Quick Facts
Biography
Thomas Cooper Huckabee (born May 8, 1951) is an American film and television actor who appeared in The Funhouse, Urban Cowboy, and as Harrison in the 1993 film Gettysburg, among other roles.
Career
Huckabee played Buzz, one of the leading roles, in The Funhouse. He was Marshall, John Travolta's buddy in Urban Cowboy. He shared a starring role in the 1982 CBS made-for-TV movie Country Gold made in Nashville which also featured Loni Anderson, Linda Hamilton, and Earl Holliman. He was Henry T. Harrison, the spy, in Gettysburg.
He has also had several guest appearances on various TV series, including ER and The Shield. Huckabee turned in a memorable performance as Euple Byrd, the first husband of country music legend Tammy Wynette in the made-for-TV movie Stand By Your Man.
Recently Huckabee appeared in The Killers video for Dustland Fairytale. Huckabee has a recurring role in the TV series True Blood and portrays Joe Lee Mickens.
TV and filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Little House on the Prairie | Herman Stone | Season 2 Episode #17 "Troublemaker" |
| 1977 | Dallas | Payton | CBS TV Mini-Series/Season 1 (Episode #4) |
| Murder at the World Series | Frank Gresham | ||
| 1978 | Foul Play | ||
| 1980 | Joni | Dick Filbert | |
| Urban Cowboy | Marshall | ||
| 1981 | The Funhouse | Buzz | |
| Stand By Your Man | |||
| The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper | |||
| 1982 | The Blue and the Gray | Matthew Geyser | TV miniseries |
| Country Gold | CBS TV movie | ||
| 1983 | Little House: Look Back to Yesterday | ||
| 1985 | Chase | ||
| MacGyver: Hellfire | |||
| 1986 | Eye of the Tiger | ||
| 1987 | The Curse | Dr. Allen Forbes | |
| 1989 | Cohen and Tate | Jeff Knight | |
| 1990 | Night Eyes | Ernie | |
| 1992 | Love Field | Deputy Swinson | |
| 1993 | Gettysburg | Henry Thomas Harrison | |
| 1994 | Bad Girls | ||
| 1997 | Turbulence | ||
| 1999 | The General's Daughter | ||
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | ||
| 2003 | Gods and Generals | Henry Thomas Harrison | Reprised Role |
| 2009 | Staunton Hill | ||
| 2010 | True Blood | ||
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Lil Raj Brittle | |
| 2013 | Criminal Minds | Raoul Whalen | |
| 2015 | Band of Robbers | Muff Potter | |
| 2016 | Pee-wee's Big Holiday | Minister | |
| If Loving You is Wrong | Rusty |