Thom Christopher

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{{distinguish|text = painter [[Tom Christopher]]}}
{{Short description|American actor (1940–2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Sources|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Thom Christopher
| image = Thom Christopher.png
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|10|5}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|12|5|1940|10|5}}
| death_place =
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1972–2017
| spouse = {{marriage|Judith Leverone|1971|September 24, 2019|end=died}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Judith Christoper Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=judith-christopher-leverone&pid=194046569 |website=Boston Globe |access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref>
}}

'''Thom Christopher''' (October 5, 1940 – December 5, 2024) was an American actor.

==Life and career==
Christopher attended [[Ithaca College]] and studied acting at the [[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre|Neighborhood Playhouse]].<ref name="TW">{{cite book |editor1-last=Willis |editor1-first=John |editor1-link=John A. Willis |editor2-last=Lynch |editor2-first=Tom |title=John Willis Theatre World 1992-1993 Season Volume 49 |date=1995 |publisher=[[Hal Leonard LLC|Applause Theatre Book Publishers]] |isbn=9781557832047 |page=193 |chapter=Christopher, Thom |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/theatreworld19920000unse/page/193/mode/2up |access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref>

He was best known for his portrayal of villainous upstate Pennsylvania mob boss [[Carlo Hesser]] (1990–1992, 1996–1997, 2005, 2006, 2008) on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[soap opera]], ''[[One Life to Live]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/thom-christopher-dead-one-life-to-live-star-8757470|title=Thom Christopher, One Life to Live Star, Dies at 84: 'He Was Always a Gentleman'|first=Julia|last=Moore|publisher=People|date=December 6, 2024|accessdate=December 6, 2024}}</ref><ref name="CT">{{cite news|last1=Hart|first1=Marla|title=Actor Thom Christopher Has 2 Lives To Live|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/10/08/actor-thom-christopher-has-2-lives-to-live/|access-date=3 November 2017|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=8 October 1992|language=en}}</ref> He also portrayed Hesser's meek twin Mortimer Bern (1992–1993, 1997) on ''One Life to Live'' as well.<ref name="CT" /> He is also known for playing Hawk, a half-man, half-bird warrior in the second season of ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' in 1981.<ref name="hawk">{{cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=Mark|last2=Garcia|first2=Frank|title=Science Fiction Television Series: Episode Guides, Histories, and Casts and Credits for 62 Prime-Time Shows, 1959 through 1989|date=2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476610306|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qXeNAwAAQBAJ&dq=thom+christopher+hawk&pg=PT125|access-date=11 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Christopher also had roles on [[soap opera]]s such as ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'' and ''[[Guiding Light]]''. He created the role of Noel Douglas on the CBS soap opera ''[[The Edge of Night]]''.

Christopher died on December 5, 2024, aged 84.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thom Christopher Dies at 84 |url=https://soapoperanews.net/2024/12/06/thom-christopher-dies-at-84/ |access-date=6 December 2024 |publisher=Soap Opera News |date=6 December 2024}}</ref><ref> {{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=2024-12-06 |title=Thom Christopher, ‘One Life to Live’ Actor, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/thom-christopher-dead-one-life-to-live-buck-rogers-1236079514/ |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

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

===Television===
* 1974: ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' as Noel Douglas #1
* 1975: ''[[Cannon (TV series)|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 (TV series)|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 (TV series)|Loving]]'' as Dante Partou / Joe Young
* 1999–2002: ''[[Guiding Light]]'' as Colonel Dax

