Tom Stechschulte

Tom Stechschulte
OccupationsFilm, television actor
Years active1979–2009

Thomas Andrew Stechschulte (November 1948 – June 7, 2021) was an American film and television actor. His most prominent role may have been that of the presidential candidate Robert Arthur in The Manchurian Candidate (2004). He has also had guest appearances on the television series Law & Order (as Judge Harold Rockwell), Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Mrs. Columbo.

Stechschulte was a prolific audiobook narrator, having performed, among others: Kent Haruf's Plainsong, Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men and The Road, Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights, Harold Keith's Rifles for Watie, and Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island. He gave voice to several members of the Holland Family in various James Lee Burke novels, alternating with Will Patton. He also narrated the Watchmen: Motion Comic series.

He died on June 7, 2021, at the age of 72.

Filmography

Year Title Role
1977First Monday in October (Broadway)Mason Woods
1982The ClairvoyantJim Dearden
1991What About Bob?Lennie / Producer
1993Simple Justice (PBS American Experience)Justice William O. Douglas
2001Murder in Small Town XWilliam Lambert
2004The Manchurian CandidateRobert Arthur
2006Fields of FreedomSgt. June Kimble
2008All Is NormalDoctor Bradshaw

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  9. ↑ Griffith, Pat (November 1999). "Rifles for Watie". School Library Journal. 45 (11): 68. ProQuest 211687754.
  10. ↑ "Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane". www.publishersweekly.com. November 30, 2009. Archived from the original on 2023-12-27. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
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