Tom Dahlgren is an American actor. His professional acting career began in 1972, when he was almost 40. He has also worked as a stage actor with the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, Theatre West in Los Angeles, and many other Los Angeles area theatres.
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School - Sy Cranwinkle
Television work
"7th Heaven" "7th Heaven: Beginnings" - USA - Dr. Bennett Brown "The X-Files" aka "The X Files" - USA aka "X-File" - Japan "Theef" - Dr. Irving Thalbro "Style & Substance" Chelsea's First Date - Minister "Seinfeld" The Puerto Rican Day - Priest "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" Runaway Train - General Wooten
A Matter of Conscience - General Wooten "Sisters" The Price - Dr. Harvey Childs "ER" 9 1/2 Hours - Actor "L.A. Law" Whistle Stop - Dr. Chessler "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr." Crystal Hawks - Sandstedt "The Larry Sanders Show" A Brush with the Elbow of Greatness - Ben Smalley "Equal Justice" What Color Are My Eyes? - Judge Brown "The Golden Girls" The One That Got Away - Major Barker "Falcon Crest" Rescue Me - Grey Suit
Last Dance - Grey Suit "Buck James" And Keep Them from Harm - Thatcher "Dallas" The Dark at the End of the Tunnel - Actor "Highway to Heaven" Jonathan SmithGoes to Washington - Mr. Burns "Scarecrow and Mrs. King"' Billy's Lost Weekend - Randy "Misfits of Science" Grand Elusion - Connell "The Streets of San Francisco" No Badge for Benjy - Actor "Human Target" Cool Hand Chance - Actor
Stage work
- San Francisco True West was first performed at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, where Sam Shepard was the resident playwright. It had its world premiere there on July 10, 1980 . It was originally directed by Robert Woodruff and starred Peter Coyote as Austin, Jim Haynie as Lee, Tom Dahlgren as Saul Kimmer, and Carol McElheney as Mom. The production later moved to Joseph Papp's The Public Theater in New York City, where it starred Tommy Lee Jones and Peter Boyle. Gnu Theatre - Los Angeles At the Gnu Theatre, where the California-set "True West" director/set designer Jeff Seymour cast Tom Dahlgren to reprise his role as Saul Kimmer in the 1990 version at the Gnu Theatre. Theater West - Los Angeles "Lifetimes 10: Writers Play With the Puzzle" weds humor, drama and a few effortless metaphysical touches to an experience that glides before you like apparitions in a half-dream. The theme is set immediately in the opener, Alan Eisen's "Passing Through," in which director Janet Davidson skillfully dramatizes an imaginative fantasy dealing with the fears and expectations of three embryos as they approach birth. A faintly disturbing God-like omniscience is coolly delivered by actor Tom Dahlgren as a piano player. Betty Garrett, in four interludes called "7 Minutes of Life," including one as a baby, playfully swirls a choric motif. In "1932" by Terry Kingsley-Smith and Drew Katzman's "I'm Tired of Looking for Barrymore", the production finds its sturdiest moorings. In June 2000 Former Miss AmericaLee Meriwether starred with Bridget Hanley in the world premiere of Eugene Pack's "Elinor Adjusting" at Theatre West in L.A. The comedy ran for a four-week run at Theatre West where Hanley portrayed Elinor, a widow who finds herself without a home or a business after her husband dies. Meriwether appears in a supporting role as Elinor's chum, Millie. Others in the cast include Ellen Idelson, Steve O'Connor, Tom Dahlgren and Susan Morganstern.
