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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name        = Tom Alter
| name        = Tom Alter
| image      = Tom Alter in 2013.jpg
| image      = Tom Alter at Dev Anand's birthday celebrations.jpg
| caption    = Alter in 2013
| caption    = Alter in 2012
| birthname  = Thomas Beach Alter
| birthname  = Thomas Beach Alter
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1950|6|22|df=y}}
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1950|6|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mussoorie]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] (now [[Uttarakhand]]), India
| birth_place = [[Mussoorie]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] (now [[Uttarakhand]]), India
| occupation = actor
| occupation = Actor
| nationality  = [[India]]n  
| nationality  = Indian  
| yearsactive = 1975–2017
| yearsactive = 1975–2017
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|2017|9|29|1950|6|22|df=y}}
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|2017|9|29|1950|6|22|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| spouse      = {{marriage|Carol Evans|1977}}
| spouse      = {{marriage|Carol Evans|1977}}
| children    = 2; including Jamie Alter
| children    = Jamie Alter <br> Afshaan Alter
| relatives  = [[Martha Chen]] (sister)
| relatives  = [[Martha Chen]] (sister)<br>[[Stephen Alter]] (first cousin)
}}
}}


'''Thomas Beach Alter''' (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tom-alter-padma-shri-actor-and-writer-dies-at-67-1756995 | title=Actor Tom Alter Dies Of Cancer At 67 | publisher=[[NDTV]] | date=30 September 2017 | access-date=30 September 2017 | archive-date=30 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930174802/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tom-alter-padma-shri-actor-and-writer-dies-at-67-1756995 | url-status=live }}</ref> was an Indian actor of [[Americans|American]] descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tom-alter-1950-2017-the-on-screen-firangi-who-remained-forever-indian-4869150/|title=Tom Alter (1950-2017): The on-screen 'firangi' who remained forever Indian|access-date=1 October 2017|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001031137/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tom-alter-1950-2017-the-on-screen-firangi-who-remained-forever-indian-4869150/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was best known for his work in [[Hindi cinema]]<ref name=t>{{cite magazine|title=No 'Alter'native|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/No-Alternative/306623|magazine=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]|date=9 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301115349/http://www.screenindia.com/news/no-alternative/306623/ |archive-date=1 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=An American Star Of the Hindi Screen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/06/movies/an-american-star-of-the-hindi-screen.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 July 1989|first=Sanjoy|last=Hazarika|access-date=25 May 2010|archive-date=6 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206153124/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/06/movies/an-american-star-of-the-hindi-screen.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Indian theatre.<ref name=pierrot>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article1422413.ece|title=Features / Metro Plus: Tom Tom|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 August 2008|location=Chennai, India|access-date=7 August 2011|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001459/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article1422413.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, he was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Multifaceted actor Tom Alter to receive Padma Shri|url=http://www.indiaenews.com/bollywood/20080125/93894.htm|publisher=India eNews|date=25 January 2008|access-date=12 August 2010|archive-date=25 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141523/http://www.indiaenews.com/bollywood/20080125/93894.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodstock.ac.in/News/Spring2008/January/080102.htm|title=Woodstock School News|publisher=Woodstock School India|date=2 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035416/http://www.woodstock.ac.in/News/Spring2008/January/080102.htm|archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref>
'''Thomas Beach Alter''' (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tom-alter-padma-shri-actor-and-writer-dies-at-67-1756995 | title=Actor Tom Alter Dies Of Cancer At 67 | publisher=[[NDTV]] | date=30 September 2017 | access-date=30 September 2017 | archive-date=30 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930174802/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tom-alter-padma-shri-actor-and-writer-dies-at-67-1756995 | url-status=live }}</ref> was an Indian actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tom-alter-1950-2017-the-on-screen-firangi-who-remained-forever-indian-4869150/|title=Tom Alter (1950-2017): The on-screen 'firangi' who remained forever Indian|access-date=1 October 2017|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001031137/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tom-alter-1950-2017-the-on-screen-firangi-who-remained-forever-indian-4869150/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was best known for his work in [[Hindi cinema]],<ref name=t>{{cite magazine|title=No 'Alter'native|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/No-Alternative/306623|magazine=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]|date=9 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301115349/http://www.screenindia.com/news/no-alternative/306623/ |archive-date=1 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=An American Star Of the Hindi Screen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/06/movies/an-american-star-of-the-hindi-screen.