===Video games===
* 2003: ''[[Cyberchase: Castleblanca Quest]]'' as The Hacker

==Stage==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|+ {{sronly|Theatre credits}}
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Venue
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Refs.|References}}
|-
|1974
|''Noël Coward in Two Keys''
|Felix
|[[Ethel Barrymore Theater]], Broadway
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Clive |title=Stage: Hume Cronyn Dances Through ‘Coward in Two Keys’ |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/01/archives/stage-hume-cronyn-dances-through-coward-in-two-keys.html |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=New York Times |date=1 March 1974}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Noël Coward in Two Keys – Broadway Play – Original |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/nol-coward-in-two-keys-3704#OpeningNightCast |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League LLC |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1977
|''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (play)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]''
|Apollodorus
|[[Palace Theatre (New York City)|Palace Theatre]], Broadway
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Clive |title=Stage: Shaw's ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/25/archives/new-jersey-weekly-stage-shaws-caesar-and-cleopatra.html |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=New York Times |date=25 February 1977}}</ref>
|-
|1989
|data-sort-value="Investigation of the Murder in El Salvador, The" |''The Investigation of the Murder in El Salvador''
|D'Costa
|[[New York Theatre Workshop]], Off-Broadway
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Gussow |first1=Mel |title=Review/Theater; Fiddling While a Rome of Our Time Burns |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/23/theater/review-theater-fiddling-while-a-rome-of-our-time-burns.html |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=New York Times |date=23 May 1989}}</ref>
|-
|1994
|data-sort-value="Triumph of Love, The" |''[[The Triumph of Love (play)|The Triumph of Love]]''
|Hermocrate
|[[Classic Stage Company]], Off-Broadway
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Richards |first1=David |title=Review/Theater; A Marivaux Comedy On the Effects of Love |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/07/theater/review-theater-a-marivaux-comedy-on-the-effects-of-love.html |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=New York Times |date=7 April 1994}}</ref>
|-
|1997
|data-sort-value="Changeling, The" |''[[The Changeling (play)|The Changeling]]''
|performer
|Theatre at St. Clement's, Off-Broadway
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite news |title=STOLEN BY THE STAGE MANAGERS ‘CHANGELING’ THRILLS BY DESIGN, NO MORE |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/1997/03/04/stolen-by-the-stage-managers-changeling-thrills-by-design-no-more/ |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=New York Daily News |date=4 March 1997}}</ref>
|-
|1997
|''Stevie Wants To Play The Blues''
|Ernest
|[[Williamstown Theatre Festival]], Massachusetts
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Stevie Wants to Play the Blues |url=https://wtfestival.org/main-events/stevie-wants-to-play-the-blues/ |website=Williamstown Theatre Festival |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lefkowitz |first1=David |last2=Glaser |first2=Blair |title=Williamstown Reaches Dead End, July 10 |url=https://playbill.com/article/williamstown-reaches-dead-end-july-10-com-70935 |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=Playbill |date=10 July 1997}}</ref>
|-
|2000
|''Night Blooming Jasmine''
|Michael Hernick
|TriBeCa Playhouse, Off-Broadway
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Van Gelder |first1=Lawrence |title=THEATER REVIEW; Star-Crossed in Israel, Like a West Bank Story |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/18/movies/theater-review-star-crossed-in-israel-like-a-west-bank-story.html |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=New York Times |date=18 February 2000}}</ref>
|-
|2008
|''Another Vermeer''
|Dr. Abraham Bredius
|Abingdon Theater Company, Off-Broadway
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Blankenship |first1=Mark |title=Another Vermeer |url=https://variety.com/2008/legit/reviews/another-vermeer-1200535356/ |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=Variety |date=6 April 2008}}</ref>
|}

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Award
!Year
!Category
!For
!Result
|-
|[[AACTA Awards]]
|1973-74
|Theatre World Award
|''Noel Coward in Two Keys''<ref name="theatreworldaward">{{cite web|title=Theatre World Award Recipients|url=http://www.theatreworldawards.org/past-recipients.html|access-date=18 July 2017}}</ref>
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Daytime Emmy Awards]]
|1992
|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
|''[[One Life to Live]]<ref name="CT" />''
|{{won}}
|-
|1993
|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
|''[[One Life to Live]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1993
|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
|''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Soap Opera Digest Awards]]
|1992
|Outstanding Villain: Daytime
|''[[One Life to Live]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1993
|Outstanding Supporting Actor
|''[[One Life to Live]]''
|{{nom}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0160630|name=Thom Christopher}}
* {{discogs artist|Thom Christopher}}

{{Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor}}

{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:American male stage actors]]
[[Category:American male film actors]]
[[Category:American male television actors]]
[[Category:American male soap opera actors]]
[[Category:Daytime Emmy Award winners]]
[[Category:Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winners]]
[[Category:Male actors from New York (state)]]
[[Category:People from Jackson Heights, Queens]]
[[Category:Ithaca College alumni]]

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