Thomas Hill

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

Law & Order

Married... with Children

Coach

St. Elsewhere

Newhart

The Facts of Life

Remington Steele

Brothers

All Movies (21)

• The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter1990 · as Coreander
• An Empty Bed1990 · as Elmer
• Black Widow1987 · as Attorney
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1984
• The NeverEnding Story1984 · as Carl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian
• Thursday's Child1983 · as Dr. Owens
• Firefox1982 · as General Brown
• Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal1982 · as Dr. Halperin
• True Confessions1981 · as Mr. Fazenda
• The Postman Always Rings Twice1981 · as Barlow
• Revenge of the Stepford Wives1980 · as Dr. Edgar Trent
• The Nude Bomb1980 · as President
• Hide in Plain Sight1980 · as Bobby Momisa
• Death Penalty1980 · as Trial Judge
• Portrait of a Stripper1979 · as Walt Sterling
• You Can't Go Home Again1979
• Sanctuary of Fear1979 · as Carl Barringer
• Too Far to Go1979 · as Psychiatrist
• Quintet1979 · as Francha
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller1971 · as Archer
• The Slender Thread1965 · as Liquor Salesman

All TV Shows (14)

• Law & Order1990 · as John Barham
• Coach1989 · as Man
• Married... with Children1987 · as Muldoon
• Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder1987 · as Dr. Grant
• Fresno1986 · as Mr. Crowther
• Brothers1984
• V: The Final Battle1984 · as Father Andrew Doyle
• V1983 · as le père Andrew
• Wizards and Warriors1983
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as Judge
• Newhart1982 · as Jim Dixon
• Remington Steele1982 · as Ross Crockett Sr.
• The Facts of Life1979
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Dr. Owens