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