
    • Role
    • Character
    • George
  • bob newhart
    • Bob
    • Newhart
    • Utley
    • Award
    • Played
    • Three
    • Emmy
    • Show
    • Pleshette
    • Role
    • Character
    • George
  • american academy of dramatic arts
    • Career
    • Early
    • Academy
    • American
    • October
    • Television
    • Actor
    • California
    • Angeles
    • Born
    • City
    • Film
  • up the academy
    • Career
    • American
    • California
    • Early
    • Angeles
    • Born
    • City
    • Film
    • George
    • Known
    • Los
    • October
  • los angeles
    • Los
    • California
    • Early
    • Television
    • Academy
    • Born
    • Broadway
    • Career
    • George
    • Known
    • October
    • Sullivan

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Tom Poston, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Tom Poston with Career. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Tom Poston — Career · splits 25 ⟂ 53
Tom Poston — Early life · splits 66 ⟂ 12
Tom Poston — Personal life and death · splits 71 ⟂ 7
Tom Poston — Overview · splits 73 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Tom Poston

Nodes78
Edges77
Triples21
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025641
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Tom Poston to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Career & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Tom Poston · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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