Tom Villard

Acting

Tom Villard

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Nov 19, 1953 (71 years old)
Death date
Nov 14, 1994

Tom Villard

Known For

My Girl
1h 43m
Movie 1991

My Girl

Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead,...

Shakes the Clown
1h 27m
Movie 1991

Shakes the Clown

Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses...

Popcorn
1h 31m
Movie 1991

Popcorn

While holding a horror film festival, a group of film...

Swimsuit
1h 34m
Movie 1989

Swimsuit

Mrs. Allison is the owner of the Saltare Swimsuit company....

The Trouble with Dick
1h 26m
Movie 1987

The Trouble with Dick

Dick Kendred (Tom Villard) is a frustrated writer whose latest...

Heartbreak Ridge
2h 10m
Movie 1986

Heartbreak Ridge

A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors...

One Crazy Summer
1h 33m
Movie 1986

One Crazy Summer

An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the...

Biography

Thomas Louis "Tom" Villard (November 19, 1953 – November 14, 1994) was an American actor. He is known for his leading role in the 1980s series We Got It Made, as well as roles in feature films One Crazy Summer, Heartbreak Ridge,My Girl, and Popcorn. Villard was born in Waipahu, Hawaii and grew up in Spencerport, New York, the son of Diane Ruth (MacNaughton), a teacher of the emotionally handicapped, and Ronald Louis Villard, a photochemical engineer. He attended Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, before moving to New York City to attend the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in the early 1970s. In 1980 Villard moved to Los Angeles and soon started landing roles on television and in movies. He also continued performing on stage until the end of his career. On November 14, 1994, Villard died of AIDS-related pneumonia. He was survived by his parents, Ron and Diane Villard, twin brothers Timothy and Terry, sister Susan, and his partner Scott Chambliss.