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 July 1989|first=Sanjoy|last=Hazarika|access-date=25 May 2010|archive-date=6 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206153124/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/06/movies/an-american-star-of-the-hindi-screen.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Indian theatre.<ref name=pierrot>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article1422413.ece|title=Features / Metro Plus: Tom Tom|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 August 2008|location=Chennai, India|access-date=7 August 2011|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001459/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article1422413.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, he was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Multifaceted actor Tom Alter to receive Padma Shri|url=http://www.indiaenews.com/bollywood/20080125/93894.htm|publisher=India eNews|date=25 January 2008|access-date=12 August 2010|archive-date=25 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141523/http://www.indiaenews.com/bollywood/20080125/93894.htm|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodstock.ac.in/News/Spring2008/January/080102.htm|title=Woodstock School News|publisher=Woodstock School India|date=2 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035416/http://www.woodstock.ac.in/News/Spring2008/January/080102.htm|archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Born in [[Mussoorie]] in present-day [[Uttarakhand]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paritoshuttam.com/indian-writers/tom-alter.html|title=Tom Alter|publisher=Paritosh Uttam|access-date=7 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060522200406/http://www.paritoshuttam.com/indian-writers/tom-alter.html|archive-date=22 May 2006}}</ref> Alter was the son of American [[Presbyterian]] missionaries of [[English people|English]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] and [[Swiss German]] ancestry and lived for years in [[Mumbai]] and the [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] [[hill station]] of [[Landour]]. His grandparents migrated to [[Chennai|Madras]], India from [[Ohio]], U.S., in November 1916.<ref name="Guftagoo with Tom Alter">{{cite AV media|date=23 August 2016|title=Guftagoo with Tom Alter|language=hi|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYCeKUKxt-U|access-date=4 May 2017|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha TV]]|archive-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609001358/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYCeKUKxt-U|url-status=live}}</ref> From there, they moved to and settled in [[Lahore]], in present-day Pakistan. His father was born in [[Sialkot]].<ref name="Guftagoo with Tom Alter"/> After the [[Partition of India]], Alter's family too split into two; his grandparents chose to stay in Pakistan while his parents moved to India. After living in [[Allahabad]], [[Jabalpur]] and [[Saharanpur]], in 1954 they finally settled in Rajpur, [[Uttarakhand]], then a small town located between [[Dehradun]] and Mussoorie; Rajpur is now considered a suburb of Dehradun. Alter's siblings are older sister [[Martha Chen]], who teaches at [[Harvard University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae of Marty Chen|url=http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/faculty/cv/MarthaChen.pdf|access-date=29 September 2017|archive-date=25 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825125336/http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/faculty/cv/MarthaChen.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and brother John, a poet.<ref name=t/> Author Stephen Alter is a first cousin.
Born in [[Mussoorie]] in present-day [[Uttarakhand]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paritoshuttam.com/indian-writers/tom-alter.html|title=Tom Alter|publisher=Paritosh Uttam|access-date=7 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060522200406/http://www.paritoshuttam.com/indian-writers/tom-alter.html|archive-date=22 May 2006}}</ref> Alter was the son of American [[Presbyterian]] missionaries of [[English people|English]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] and [[Swiss German]] ancestry and lived for years in [[Mumbai]] and the [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] [[hill station]] of [[Landour]]. His grandparents migrated to [[Chennai|Madras]], India from [[Ohio]], U.S., in November 1916.<ref name="Guftagoo with Tom Alter">{{cite AV media|date=23 August 2016|title=Guftagoo with Tom Alter|language=hi|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYCeKUKxt-U|access-date=4 May 2017|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha TV]]|archive-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609001358/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYCeKUKxt-U|url-status=live}}</ref> From there, they moved to and settled in [[Lahore]], in present-day Pakistan. His father was born in [[Sialkot]].<ref name="Guftagoo with Tom Alter"/> After the [[Partition of India]], Alter's family too split into two; his grandparents chose to stay in Pakistan while his parents moved to India. After living in [[Allahabad]] (now Prayagraj), [[Jabalpur]] and [[Saharanpur]], in 1954 they finally settled in Rajpur, [[Uttarakhand]], then a small town located between [[Dehradun]] and Mussoorie; Rajpur is now considered a suburb of Dehradun. Alter's siblings are older sister [[Martha Chen]], who teaches at [[Harvard University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae of Marty Chen|url=http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/faculty/cv/MarthaChen.pdf|access-date=29 September 2017|archive-date=25 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825125336/http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/faculty/cv/MarthaChen.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and brother John, a poet.<ref name=t/> Author [[Stephen Alter]] is a first cousin.


