Tim Choate
October 11, 1954 (72 years old) in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Tim Choate (October 11, 1954 – September 24, 2004) was an American actor born in Dallas, Texas. He studied at the University of Texas at Austin and Cornell University and worked extensively in theater, appearing on Broadway in Da and Crimes of the Heart and with the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. On screen he appeared in the Merchant Ivory films The Europeans, Jane Austen in Manhattan and Jefferson in Paris, as well as Times Square, Blow Out, Ghost Story, Def-Con 4, Soapdish and Pearl Harbor. On television he was best known as Zathras on Babylon 5, and he had a recurring role on Newhart. He died in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles.
Known For
Credits
- 2003 · Cold Case as Charlie Winters
- 2003 · L.A. Dragnet as
- 2002 · Hungry Hearts as Butterfly Collector
- 2002 · American Dreams as
- 2001 · Pearl Harbor as Navy Doctor
- 1999 · Crusade as Polix
- 1997 · The Practice as Atty. Miles
- 1995 · Live Nude Girls as Jerome
- 1995 · Girl in the Cadillac as Motel owner
- 1995 · Jefferson in Paris as Reporter
- 1995 · The Wayans Bros. as Patient
- 1994 · White Mile as Young Man
- 1994 · Babylon 5 as Zathras
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Evan Houston
- 1993 · Frasier as Dirk
- 1993 · Gunsmoke: The Long Ride as Sheriff Bart Meriweather
- 1992 · Delta as Andrew
- 1992 · Immaculate Conception as David
- 1991 · The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw as 'Bad Boy' Jon Wilson
- 1991 · Reasonable Doubts as
- 1991 · P.S. I Luv U as
- 1991 · Soapdish as AD
- 1991 · Not of This World as
- 1990 · Child in the Night as Curt
- 1989 · Spy as David Tiomchin
- 1989 · Blind Witness as Remy
- 1989 · Coach as Earl Gleem
- 1989 · CreepTales as Uncle Munger (segment "Wraparound")
- 1988 · My Father, My Son as Harvey
- 1987 · Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall as Phil Leeds
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1987 · The Charmings as
- 1985 · DEFCON-4 as Howe
- 1984 · Crazy like a Fox as Joe Cusack
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Daryl Croft
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Luke Phillips
- 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Michael Killup
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as
- 1983 · The First Time as Charlie Lichtenstein
- 1982 · Newhart as
- 1982 · Newhart as Dave
- 1982 · American Playhouse as Clifford
- 1982 · American Playhouse as Phil Leeds (segment 'Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall')
- 1981 · Ghost Story as Young Ricky Hawthorne
- 1981 · Blow Out as Sailor
- 1980 · Times Square as Eastman
- 1980 · Jane Austen in Manhattan as Jamie
- 1979 · Knots Landing as Salesperson
- 1979 · The Europeans as Clifford