Tim Choate
Actor
October 11, 1954 — September 24, 2004 (49 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2004 | CreepTales · as Uncle Munger (segment "wraparound") |
| 2003 | Cold Case · as Charlie Winters |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Hungry Hearts · as Butterfly Collector |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor · as Navy Doctor |
| 1999 | Crusade · as Polix |
| 1997 | The Practice · as Atty. Miles |
| 1996 | Dark Skies · as Jeff Gale |
| 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 | The George Carlin Show · as Pharmacist |
| 1993 | Diagnosis Murder · as Evan Houston |
| 1993 | Frasier · as Dirk |
| 1993 | Gunsmoke: The Long Ride · as Sheriff Bart Meriweather |
| 1993 | Babylon 5 · as Zathras |
| 1992 | Delta · as Andrew |
| 1992 | Immaculate Conception · as David |
| 1991 | The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw · as 'bad Boy' Jon Wilson |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Soapdish · as Ad |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill · as Jeff Kemper |
| 1990 | Child in the Night · as Curt |
| 1990 | Das Buch meines Lebens · as Earl |
| 1990 | The New Adam-12 · as Cast |
| 1989 | Spy · as David Tiomchin |
| 1989 | Blind Witness · as Remy |
| 1989 | Dragnet (1989) · as Arvin Stringer |
| 1989 | Coach · as Earl Gleem |
| 1988 | Guns of Paradise · as Jack |
| 1988 | My Father, My Son · as Harvey |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | The Bold and the Beautiful · as Tommy BaylandOn Plex |
| 1987 | |
| 1985 | DEFCON-4 · as HoweOn Plex |
| 1984 | Crazy Like A Fox · as Joe CusackOn Plex |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote · as Luke Phillips |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984) · as AndelsmanOn Plex |
| 1983 | Tales from the Darkside · as Michael Killup |
| 1982 | Newhart · as Dave |
| 1981 | The First Time · as Charlie Lichtenstein |
| 1981 | Ghost Story · as Young Ricky Hawthorne |
| 1981 | Cagney & Lacey · as Rick Hawk |
| 1981 | Blow Out · as Sailor |
| 1980 | American Playhouse · as Phil Leeds (segment 'ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall') |
| 1980 | Times Square · as Eastman |
| 1980 | Jane Austen in Manhattan · as Jamie |
| 1979 | Knots Landing · as SalespersonOn Plex |
| 1979 | The Europeans · as Clifford |
| 1965 | Days of our Lives · as Lounge Lizard |