---
name: "Timothy Leary"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/timothy-leary"
fi1m_id: "timothy-leary"
imdb_id: "nm0495276"
tmdb_id: 91431
wikidata_id: "Q211731"
roles: []
born: "22 October 1920"
died: "31 May 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T17:38:47.577227+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."
---

# Timothy Leary

## Identity

Timothy Leary

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/timothy-leary
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** timothy-leary
- **IMDb ID:** nm0495276
- **TMDB ID:** 91431
- **Wikidata ID:** Q211731
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495276/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91431

Actor. Born 22 October 1920 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. Died 31 May 1996.

## Details

- **Born:** 22 October 1920, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 31 May 1996
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 50 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495276/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91431

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Nice Dreams*](https://film.one/film/nice-dreams.md) (50)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Timothy Leary was an American psychologist, writer and actor. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, he appeared in films and television series from the 1980s onwards, often in cameo or supporting roles.

His film credits include a self appearance in *Nice Dreams* (1981) and a role as a television evangelist in *Shocker* (1989). On television he voiced Hank in an episode of *Frasier* (1993) and played Wynn Deaupayne in *Moonlighting* (1985). He also featured in *The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.* (1993) as Dr Milo.

Leary died in Beverly Hills, California, in 1996.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Hank (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Nice Dreams* (1981), Fi1m 50, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/nice-dreams.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Medium Rare Cold Case* (2025), as Dr Kyle
- *The Transcendental Object at the End of Time* (2014), Actor
- *Conceiving Ada* (1999), as Sims
- *Anarchy TV* (1998), Actor
- *Timothy Leary's Dead* (1996), Actor
- *Cityscrapes: Los Angeles* (1996), as Philip
- *French Exit* (1995), as Herbal Ecstasy Guy
- *How To Operate Your Brain* (1994), Writer
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Hank (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.* (1993), series, as Dr. Milo
- *Energy!!! The Movie* (1993), as Robert Pearce
- *Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me* (1992), as Mr. Jones
- *Roadside Prophets* (1992), as Salvadore
- *Silicon Valley Story* (1992), as The Good Venture Capitalist
- *Ted & Venus* (1991), as Judge William H. Converse
- *Night Visions* (1990), as New Age Minister
- *Super Force* (1990), series, as Police Commissioner Pfister
- *Fatal Skies* (1990), as Buddy
- *Blossom* (1990), series, Actor
- *Expanding Visions: An Introduction to the New Age Movement* (1990), Actor
- *Rude Awakening* (1989), as Diner at Ronnie's
- *Shocker* (1989), as TV Evangelist
- *Medium Rare* (1987), as Dr. Kyle
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Wynn Deaupayne — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *We're All Devo* (1983), as Dr. Byrthfood
- *Everyman* (1977), series, Actor
- *Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out* (1967), as The Guide · Writer
- *Bill's Hat* (1967), Actor
- *The Psychedelic Experience* (1965), as Narrator
- *You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You* (1964), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Tim Leary, antique pot head of the world, press conference in the Federal Building after testifying in the conspiracy trial. (1969)](https://film.one/media/person/390721/gallery-98af91e712ef.jpg) Tim Leary, antique pot head of the world, press conference in the Federal Building after testifying in the conspiracy trial. (1969) — James Klepitsch, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Timothy_Leary_%281969_press_photo%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Timothy Leary](https://film.one/media/person/390721/gallery-d4b331b98b34.jpg) Timothy Leary — AP News, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Dr._Timothy_Leary_%281970_AP_Photo%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Max Parrish as Eli Bud Fritz and Timothy Leary as Mr. Jones in Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, 1992 (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/390721/gallery-35e9fd2758ee.jpg) Max Parrish as Eli Bud Fritz and Timothy Leary as Mr. Jones in Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, 1992 (2013) — Tex Brook, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Max_Parrish_as_Eli_Bud_Fritz_and_Timothy_Leary_as_Mr._Jones.jpg/1280px-Max_Parrish_as_Eli_Bud_Fritz_and_Timothy_Leary_as_Mr._Jones.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Timothy Leary and his wife, Rosemary Woodruff holding news conference in Los Angeles](https://film.one/media/person/390721/gallery-9c56959f4514.jpg) Timothy Leary and his wife, Rosemary Woodruff holding news conference in Los Angeles — John Malmin, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Timothy_Leary_and_Rosemary_Woodruff.jpg/1280px-Timothy_Leary_and_Rosemary_Woodruff.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo taken Saturday May 25, 1996 on the patio of Timothy Leary's home in Beverly Hills, CA](https://film.one/media/person/390721/gallery-7e762e98cfd5.jpg) Photo taken Saturday May 25, 1996 on the patio of Timothy Leary's home in Beverly Hills, CA — Robert C. Demarest, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Timothy_Leary_with_Ram_Dass_%28Richard_Alpert%29.jpg/1280px-Timothy_Leary_with_Ram_Dass_%28Richard_Alpert%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Seattle activist Vivian McPeak and countercultural icon Timothy Leary at PeaceWorks Park vigil, an anti-war protest action that occurred in Gas Works Park, Seat](https://film.one/media/person/390721/gallery-2b4cb8c77472.jpg) Seattle activist Vivian McPeak and countercultural icon Timothy Leary at PeaceWorks Park vigil, an anti-war protest action that occurred in Gas Works Park, Seat — Leslie Rowland, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/PeaceWorks_Park_vigil_-_McPeak_and_Leary.jpg/1280px-PeaceWorks_Park_vigil_-_McPeak_and_Leary.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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