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Fred Dalton Thompson Biography (1942-)

Born August 19, 1942, in Sheffield, Alabama; son of Fletcher Session (an automobile salesman) and Ruth Inez (Bradley) Thompson; married Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey (a teacher), September 12, 1959 (divorced, c. 1984); children: Fred Dalton II, Daniel Lindsey, Ruth Elizabeth. Addresses: Contact--425 New Jersey Ave., S.E., Washington, DC 20003. Office-- Thompson, Liebengood and Crawford, First American Center, Nashville, TN 37238.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

August 19, 1942

Sheffield, Alabama, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• Himself, Marie: A True Story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985.
• Marshall, CIA Director, No Way Out, Orion, 1987.
• Bill Belecki, Feds, Warner Bros., 1988.
• Melrose Hayden Barry, Fat Man and Little Boy, Paramount, 1989.
• Admiral Painter, The Hunt for Red October, Paramount, 1990.
• Big John, Days of Thunder, Paramount, 1990.
• Trudeau, Die Hard 2 (also known as Die Harder), Twentieth Century- Fox, 1990.
• Tom Broadbent, Cape Fear, Universal, 1991.
• Purcell, Necessary Roughness, Paramount, 1991.
• Captain Copeland, Flight of the Intruder, Paramount, 1991.
• Bernard Oxbar, Curly Sue, Warner Bros., 1991.
• Stockman, Aces: Iron Eagle III, New Line Cinema, 1992.
• William Dawes, Thunderheart, TriStar, 1992.
• Senator Hedges, Born Yesterday, Buena Vista, 1993.
• Harry Sargent, In the Line of Fire, Columbia, 1993.
• FBI Agent Grissom, Baby's Day Out, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MOVIES
• Richard "Racehorse" Haynes, Bed of Lies (also known as Deadly Blessing),ABC, 1992.
• Otis Rosewell, Keep the Change, TNT, 1992.
• Frank DeGeorgio, Dayo, NBC, 1992.
• James D. Robinson III, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall ofRJR Nabisco, HBO, 1993.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MINISERIES
• Detective George Malone, Stay the Night, ABC, 1992.
• Credits; OTHER TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Appeared in an episode of Matlock.
• Writings
• At That Point in Time, Quadrangle, 1975.
• Contributor to law journals.