Tim Choate

Timothy Clark Choate^[1] (October 11, 1954 – September 24, 2004) was an American actor who starred in a number of film and television roles on series such as Dragnet and Babylon 5.

Tim Choate
Choate at Barrett House in New Ipswich, New Hampshire in the fall of 1978 during the filming of The Europeans
Born	(1954-10-11)October 11, 1954 Dallas, Texas, US
Died	September 24, 2004(2004-09-24) (aged 49) Los Angeles, California, US
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979–2004

Choate was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, the son of Betty Nell (née Strong), a commercial artist, and Ben Tom Choate, who worked in building and construction.^[2] He appeared in theater productions while attending the University of Texas in Austin and also attended Cornell University.

He was active on stage in both New York and Hollywood. On Broadway, he appeared in Crimes of the Heart and Da. He also performed at the Los Angeles Shakespeare Fest in Twelfth Night and The Merry Wives of Windsor as well as in the Los Angeles production of Beyond Therapy. Choate appeared in regional productions at the Long Wharf Theater, the Kennedy Center and the Berkshire Theatre Festival.

His film appearances included several Merchant Ivory productions including The Europeans (1979), Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980), and Jefferson in Paris (1995); Times Square (1980), Ghost Story (1981), Blow Out (1981), Def-Con 4 (1985), the Oscar-winning short Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987), Soapdish (1991), Immaculate Conception (1992), Live Nude Girls (1995), and Pearl Harbor (2001).

On television, he played Zathras on Babylon 5 and had a recurring role on Newhart, as well as appearing in several TV movies, notably Blind Witness (1989), Highway to Heaven (1989) and Child in the Night (1990), and guesting on shows including The Practice, Diagnosis: Murder, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Murder, She Wrote. He played Michael Killup in the Tales from the Darkside episode "Halloween Candy" (1985).

He was killed in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles, California in 2004, aged 49.^[3] He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.^[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	The Europeans	Clifford
1980	Jane Austen in Manhattan	Jamie
	Times Square	Eastman
1981	Blow Out	Sailor
	Ghost Story	Young Ricky Hawthorne
1983	The First Time	Charlie Lichtenstein
1985	Def-Con 4	Howe
1987	Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall	Phil Leeds
1991	Soapdish	Assistant Director
1992	Immaculate Conception	David Schwartz
1995	Jefferson in Paris	Reporter
	Girl in the Cadillac	Motel owner
	Live Nude Girls	Jerome
2001	Pearl Harbor	Navy Doctor
2002	Hungry Hearts	Butterfly Collector	Final role