
Tim Choate
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 11, 1954
- Died
- September 24, 2004 (aged 49)
- Birthplace
- Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Biography
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
Filmography

Cold Case
TV · as Charlie Winters · 1 ep

L.A. Dragnet
TV · 1 ep

Hungry Hearts
Movie · as Butterfly Collector

American Dreams
TV · 1 ep

Pearl Harbor
Movie · as Navy Doctor

Crusade
TV · as Polix · 1 ep

The Practice
TV · as Atty. Miles · 1 ep

Live Nude Girls
Movie · as Jerome

Jefferson in Paris
Movie · as Reporter

Girl in the Cadillac
Movie · as Motel owner

The Wayans Bros.
TV · as Patient · 1 ep

White Mile
Movie · as Young Man

Babylon 5
TV · as Zathras · 4 eps

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
Movie · as Sheriff Bart Meriweather

Frasier
TV · as Dirk · 1 ep

Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Evan Houston · 1 ep

Immaculate Conception
Movie · as David

Delta
TV · as Andrew · 1 ep

Soapdish
Movie · as AD

Not of This World
Movie

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Movie · as 'Bad Boy' Jon Wilson

P.S. I Luv U
TV · 1 ep

Reasonable Doubts
TV · 1 ep

Child in the Night
Movie · as Curt

Blind Witness
Movie · as Remy

CreepTales
Movie · as Uncle Munger (segment "Wraparound")

Spy
Movie · as David Tiomchin

Coach
TV · as Earl Gleem · 1 ep

My Father, My Son
Movie · as Harvey

Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
Movie · as Phil Leeds

Jake and the Fatman
TV · 1 ep

The Charmings
TV · 1 ep

DEFCON-4
Movie · as Howe

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Daryl Croft, Luke Phillips · 1 ep

Tales from the Darkside
TV · as Michael Killup · 1 ep

Highway to Heaven
TV · 1 ep

Crazy like a Fox
TV · as Joe Cusack · 1 ep

The First Time
Movie · as Charlie Lichtenstein

Newhart
TV · as Dave

American Playhouse
TV · as Clifford, Phil Leeds (segment 'Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall') · 1 ep

Ghost Story
Movie · as Young Ricky Hawthorne

Blow Out
Movie · as Sailor

Jane Austen in Manhattan
Movie · as Jamie

Times Square
Movie · as Eastman

The Europeans
Movie · as Clifford

Knots Landing
TV · as Salesperson · 1 ep