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Thomas McCawley
Thomas McCauley
Biological Information
Full name

Thomas McCawley

Gender

Male

Born

1876

Death

April 15, 1912

Cause

Hypothermia

Background Information
Hometown

Aberdeen, Scotland

Titanic Statistics
Boarded

Southampton, England

Destination

New York, U.S.A.

Occupation

Gym Instructor

Class

Crew-class

Fate

Drowned during the ship's sinking.

Production
Classification

Historical character

Portrayal

Brian McDermott

Thomas McCawley was the Titanic's gym instructor.

When Thomas Andrews toured the ship to a group of passengers, McCawley presented different machines and offered Ruth DeWitt Bukater to try the rowing machine, but she refused.

During the sinking, McCawley remained in the gym and told a passenger that he would not wear a life jacket, as it might interfere with his swimming. John Jacob Astor had warned him that the water would actually damage his stroke, since the ship was 1130 kilometers from the coast. This indeed, cost him his life, being mercilessly sucked by a vortex of hundreds of tons of water created by the fall of the first stack.

Behind the scenes[]

  • McCawley was portrayed by Brian McDermott in James Cameron's Titanic, but his scenes were cut from the theatrical version and was uncredited. However, he can still be seen in the film's deleted scenes.
  • In actual world history, McCawley did not survive the sinking, so it can be assumed that his fictional counterpart shared his fate.
  • The character within the film appears older than his real life counterpart as McCawley gave his age as 36.
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