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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 2, 1927
Died
April 20, 2009
Place of Birth
Landour, Mussoorie, India
Also Known As
- Tom Hill
Thomas Hill
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.7
Coreander
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
1990
7.4
John Barham
Law & Order
1990
1.0
Elmer
An Empty Bed
1990
6.8
Man
Coach
1989
7.7
Muldoon
Married... with Children
1987
6.5
Dr. Grant
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987
6.2
Attorney
Black Widow
1987
6.4
Mr. Crowther
Fresno
1986
5.5
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
7.2
Brothers
1984
Credits
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
as Coreander
1990
5.7
Law & Order
as John Barham
1990
7.4
An Empty Bed
as Elmer
1990
1.0
Coach
as Man
1989
6.8
Married... with Children
as Muldoon
1987
7.7
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
as Dr. Grant
1987
6.5
Black Widow
as Attorney
1987
6.2
Fresno
as Mr. Crowther
1986
6.4
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
5.5
Brothers
1984
7.2
V: The Final Battle
as Father Andrew Doyle
1984
7.3
V: The Final Battle
as Father Andrew Doyle
1984
10.0
The NeverEnding Story
as Carl Conrad Koreander - The Librarian
1984
7.2
V
as le père Andrew
1983
7.7
Wizards and Warriors
1983
6.8
Thursday's Child
as Dr. Owens
1983
1.0
St. Elsewhere
as Judge
1982
5.5
Newhart
as Jim Dixon
1982
7.1
Remington Steele
as Ross Crockett Sr.
1982
7.1
Firefox
as General Brown
1982
6.0
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
as Dr. Halperin
1982
6.0
True Confessions
as Mr. Fazenda
1981
6.1
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Barlow
1981
6.5
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
as Dr. Edgar Trent
1980
5.1
The Nude Bomb
as President
1980
5.4
Hide in Plain Sight
as Bobby Momisa
1980
5.3
Death Penalty
as Trial Judge
1980
0.0
Portrait of a Stripper
as Walt Sterling
1979
2.5
The Facts of Life
1979
7.0
You Can't Go Home Again
1979
1.0
Sanctuary of Fear
as Carl Barringer
1979
6.0
Too Far to Go
as Psychiatrist
1979
1.0
Quintet
as Francha
1979
5.1
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
as Archer
1971
7.2
The Slender Thread
as Liquor Salesman
1965
7.1
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. Owens
1951
8.6