Thomas Newton Hill Jr. (June 2, 1927 – April 20, 2009) was an Indian-born American character actor and director on stage for decades before starting in film in the mid-1960s and on television in the 1980s.
Other film credits include The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Firefox (1982), and as the bookstore owner Mr. Coreander in The NeverEnding Story and its first sequel.
One of Hill's most prominent recurring roles was as the zany sidekick Jim Dixon on the 1980s TV series Newhart.
Hill appeared as King Baaldorf in the short-lived 1980s fantasy TV series Wizards and Warriors.
His TV movie roles include Father Andrew Doyle in the 1984 NBC miniseries V: The Final Battle.