Tom Hanks casting off a villa
Actor-producer-director Tom Hanks has listed a house in Pacific Palisades for $5.225 million.
The Spanish-style villa, built in 1929, features archways, frescoed ceilings, a library, a sky-lit kitchen, a sun room, a beauty salon, four bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms and 6,289 square feet of living space. The living room opens to a loggia and gardens.
The property sits behind hedges and a tall wall on nearly a third of an acre. The rules are strict for getting a peek at the place. No photos are allowed, and agents must accompany clients touring the house.
This is not the contemporary home Hanks and wife Rita Wilson bought from veteran producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall three years ago for more than $26 million. That 14,513-square-foot house, built in 1996 and also in Pacific Palisades, has four bedrooms and five bathrooms.
Hanks, 56, won Oscars for his work in “Forrest Gump” (1994) and “Philadelphia” (1993) and received lead actor nominations for “Big” (1988), “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) and “Cast Away” (2000), which he also produced. He played symbolist Robert Langdon in “The Da Vinci Code” (2006)
and “Angels & Demons” (2009) and is the voice of Woody in the “Toy Story” movies. He directed, wrote and starred in the 1996 film “That Thing You Do!”
Wilson, 56, appeared opposite Hanks in “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993). Her film work also includes “Jingle All the Way” (1996), “Runaway Bride” (1999) and “It’s Complicated” (2009).
The house last sold for $1.9 million in 1988, according to public records.
Mary Lu Tuthill and Kathleen Tuthill of Coldwell Banker’s Brentwood office are the listing agents, the Multiple Listing Service shows.