Thomas Hill
Born: 1927-06-02 in Landour, Mussoorie, India
Died: 2009-04-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
Thomas N. "Tom" Hill (June 2, 1927 – April 20, 2009) was an Indian-American character actor and director on stage for decades before starting in film in the mid-1960s and on television in the 1980s. Born in India in 1927, one of Hill's most prominent recurring roles was as Jim Dixon on the 1980s TV series Newhart. Hill also appeared as King Baaldorf in the short-lived 1980s series Wizards and Warriors. His TV movie roles include Father Andrew Doyle in the 1984 NBC miniseries V: The Final Battle. He had guest appearances on such shows as St. Elsewhere, Remington Steele, The Facts of Life, Married... with Children, Coach, and Law & Order. Hill's first feature film performance was in the 1965 film The Slender Thread Other film credits include The Postman Always Rings Twice, Firefox (1982), and was well known of his role as Mr Coriander, the bookstore owner in The NeverEnding Story, as well as the 1990 sequel followup. He died in April 20, 2009, aged 81 in Bloomington, Indiana.
Filmography
1990
- Law & Order as John Barham
- The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter as Coreander
- An Empty Bed as Elmer
1989
- Coach as Man
1987
- Married... with Children as Muldoon
- Black Widow as Attorney
- Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder as Dr. Grant
1986
- Fresno as Mr. Crowther
1984
- The NeverEnding Story as Carl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian
- Brothers
- V: The Final Battle as Father Andrew Doyle
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1983
- V as le père Andrew
- Thursday's Child as Dr. Owens
- Wizards and Warriors
1982
- Remington Steele as Ross Crockett Sr.
- St. Elsewhere as Judge
- Newhart as Jim Dixon
- Firefox as General Brown
- Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal as Dr. Halperin
1981
- True Confessions as Mr. Fazenda
- The Postman Always Rings Twice as Barlow
1980
- Revenge of the Stepford Wives as Dr. Edgar Trent
- Hide in Plain Sight as Bobby Momisa
- The Nude Bomb as President
- Death Penalty as Trial Judge
1979
- The Facts of Life
- Portrait of a Stripper as Walt Sterling
- You Can't Go Home Again
- Sanctuary of Fear as Carl Barringer
- Quintet as Francha
- Too Far to Go as Psychiatrist
1971
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller as Archer
1965
- The Slender Thread as Liquor Salesman
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Owens