---
name: "Thomas Hill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-hill"
fi1m_id: "thomas-hill"
imdb_id: "nm0384718"
tmdb_id: 124435
wikidata_id: "Q2424735"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 June 1927"
died: "20 April 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T17:49:02.208398+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Thomas Hill

## Identity

Thomas Hill

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomas-hill
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thomas-hill
- **IMDb ID:** nm0384718
- **TMDB ID:** 124435
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2424735
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hill_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2424735, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124435

Actor. Born 2 June 1927 in Landour, Mussoorie, India. Died 20 April 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 June 1927, Landour, Mussoorie, India
- **Died:** 20 April 2009
- **Active:** 1971–1982
- **Also known as:** Tom Hill
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 90 (1), 1980s 47 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hill_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2424735, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124435

## Biography

Thomas Hill (1927–2009) was an Indian-born American character actor and director. He performed on stage for decades from the 1950s, appearing in hundreds of productions across American theatres, and directed many more before beginning film work in the mid-1960s.

His film roles include Archer in *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971), Barlow in *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1981), General Brown in *Firefox* (1982), and Mr Coreander in *The NeverEnding Story* (1984) and *The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter* (1990). On television he played Jim Dixon in the series *Newhart* (1982–1990) and Father Andrew Doyle in the miniseries *V: The Final Battle* (1984), with guest appearances in *Married... with Children* and *Law & Order*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Firefox* (1982), Fi1m 47, as General Brown — [page](https://film.one/film/firefox.md)
- *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971), Fi1m 90, as Archer — [page](https://film.one/film/mccabe-and-mrs-miller.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter* (1990), as Coreander
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as John Barham — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *An Empty Bed* (1990), as Elmer
- *Coach* (1989), series, as Man
- *Married... with Children* (1987), series, as Muldoon
- *Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder* (1987), series, as Dr. Grant
- *Black Widow* (1987), as Attorney
- *Fresno* (1986), series, as Mr. Crowther
- *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (1984), as Dr. Baugh
- *Brothers* (1984), series, Actor
- *V: The Final Battle* (1984), series, as Father Andrew Doyle
- *The NeverEnding Story* (1984), as Carl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian
- *V* (1983), series, as le père Andrew
- *Wizards and Warriors* (1983), series, Actor
- *Thursday's Child* (1983), as Dr. Owens
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Judge — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Newhart* (1982), series, as Jim Dixon
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Ross Crockett Sr.
- *Firefox* (1982), as General Brown — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/firefox.md)
- *Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal* (1982), as Dr. Halperin
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Dr. Baugh
- *True Confessions* (1981), as Mr. Fazenda
- *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1981), as Barlow
- *Revenge of the Stepford Wives* (1980), as Dr. Edgar Trent
- *The Nude Bomb* (1980), as President
- *Hide in Plain Sight* (1980), as Bobby Momisa
- *Death Penalty* (1980), as Trial Judge
- *Portrait of a Stripper* (1979), as Walt Sterling
- *The Facts of Life* (1979), series, Actor
- *You Can't Go Home Again* (1979), Actor
- *Sanctuary of Fear* (1979), as Carl Barringer
- *Too Far to Go* (1979), as Psychiatrist
- *Quintet* (1979), as Francha
- *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971), as Archer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/mccabe-and-mrs-miller.md)
- *The Slender Thread* (1965), as Liquor Salesman
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Dr. Owens

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