{{short description|American actor}} {{infobox person | name = Tim Choate | image = File:Tim Choate at Barrett House filming The Europeans (cropped).webp | caption = Choate at Barrett House in New Ipswich, New Hampshire in the fall of 1978 during the filming of ''The Europeans'' | birth_date = {{birth date|1954|10|11}} | birth_place = Dallas, Texas, US | death_date = {{death date and age|2004|9|24|1954|10|11}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, US | resting_place = Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1979–2004 }}
'''Timothy Clark Choate'''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Timothy Clark Choate |url = http://obits.dallasnews.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=timothy-clark-choate&pid=2687235|website = Dallas Morning News|date=October 8, 2004|access-date = 2018-12-10}}</ref> (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''.
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.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/57/Tim-Choate.html Tim Choate Biography (1954-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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).
==Death== Tim Choate was killed in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles, California in 2004, aged 49.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050221104358/https://variety.com/article/VR1117911132?categoryid=25&cs=1 Obituary] at Variety</ref> He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Timothy Clark Choate |url = http://obits.dallasnews.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=timothy-clark-choate&pid=2687235|website = Dallas Morning News|date=October 8, 2004|access-date = 2018-12-10}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1979 | ''The Europeans'' | Clifford | |- |Rowspan=2|1980 | ''Jane Austen in Manhattan'' | Jamie | |- | ''Times Square'' | Eastman | |- |Rowspan=2|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 | |- |Rowspan=3|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 |}
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==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} *{{IMDb name|0158678}} *{{IBDB name}} *{{Find a Grave|9526761}}
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