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Tom Aldredge

Acting

Born February 28, 1928 · Dayton, Ohio, USA

Died July 22, 2011

Also known as Thomas Aldredge

Biography

Thomas Ernest Aldredge (February 28, 1928 – July 22, 2011) was an American television, film and stage actor. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for playing the role of Shakespeare in Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare (1978). His Broadway stage career spanned five decades, including five Tony Award nominations. He played both the Narrator and the Mysterious Man in the original Broadway cast of Into the Woods. He also appeared on television in programs including Ryan's Hope, Damages, and Boardwalk Empire, with a notable role as Hugh De Angelis, Tony Soprano’s father-in-law, on The Sopranos. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Aldredge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Daytime Emmy Award
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 2004 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 1981 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 1972 · nominated

Filmography39 titles

The Sopranos

1999as Hugh DeAngelis

Into the Woods

1991as Narrator/Mysterious Man

Boardwalk Empire

2010as Ethan Thompson

Third Watch

1999as Eric Stiverson

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001as George Knowles

Damages

2007as Uncle Pete

Law & Order

1990as Retired Props Clerk

Taking Chance

2009as Charlie Fitts

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2007as Major George Hite

Lawn Dogs

1997as Trent's Father

Rounders

1998as Judge Marinacci

Cold Mountain

2003as Blind Man

What About Bob?

1991as Mr. Guttman

My Sassy Girl

2008as Old Man

The American Astronaut

2001as Old Man

*batteries not included

1987as Sid Hogenson

The Boston Strangler

1968as Harold Lacey (uncredited)

The Rain People

1969as Mr. Alfred

Who Killed Teddy Bear

1965as Adler

Message in a Bottle

1999as Hank Land

The Mouse on the Moon

1963as Wendover

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

1995as Grizzled old man

The Adventures of Huck Finn

1993as Dr. Robinson

Other People's Money

1991as Ozzie

Great Performances

1971as Mazzini

Intolerable Cruelty

2003as Herb Myerson

The American Snitch

1983as Captain Crackers

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

1980as Edward Richards

Separate but Equal

as Justice Hugo Black

The Mind Snatchers

1972as Medic

All the King's Men

2006as Carruthers' Banker

Harvest of Fire

1996as Jacob Hostetler

The Gentleman Bandit

1981as Monsignor Nicholson

Diminished Capacity

2008as Wendell

Commandments

1997as Mr. Mann

Seize the Day

1986as Rappaport

Game 6

2006as Michael Rogan

Camouflage

2001as Lionel Pond

Full Moon High

1981as The Jailer