As a child, Alter studied [[Hindi language|Hindi]] among other subjects in Mussoorie. Consequently, he came to be occasionally referred to as the "Blue-eyed [[saheb]] with impeccable Hindi."<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|last1=Zaman|first1=Rana Siddiqui|title=Delhi is my second home: Tom Alter|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-is-my-second-home-tom-alter/article6495630.ece?homepage=true|access-date=13 October 2014|work=The Hindu|date=13 October 2014|archive-date=13 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013083804/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-is-my-second-home-tom-alter/article6495630.ece?homepage=true|url-status=live}}</ref> He was educated in Mussoorie's [[Woodstock School]]. At 18, Alter left for the U.S. for higher education and studied at [[Yale University]] for a year before returning to India upon losing interest in studies. The following year, he obtained work as a teacher at St. Thomas School, [[Jagadhri]], in [[Haryana]]. He worked there for six months, simultaneously coaching his students in [[cricket]]. Over the next two and a half years, Alter worked several jobs, teaching for a while at Woodstock School, Mussoorie, and working at a hospital in the U.S., and returning to India before continuing to work at Jagadhri. At Jagadhri, he began to watch Hindi films.<ref name="Guftagoo with Tom Alter"/> It was during this time that he saw the Hindi film ''[[Aradhana (1969 film)|Aradhana]]'', which proved to be a turning point in his career and drifted towards a career in acting, inspired by the lead actor [[Rajesh Khanna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/a-haryana-town-friend-recalls-the-night-show-that-led-tom-alter-the-teacher-to-show-biz-4869184/|title=A Haryana town friend recalls the night show that led Tom Alter the teacher to show biz|access-date=1 October 2017|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001031243/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/a-haryana-town-friend-recalls-the-night-show-that-led-tom-alter-the-teacher-to-show-biz-4869184/|url-status=live}}</ref> He headed to [[Film and Television Institute of India]] (FTII) in [[Pune]], where he studied acting from 1972 to 1974 under Roshan Taneja.<ref name="Guftagoo with Tom Alter"/> In a 2017 interview, he recalled, "I came to Mumbai to become Rajesh Khanna; didn't come to act on stage."<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Alter: I came to Mumbai to become Rajesh Khanna; didn't come to act on stage |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/tom-alter-i-came-to-mumbai-to-become-rajesh-khanna-didn-t-come-to-act-on-stage/story-EFOpVjx0QXtbQmkvJtpj7L.html |website=Hindustan Times |access-date=10 December 2018 |language=en |date=18 April 2017 |archive-date=10 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210154623/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/tom-alter-i-came-to-mumbai-to-become-rajesh-khanna-didn-t-come-to-act-on-stage/story-EFOpVjx0QXtbQmkvJtpj7L.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
As a child, Alter studied [[Hindi language|Hindi]] among other subjects in Mussoorie. Consequently, he came to be occasionally referred to as the "Blue-eyed [[saheb]] with impeccable Hindi."<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|last1=Zaman|first1=Rana Siddiqui|title=Delhi is my second home: Tom Alter|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-is-my-second-home-tom-alter/article6495630.ece?homepage=true|access-date=13 October 2014|work=The Hindu|date=13 October 2014|archive-date=13 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013083804/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-is-my-second-home-tom-alter/article6495630.ece?homepage=true|url-status=live}}</ref> He was educated in Mussoorie's [[Woodstock School]]. At 18, Alter left for the U.S. for higher education and studied at [[Yale University]] for a year before returning to India upon losing interest in studies. The following year, he obtained work as a teacher at St. Thomas School, [[Jagadhri]], in [[Haryana]]. He worked there for six months, simultaneously coaching his students in [[cricket]]. Over the next two and a half years, Alter worked several jobs, teaching for a while at Woodstock School, Mussoorie, and working at a hospital in the U.S., and returning to India before continuing to work at Jagadhri. At Jagadhri, he began to watch Hindi films.<ref name="Guftagoo with Tom Alter"/> It was during this time that he saw the Hindi film ''[[Aradhana (1969 film)|Aradhana]]'', which proved to be a turning point in his career and drifted towards a career in acting, inspired by the lead actor [[Rajesh Khanna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/a-haryana-town-friend-recalls-the-night-show-that-led-tom-alter-the-teacher-to-show-biz-4869184/|title=A Haryana town friend recalls the night show that led Tom Alter the teacher to show biz|access-date=1 October 2017|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001031243/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/a-haryana-town-friend-recalls-the-night-show-that-led-tom-alter-the-teacher-to-show-biz-4869184/|url-status=live}}</ref> He headed to [[Film and Television Institute of India]] (FTII) in [[Pune]], where he studied acting from 1972 to 1974 under Roshan Taneja.<ref name="Guftagoo with Tom Alter"/> In a 2017 interview, he recalled, "I came to Mumbai to become Rajesh Khanna; didn't come to act on stage."<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Alter: I came to Mumbai to become Rajesh Khanna; didn't come to act on stage |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/tom-alter-i-came-to-mumbai-to-become-rajesh-khanna-didn-t-come-to-act-on-stage/story-EFOpVjx0QXtbQmkvJtpj7L.html |website=Hindustan Times |access-date=10 December 2018 |language=en |date=18 April 2017 |archive-date=10 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210154623/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/tom-alter-i-came-to-mumbai-to-become-rajesh-khanna-didn-t-come-to-act-on-stage/story-EFOpVjx0QXtbQmkvJtpj7L.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Television===
