"Says "The Untouchables" producer Tim Iacofano: "I remember the first audition, there was an earnestness, an inner attractiveness that I saw in Tom, plus a toughness and a human quality. So we brought him back [to auditon] for Ness and I practically fell out of my seat. I said this man is Eliot Ness. He's from Chicago, he's about the right age Ness was when he did this, and he can play the full range of emotions that his character has to play." Hugh Hart, Chicago Tribune December 7, 1992


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  1. "Everwood"  - WB
      2002 to present
      "Dr. Harold Abbott"
  2. "JAG" - CBS
      1999-2002
      "Cmdr. John Flagler" in "Enemy Below"
      "Silent Service"
  3. "The Guardian" - CBS
      2001-02
      "Dr. Thomas Reed" in "Pilot", "Reunion",
      "Home", "The Beginning"
  4. "Spin City" - ABC
      2001
      "Wheeler" in "A Tree Falls in Manhattan"
  5. "NYPD Blue" - ABC
      2001
      "David Jessup" in "Writing Wrongs"
  6. "The Practice" - ABC
      2000
      "Robert Wakefield" in "Appeal and Denial"
  7. "King of Queens" - CBS
      1998
      "Les Fisker" in "Roast Chicken"
  8. "Family Law" - CBS
      2000
      "Lawrence Cameron" in "One Mistake"
  9. "Just Shoot Me" - NBC
      1999
      "Matt Bentley" in "Lies & Dolls"
  10. "ER" - NBC
      1998
      "David Gardner" in "The Miracle Worker"
  11. "Seven Days" - UPN
      1998
      "General Wayne Starker" in "Doppleganger I"
      & "Doppleganger II"
  12. "The Larry Sanders Show" - HBO
      1998
      "Russ Schmitt" in "Beverly's Secret"
  13. "Promise Land" - CBS
      1996-97
      "Fred Mooster" in "The Hostage"
      &"Mooster's Revenge"
  14. "The Pursuit of Happiness" - NBC
      1995
      "Steve Rutledge"
  15. "Sisters" - CBS
      1995
      "Martin" in "Sleeping with the Devil"
      & "Word of Honor"
  16. "Roseanne" - ABC
      1994
      "Doctor" in "Maybe Baby"
  17. "Murphy Brown" - CBS
      1994
      "David Wofford" in "Where Have You Gone,
      Joe DiMaggio?"
  18. "The Untouchables" - Paramount
      1993-1994
      "Eliot Ness"
  19. "Sable" - ABC
      1987
      in "Hunt"
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