Thomas Butler (born 1 February 1951) is a Canadian television and film actor. He is best known for his television role on the

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series '' Sliders'' as Michael Mallory, the father of Quinn Mallory in the

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, and reprised his role in the season 2 episode " Gillian of the Spirits". Butler appeared in '' Hostage Rescue Team'' (TV movie, 2001) as Special Agent David Nelson. Butler has appeared in a number of films, including '' Renegades'' (1989), '' Ernest Rides Again'' (1993), '' First Target'' (2000), ''

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'' (2003), '' Everything Gone Green'' (2006), and the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' film series. Butler appeared on such shows as '' Highlander: The Series'', ''

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'', '' The Outer Limits'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Check It Out!'', '' The Secret Circle'', '' The Killing'', and as a recurring character on ''

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''. In 2013, he starred in an episode of the series ''

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'', playing Jim Myers. In 2016, he appeared in '' Autumn in the Vineyard'' for the

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Filmography

*'' Drying Up the Streets'' (1978) as Younger Cop *'' Cementhead'' (1979) *'' Murder by Phone'' (1982) as Detective Tamblyn *''Murder in Space'' (1985) (TV) as Maj. Kurt Steiner *''

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'' (1985) as Security Monitor *'' The Climb'' (1986) as Willy Merkel *''

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'' (1986) as Edmund Eislin *''

Milk and Honey Milk and Honey may refer to: Music * The Milk and Honey Band, an English band * Milk and Honey (album), ''Milk and Honey'' (album), a 1984 album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono * Milk & Honey (Crowder album), ''Milk & Honey'' (Crowder album), 2021 * M ...

'' (1988) as Steven Wineberg *'' Martha, Ruth and Edie'' (1988) *'' Renegades'' (1989) as Detective Geddles *'' Scanners II: The New Order'' (1991) as Doctor Morse *'' The Diamond Fleece'' (1992) as Gordon Pritchard *'' Guilty as Sin'' (1993) as D.A. Heath *'' Ernest Rides Again'' (1993) as Dr. Radnor T. Glencliff *''

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'' ** "Colony" (1995) as CIA Agent Ambrose Chapel **"Ghost in the Machine" (1993) as Benjamin Drake *''

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'' (1994) as Mercenary *'' Death Match'' (1994) as Fighter *'' The Outer Limits'' (Guest role, episode " Valerie 23", 1995) *'' Maternal Instincts'' (1996) as Dr. Milton Shaw *'' The Outer Limits'' (episode " Mary 25", 1998) as Charlie Bouton *''Question of Privilege'' (1999) as Tate Aldridge *'' First Target'' (2000) as Senator Jack “JP” Hunter *'' Life-Size'' (2000) as Phil *'' Less Apart'' (2000) as Lawyer *''

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'' (2001) as Agent Kelly *''

'' (2003) as Dr. Campbell *'' I Accuse'' (2003) as Warren Hart *''

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'' (2004) as Bob Allen *''

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'' (2005) as JP Martineau *'' Snakes on a Plane'' (2006) as Captain Sam McKeon *'' Everything Gone Green'' (2006) as Ryan's Dad *'' Code Name: The Cleaner'' (2007) as Crane *'' Shooter'' (2007) as President *'' That One Night'' (2008) as Mr. Wilcox *''Crime'' (2008) as Coach *''

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'' (2010) as Judge Advocate #1 *'' The Killing'' (2011–2012) (TV) as Mayor Lesley Adams *'' Primeval: New World'' (Guest role, 2012, TV) as Drake *''

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'' (Guest role, episode " Black Blotter", 2012, TV) as Richard *'' The Dick Knost Show'' (2013) as Matt *''

'' (2014, TV) as Jim Meyers *''Primary'' (2014) as Karl Jaspar *''

'' (2014, TV) as Chief Morgan *''

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'' (2015) as WSU University President *''

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'' (2015) as Police Captain *'' Autumn in the Vineyard'' (2016, TV) as Charles Baldwin *''

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'' (recurring role, 2016–2018, TV) as Lawrence Riley *'' Loudermilk'' (recurring role, 2017-2020, TV) as Jack Loudermilk *'' Rogue'' (recurring role, 2017, TV) as Monty Annou *''

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'' (recurring role, 2018, TV) as Speaker Barnes *''

Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battle ...

'' (2020) as Vice Chairman Walters *''

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'' (2022) as Commander Walters *'' She Talks to Strangers'' (2023) as Larry *''

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'' (2024) as Commander Walters

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Tom 1951 births Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Male actors from Ontario Actors from Ottawa