===Television===
Alter appeared in much Indian television series, including ''[[Samvidhaan]]'', all of which were praised by the audience for his acting.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} In ''[[Zabaan Sambhalke]]'' he played the role of a British writer, Charles Spencers, who lives in India and wants to learn the Hindi language. He acted in the TV series ''Khamosh Sa Afsana'' (as a Husain Baba), telecast on [[Doordarshan]] in 2014–15. In November 2014, he played [[Sahir Ludhianvi]] in a stage production based on the life and work of the famous Urdu poet and film lyricist. He also played a schoolteacher in ''[[Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar]]''.<ref name=pierrot/> Alter has worked as the red robe guru in [[Mukesh Khanna]]'s TV production ''[[Shaktimaan]]'' (1998–2002). He played Indian characters in Indian television series, such as the long-running ''[[Junoon (1994 TV series)|Junoon]]'', in which he was the sadistic mob lord Keshav Kalsi. He anchored "[[Adabi Cocktail]]" in 2000 telecast on Urdu Television Network and interviewed Johny Walker, Naushad, TunTun, Hasan Kamaal, Adnan Sami, Jagdeep, Naqsh layalpuri and many more.<ref name=th/>
Alter appeared in much Indian television series, including ''[[Samvidhaan]]'', all of which were praised by the audience for his acting.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} In ''[[Zabaan Sambhalke]]'' he played the role of a British writer, Charles Spencers, who lives in India and wants to learn the Hindi language. He acted in the TV series ''Khamosh Sa Afsana'' (as a Husain Baba), telecast on [[Doordarshan]] in 2014–15. In November 2014, he played [[Sahir Ludhianvi]] in a stage production based on the life and work of the famous Urdu poet and film lyricist. He also played a schoolteacher in ''[[Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar]]''.<ref name=pierrot/> Alter has worked as the red robe guru in [[Mukesh Khanna]]'s TV production ''[[Shaktimaan]]'' (1998–2002). Also, he appeared in Contiloe & Cinevistaas show ''[[Ssshhhh...Koi Hai]]'' in 2002-03. He played Indian characters in Indian television series, such as the long-running ''[[Junoon (1994 TV series)|Junoon]]'', in which he was the sadistic mob lord Keshav Kalsi. He anchored "Adabi Cocktail" in 2000 telecast on Urdu Television Network and interviewed Johny Walker, Naushad, TunTun, Hasan Kamaal, Adnan Sami, Jagdeep, Naqsh layalpuri and many more.<ref name=th/>
 
[[File:Tom Alter as Zafar.jpg|thumb|Tom Alter as Zafar]]


===Theatre===
===Theatre===
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Alter married Carol Evans, a fellow Woodstock School student, in 1977. The marriage produced two children: son Jamie and daughter Afshaan.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-30/delhi/31506365_1_meha-bash-jamie |title=Tom Alter |date=30 April 2012 |access-date=12 August 2012 |archive-date=15 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715114716/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-30/delhi/31506365_1_meha-bash-jamie |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jamie has worked as a cricket writer for ''[[ESPNcricinfo]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=Author: Jamie Alter|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/author.html?author=235|work=espncricinfo.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=28 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428030934/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/author.html?author=235|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[CricBuzz]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=News Articles by Jamie Alter|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/author/jamie-alter/54|publisher=cricbuzz.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=15 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915114845/http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/author/jamie-alter/54|url-status=live}}</ref> and was also the sports editor of ''[[The Times of India]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jamie Alter: Times of India Reporter|url=http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Jamie-Alter-479233798.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=30 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930084519/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Jamie-Alter-479233798.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> As a cricket enthusiast himself, Tom wrote columns for newspapers and journals for over ten years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Alter - Back In The News|url=http://informationmadness.com/entertainment/bollywood/3713-tom-alter-back-in-the-news.html|publisher=informationmadness.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508002225/http://informationmadness.com/entertainment/bollywood/3713-tom-alter-back-in-the-news.html|archive-date=8 May 2011|date=4 May 2011}}</ref> He also worked as a journalist during the time and was the first to [[Virtual interviewing|video interview]] Indian cricketer [[Sachin Tendulkar]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chandawarkar|first1=Rahul|title=Telling a story in different ways|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2005/08/28/stories/2005082800130500.htm|access-date=4 May 2017|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 August 2005}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
