Thom Christopher

American actor

Judith Leverone

(m. 1971; died 2019)

^[1]

Thom Christopher (born October 5, 1940)^[2] is an American actor.

Christopher attended Ithaca College and studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse.^[3]

He is best known for his portrayal of Hawk, a half-man, half-bird warrior in the second season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century in 1981.^[4] He also played an upstate Pennsylvania mob boss Carlo Hesser (1990–1992, 1996–1997, 2005, 2006, 2008) and his meek twin Mortimer Bern (1992–1993, 1997) on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live.^[5]

Christopher has also had roles on soap operas such as Loving and Guiding Light. He created the role of Noel Douglas on the CBS soap opera The Edge of Night.

Filmography

Film

1980: S*H*E as Eddie Bronzi
1983: Space Raiders as "Flightplan"
1985: Wizards of the Lost Kingdom as Shurka
1988: Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell as Troxartas (V)
2003: Nola as Niles Sterling

Television

1974: The Edge of Night as Noel Douglas #1
1975: Cannon, episode "The Hero"
1978: The Eddie Capra Mysteries, episode "The Two-Million-Dollar Stowaway" as Eugene Meriwether Smith
1981: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as "Hawk"
1983: Simon & Simon - "All Your Favourite Games" as Sid Castle - S03 E12
1984: T. J. Hooker - "Too Late for Love" as Harry Cort and "Death Strip" as Paul Gavin
1987–1989: Murder, She Wrote - "Trouble in Eden" as Reverend Willard Manchester and "Appointment in Athens" as Dimitri Popadopalous
1990–2008: One Life to Live as Carlo Hesser / Mortimer Bern
2000–2004: Law & Order- "Stiff" as Dr. Bertram Stokes and "Caviar Emptor" as Alferandi Dilmanian
1993–1994: Loving as Dante Partou / Joe Young
1999–2002: Guiding Light as Colonel Dax

Video games

2003: Cyberchase: Castleblanca Quest as The Hacker

Awards


Award	Year	Category	For	Result
AACTA Awards	1973-74	Theatre World Award	Noel Coward in Two Keys^[6]	Won
Daytime Emmy Awards	1992	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	One Life to Live^[5]	Won
	1993	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	One Life to Live	Nominated
	1993	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Loving	Nominated
Soap Opera Digest Awards	1992	Outstanding Villain: Daytime	One Life to Live	Nominated
Soap Opera Digest Awards	1993	Outstanding Supporting Actor	One Life to Live	Nominated

References

^ "Judith Christoper Obituary". Boston Globe. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ Staff. "Thom Christopher", Soap Opera Digest. Accessed May 28, 2009. "Native New Yorker Thom Christopher hails from the Queens neighborhood of Jackson Heights."
^ Willis, John; Lynch, Tom, eds. (1995). "Christopher, Thom". John Willis Theatre World 1992-1993 Season Volume 49. Applause Theatre Book Publishers. p. 193. ISBN 9781557832047. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
^ Phillips, Mark; Garcia, Frank (2014). Science Fiction Television Series: Episode Guides, Histories, and Casts and Credits for 62 Prime-Time Shows, 1959 through 1989. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610306. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b Hart, Marla (8 October 1992). "Actor Thom Christopher Has 2 Lives To Live". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
^ "Theatre World Award Recipients". Retrieved 18 July 2017.