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{{Infobox Actor
| name                  = Tom Mason
| image                 = PlanNine 04.jpg
| imagesize             = 
| caption               = Mason in ''Plan 9 From Outer Space''
| birthname             = Thomas Robert Mason 
| birthdate             = {{birth date|1920|4|29|mf=y}}
| birthplace            = [[Illinois]], U.S.
| deathdate             = {{death date and age|1980|12|1|1920|4|29|mf=y}}
| deathplace            = {{city-state|Orange|California}}, U.S.
| occupation            = Chiropractor, actor
}}


'''Dr. Thomas Robert "Tom" Mason''' (April 29, 1920 &ndash; December 1, 1980) was a [[chiropractor]] who lived in Los Angeles in the 1950s. He is best known as the stand-in for the then recently deceased Bela Lugosi in Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s infamous movie ''Plan 9 From Outer Space''. Dr. Mason, who was taller than and bore a questionable physical resemblance to Lugosi, hunched over with a cape held over his face in all of his scenes.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rhodes|first=Gary Don|title=Lugosi: His Life In Films, On Stage, and In the Hearts of Horror Lovers|publisher=McFarland|date=1997|pages=145|isbn=0-786-40257-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDA1731F937A35755C0A9609C8B63|title=IDEAS & TRENDS; When the Acting Is a Little Stiff, What's a Director to Do? |last=Vinciguerra |first=Thomas|date=2006-06-04|publisher=''The New York Times''|accessdate=2009-11-04}}</ref>

Dr. Mason appeared in and helped to produce a couple of Wood's other movies, ''Night of the Ghouls'' (in which he was allowed to show his face) and ''Final Curtain'', after which his career in showbiz ended. He died in 1980. 

==In popular culture==
Dr. Mason was portrayed by actor Ned Bellamy in the 1994 in film ''Ed Wood''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/38/Ned-Bellamy.html|title=Ned Bellamy Biography ((?)-)|publisher=filmreference.com|accessdate=2009-11-04}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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|DATE OF DEATH= December 1, 1980
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