Andrew Stahl is an American actor, best known for appearing as Tom McHone in the '' Christy'' series and General Armand Stassi in '' seaQuest 2032''.

Life and career

As a child, Stahl moved around a lot due to his father's work as an

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. He moved with his parents to a farm in Butler County, Kentucky when he was young. He graduated from University High School in

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, Kentucky in 1970 and

Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky University (WKU) is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. It was founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a few decades earlier. It operates regional campuses in Glas ...

(WKU) in 1975. At WKU, Stahl served as one of the section editors of WKU's yearbook, ''The Talisman''. He was a member of

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fraternity, Eta Rho chapter. Early in his career, he spent time as a

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and

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before taking up acting in local regional theater. He spent a short period of time in

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in the early 1980s, where he studied with

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, William Hickey and Jack Waltzer, and performed in various Off Broadway productions. He currently lives on his family farm in Butler County, Kentucky and works out of

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and

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. He has one son. Stahl has appeared as the host of a cable educational series created by the Kentucky Blues Society to spotlight Kentucky blues artists.

Filmography

*''Rearview Mirror'' (TV) (1984) .... Henry Davenport *'' The River ''(1984) .... Dave Birkin *'' Invasion U.S.A.'' (1985) .... Christmas Father *'' North and South'' (mini series) (1985) .... Cadet Ned Fisk *''

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'' (mini-series) (1986) .... Major Ned Fisk *'' The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James'' (1986) ....

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*'' Mayflower Madam'' (TV) (1987) .... Stuart *'' Unconquered'' (TV) (1989) .... Father Dante *'' Ernest Goes to Jail'' (1990) .... Jerry *'' Mr. Destiny'' (1990) .... Jerry Haskins *'' The Real McCoy'' (1993) .... Mr. Kroll *'' The Client'' (1994) .... FBI Agent Scherff *'' Follow the River'' (1995) .... Henry Lenard *'' Christy'' (TV) (1994–1995) .... Tom McHone *'' SeaQuest 2032'' (1995) .... General Armand Stassi *''

Tom and Huck ''Tom and Huck'' is a 1995 American adventure comedy-drama film based on Mark Twain's 1876 novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'', and starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro, Mike McShane, Eric Schweig, and Amy Wright. The film was d ...

'' (1995) .... Sheriff *'' Andersonville'' (TV) (1996) .... Jury Foreman *'' Our Son, the Matchmaker'' (TV) (1996) .... Walter Longwell *'' A Time to Kill'' (1996) .... Reluctant Male Juror *'' The People vs. Larry Flynt'' (1996) .... Network Lawyer *'' What the Deaf Man Heard'' (TV) (1997) .... Finis *'' October Sky'' (1999) .... Jack Palmer *'' The Patriot'' (2000) .... General Nathanel Greene *'' Christy: Return to Cutter Gap'' (TV) (2000) .... Tom McHone *''Christy, Choices of the Heart, Part I: A Change of Seasons'' (mini-series) (2001) .... Tom McHone *''Christy, Choices of the Heart, Part II: A New Beginning'' (mini-series) (2001) .... Tom McHone *'' Rustin'' (2001) .... Mr. Gatlin *'' Furnace'' (2006) .... Warden Patt *'' Glory Road'' (2006) .... Dr. Ray *'' Big Momma's House 2'' (2006) .... Principal *''

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'' (TV) (The Usual Suspects) (2006) .... Jeff Krause *'' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' (2007) .... Tailor *'' The Mist'' (2007) .... Mike Hatlen *''

The L Word ''The L Word'' is a television drama series that aired on Showtime in the United States from 2004 to 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. The premise originated wit ...

'' (TV) ("Lay Down the Law") (2008) .... Ranking Member *'' The Blind Side'' (2009).... Principal Sandstrom *''

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'' (2013) .... Pivens *''Reckless'' (2013) TV film *''

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'' (2017) .... Henry Grotsky Stahl also appeared in '' The Journey of August King''. On television Stahl appeared on '' Matlock'', '' In the Heat of the Night'' and ''

seaQuest DSV ''SeaQuest DSV'' (stylized as ''seaQuest DSV'' and also promoted as simply ''seaQuest'') is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon for NBC. It aired between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was re ...

''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stahl, Andrew Living people American male film actors American male television actors Western Kentucky University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)