Old Tom Tom Bell In the garden that afternoon, Nancy found a few minutes in which to interview Old Tom, who had pulled the weeds and shovelled the paths about the place for uncounted years. -- From Pollyanna, 'Chapter II, Old Tom and Nancy' Tom Bell, a Liverpool native, has over fifty years of acting credits on stage, television and film. He has been seen in Masterpiece Theatre's Prime Suspect 1 and 3 and in Holocaust, Wish You Were Here and The Krays.