Alter married Carol Evans, a fellow Woodstock School student, in 1977. The marriage produced two children: son Jamie and daughter Afshaan.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-30/delhi/31506365_1_meha-bash-jamie |title=Tom Alter |date=30 April 2012 |access-date=12 August 2012 |archive-date=15 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715114716/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-30/delhi/31506365_1_meha-bash-jamie |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jamie has worked as a cricket writer for ''[[ESPNcricinfo]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=Author: Jamie Alter|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/author.html?author=235|work=espncricinfo.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=28 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428030934/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/author.html?author=235|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[CricBuzz]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=News Articles by Jamie Alter|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/author/jamie-alter/54|publisher=cricbuzz.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=15 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915114845/http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/author/jamie-alter/54|url-status=live}}</ref> and was also the sports editor of ''[[The Times of India]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jamie Alter: Times of India Reporter|url=http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Jamie-Alter-479233798.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=30 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930084519/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Jamie-Alter-479233798.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> As a cricket enthusiast himself, Tom wrote columns for newspapers and journals for over ten years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Alter - Back In The News|url=http://informationmadness.com/entertainment/bollywood/3713-tom-alter-back-in-the-news.html|publisher=informationmadness.com|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508002225/http://informationmadness.com/entertainment/bollywood/3713-tom-alter-back-in-the-news.html|archive-date=8 May 2011|date=4 May 2011}}</ref> He also worked as a journalist during the time and was the first to [[Virtual interviewing|video interview]] Indian cricketer [[Sachin Tendulkar]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chandawarkar|first1=Rahul|title=Telling a story in different ways|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/telling-a-story-in-different-ways/article28531589.ece|access-date=4 May 2017|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 August 2005}}</ref>


In September 2017, Alter was diagnosed with stage IV [[skin cancer]] ([[squamous cell skin cancer|squamous cell carcinoma]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Alter diagnosed with skin cancer|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tom-alter-diagnosed-with-skin-cancer/article19661468.ece|access-date=30 September 2017|work=The Hindu|date=11 September 2017|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913233418/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tom-alter-diagnosed-with-skin-cancer/article19661468.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> His thumb had been amputated a year earlier because of the condition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Alter Battling Stage 4 Skin Cancer, Confirms Son Jamie|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tom-alter-battling-stage-4-skin-cancer-confirms-son-jamie-1748796|access-date=30 September 2017|work=NDTV|date=11 September 2017|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001214344/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tom-alter-battling-stage-4-skin-cancer-confirms-son-jamie-1748796|url-status=live}}</ref> He died on 29 September at his residence in [[Mumbai]]. A statement released on behalf of his family read: "It is with sadness we announce the death of our beloved Tom Alter, actor, writer, director, Padma Shri, and our dear husband and father. Tom passed away Friday night at home with his family and close family members in attendance. We ask for their privacy to be respected at this time."<ref>{{cite news|title=Actor Tom Alter dies of skin cancer at 67|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/actor-tom-alter-a-padma-shri-awardee-dies-of-cancer-at-67/story-1XEDQCl159J2FRMt5hzQQI.html|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=30 September 2017|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330093851/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/actor-tom-alter-a-padma-shri-awardee-dies-of-cancer-at-67/story-1XEDQCl159J2FRMt5hzQQI.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Alter, Padma Shri actor and writer, dies aged 67|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tom-alter-padma-shri-actor-and-writer-dies-aged-67/articleshow/60889109.cms|work=[[Times of India]]|date=30 September 2017|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914195218/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tom-alter-padma-shri-actor-and-writer-dies-aged-67/articleshow/60889109.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
