Tim Choate, 49; Actor Performed in Stage, Film and TV Roles
Actor Tim Choate, 49, who appeared frequently on stage and in film and television roles, died Sept. 24 in Los Angeles of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident.
Born in Dallas, Choate earned a fine arts degree at the University of Texas at Austin in 1977.
In the early 1980s, he appeared in Beth Henley’s “Crimes of the Heart” on Broadway. He also appeared in John Guare’s “Bosoms and Neglect” at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa in 2001 and, more recently, at the Shakespeare Festival LA.
His film credits include roles in “The Europeans” (1979), “Soapdish” (1991), “Jefferson in Paris” (1995) and “Pearl Harbor” (2001). He also appeared in many television movies and TV series, including “Murder, She Wrote,” “Newhart,” “Coach,” “Frasier” and “Diagnosis Murder.” In “Babylon 5,” he played the recurring alien character Zathras.
At the time of his death, he was in rehearsals for “Macbett” at the Globe Playhouse in West Hollywood.
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