I have seen some of Tom on Y&R, but I will always associate him with Oz, where he was a hell of a lot of fun as a prisoner. I remember an episode where he pushed a guard down the stairs and went "Whoops."
I thought he was very hot as Lucas to the point where I wasn't sure why he was cast, as he overshadowed Lance. They seemed to compensate for that in the writing (I wonder if that's why they made him shave off his beard). A shame Lucas never had any happy ending. I think in the end Leslie would have been happier with him.
Tom was also the star of one of my favorite soap promos of all time. How I have watched this and laughed! Bill Bell, there was no one else like you. And there was no one else like Tom.
Y&R Promo - Nov 1981
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