Thomas C. Parker

Thomas C. Parker was raised in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio and became interested in acting as a result of school field trips to the Cleveland Playhouse. After graduating from Bowling Green State University he enlisted in the US Army. His army service saw assignments as a member of the US Modern Pentathlon Team as well as two tours in Vietnam, flying medical evacuation helicopters. He resigned from the Army in 1976, with the rank of Major, to pursue his life-long dream of becoming a professional actor. He has two sons, Erik and Jason, and four granddaughters, Hailey, Rhede, Sadie Rose and Vivian Elizabeth. Tom married Lauri Raymond in Austin, Texas on March 20, 2004.