Thomas Andrew Stechschulte (November 1948 – June 7, 2021) was an American film and television actor. His most prominent role may have been that of the Presidential candidate Robert Arthur in ''

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''. He has also had guest appearances on the television series ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Stechschulte was a prolific audiobook narrator, having performed, among others: Ken Kesey's, " Sometimes A Great Notion"; Cormac McCarthy's '' No Country for Old Men'' and '' The Road'', James Ellroy's ''

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'', Tim O'Brien's '' The Things They Carried'',

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, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's The Yearling,

H.G. Bissinger Harry Gerard Bissinger III, also known as Buzz Bissinger and H. G. Bissinger (born November 1, 1954) is an American journalist and author, best known for his 1990 non-fiction book '' Friday Night Lights''. He is a longtime contributing editor at ...

's Friday Night Lights, Larry McMurtry's The Last Kind Words Saloon, and Dennis Lehane's ''

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''. He gave voice to several members of the Holland Family in various James Lee Burke novels, alternating with Will Patton. He also narrated the '' Watchmen: Motion Comic'' series. He died on June 7, 2021, at the age of 72.Thomas Andrew Stechschulte
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Audiofile Narrator: Remembering Tom Stechschulte
1948 births 2021 deaths American male film actors American male television actors Audiobook narrators People from Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania {{US-tv-actor-stub