Tom McBride (October 7, 1952 − September 24, 1995) was an American photographer, model, and actor. He starred in the 1981 horror film ''
Friday the 13th Part 2
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'' as Mark. He also had a role in the 1985 movie ''
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins''. His only TV guest appearance was on the TV series ''
Highway to Heaven
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''. On Broadway, he appeared in the play ''
Fifth of July
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'' near the end of its run.
McBride, an openly gay man, died in 1995 due to complications from
AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...
, only two weeks prior to his forty-third birthday. A documentary by director Jay Corcoran titled ''Life & Death on the A-List'' followed McBride in the final months of his life.
McBride is also remembered for his modeling career as one of the famous handsome hunks in
Winston Cigarette billboard ads in the 1980s.
Filmography
Film
Television
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1952 births
1995 deaths
American male film actors
American gay actors
LGBT people from West Virginia
Place of birth missing
20th-century American male actors
AIDS-related deaths in New York (state)
20th-century LGBT people