Thomas Hill
Acting • Born 1927-06-02 – Died 2009-04-20
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
35 credits
Firefox
Movie • 1982
General Brown
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
Movie • 1982
Dr. Halperin
The NeverEnding Story
Movie • 1984
Carl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
Movie • 1990
Coreander
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie • 1984
Death Penalty
Movie • 1980
Trial Judge
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Movie • 1971
Archer
An Empty Bed
Movie • 1990
Elmer
Too Far to Go
Movie • 1979
Psychiatrist
You Can't Go Home Again
Movie • 1979
Portrait of a Stripper
Movie • 1979
Walt Sterling
The Nude Bomb
Movie • 1980
President
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
Movie • 1980
Dr. Edgar Trent
Thursday's Child
Movie • 1983
Dr. Owens
Hide in Plain Sight
Movie • 1980
Bobby Momisa
True Confessions
Movie • 1981
Mr. Fazenda
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Movie • 1981
Barlow
Sanctuary of Fear
Movie • 1979
Carl Barringer
Quintet
Movie • 1979
Francha
Black Widow
Movie • 1987
Attorney
The Slender Thread
Movie • 1965
Liquor Salesman
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Ross Crockett Sr.
The Facts of Life
TV • 1979
Newhart
TV • 1982
Jim Dixon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Dr. Owens
Wizards and Warriors
TV • 1983
Brothers
TV • 1984
V
TV • 1983
le père Andrew
Fresno
TV • 1986
Mr. Crowther
Married... with Children
TV • 1987
Muldoon
Law & Order
TV • 1990
John Barham
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
TV • 1987
Dr. Grant
Coach
TV • 1989
Man
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Judge
V: The Final Battle
TV • 1984
Father Andrew Doyle