In September 2017, Alter was diagnosed with stage IV [[skin cancer]] ([[squamous cell skin cancer|squamous cell carcinoma]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Alter diagnosed with skin cancer|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tom-alter-diagnosed-with-skin-cancer/article19661468.ece|access-date=30 September 2017|work=The Hindu|date=11 September 2017|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913233418/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tom-alter-diagnosed-with-skin-cancer/article19661468.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> His thumb had been amputated a year earlier because of the condition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Alter Battling Stage 4 Skin Cancer, Confirms Son Jamie|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tom-alter-battling-stage-4-skin-cancer-confirms-son-jamie-1748796|access-date=30 September 2017|work=NDTV|date=11 September 2017|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001214344/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tom-alter-battling-stage-4-skin-cancer-confirms-son-jamie-1748796|url-status=live}}</ref> He died on 29 September at his residence in [[Mumbai]]. A statement released on behalf of his family read: "It is with sadness we announce the death of our beloved Tom Alter, actor, writer, director, Padma Shri, and our dear husband and father. Tom passed away Friday night at home with his family and close family members in attendance."<ref>{{cite news|title=Actor Tom Alter dies of skin cancer at 67|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/actor-tom-alter-a-padma-shri-awardee-dies-of-cancer-at-67/story-1XEDQCl159J2FRMt5hzQQI.html|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=30 September 2017|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330093851/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/actor-tom-alter-a-padma-shri-awardee-dies-of-cancer-at-67/story-1XEDQCl159J2FRMt5hzQQI.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Alter, Padma Shri actor and writer, dies aged 67|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tom-alter-padma-shri-actor-and-writer-dies-aged-67/articleshow/60889109.cms|work=[[Times of India]]|date=30 September 2017|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914195218/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tom-alter-padma-shri-actor-and-writer-dies-aged-67/articleshow/60889109.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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|''[[Shaheed Udham Singh (film)|Shaheed Uddham Singh: alias Ram Mohammad Singh Azad]]''
|Brig. Gen. Edward Harry Dwyer
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|1986
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|Ronny Gonsalves
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|1988
|1988
|''[[Bharat Ek Khoj]]''
|''[[Bharat Ek Khoj]]''
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|1990–1991
|''[[The Sword of Tipu Sultan]]''
|''[[The Sword of Tipu Sultan]]''
| [[Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley]]
| [[Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley]]
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|Keshav Kalsi
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|''[[Aahat]]''
|''[[Aahat]]''
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|Season 1
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|''[[Betaal Pachisi (1997 TV series)|Betaal Pachisi]]''
|''[[Betaal Pachisi (1997 TV series)|Betaal Pachisi]]''
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| Harry
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|''Adabi Cocktail''
|Urdu, Anchor
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|''[[Hatim (TV series)|Hatim]]''
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|''[[Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.in.com/tv/shows/dd-national-174/yahan-ke-hum-sikandar |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 May 2016 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011221446/https://www.news18.com/entertainment/?utm_source=indotcom&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=indotcom_domain_redirect |url-status=live }}</ref>
|''[[Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.in.com/tv/shows/dd-national-174/yahan-ke-hum-sikandar |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 May 2016 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011221446/https://www.news18.com/entertainment/?utm_source=indotcom&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=indotcom_domain_redirect |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|''[[Samvidhaan]]''
|''Abul Kalam Azad''
|Abul Kalam Azad
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|2014
|2014
|''[[Dard Ka Rishta (TV series)|Dard Ka Rishta]]''
|''Dard Ka Rishta''
|''Dindyal Sharma''
|Dindyal Sharma
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|Khamosh Sa Afsana
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|Hussain Baba
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|''Wilderness Days''
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|Anchor
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|2018
|2018
|''Smoke''
|''Smoke''
|Moshe Barak
|Moshe Barak
|Hindi Language
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