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Michael Hawkins (also known as Michael D. Gainsborough; born Thomas Knight Slater on December 26, 1938) is an American actor.[3] He is the father of actor Christian Slater.

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Michael Hawkins
Born	Thomas Knight Slater[1] (1938-12-26) December 26, 1938 (age 83)[2] Queens, New York, U.S.
Other names	Michael Gainsborough
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–1988
Spouse(s)	Mary Jo Slater ​ ​ (m. 1966; div. 1976)​
Children	Christian Slater

Life and career

Hawkins was born Thomas Knight Slater in Queens, New York, the son of Helen Margaret (Knight) and Thomas G. Slater.[4] He would later also use the stage name Michael Gainsborough. His uncle was radio personality Bill Slater.[5]

He spent the early part of his childhood in Forest Hills section of Queens, as well as in Texas and Tennessee. Later in the 1940s, he lived in the Strathmore section of Manhasset, Long Island. He was athletic and was one of the faster boys at his grade school, Munsey Park School, and started his acting and singing career in a fourth-grade production of the Gilbert Sullivan operetta, HMS Pinafore, as Captain Corcoran. His family left Manhasset in 1950. It is not clear where he was raised after that point.[6] After a small role on the CBS soap opera Search for Tomorrow, he played Dr. Paul Stewart #4 on another CBS soap opera, As the World Turns. He later replaced David Birney as Mark Elliott on another CBS show, Love is a Many Splendored Thing. He later played Larry Kirby #2 on the NBC soap opera How to Survive a Marriage.

He later created the role of Frank Ryan on the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope but was fired from the role at the end of the show's first year reportedly due to his alcoholism and inability to memorize lines correctly. He was asked back, but replaced with actor Andrew Robinson later that year. At the time she was cast in Ryan's Hope, Helen Gallagher, who played matriarch Maeve Ryan, taught singing in her home three times a week. Hawkins was one of her students.[7]

Hawkins was married to casting director Mary Jo Slater until their divorce in 1976; their only child is actor Christian Slater.[8]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Trucker's Woman	Mike Kelly
1979	The Amityville Horror	New York State Trooper
1980	The Black Marble	Captain Jack Packerton
1981	Mommie Dearest	Pepsi Executive #2
1981	Looker	Senator Robert Harrison
1988	Midnight Run	FBI Surveillance Agent #1	Final film role
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1951	Search for Tomorrow	Steve Haskins
1968	As the World Turns	Paul Stewart
1970–71	Love is a Many Splendored Thing	Mark Elliott
1975–76	Ryan's Hope	Frank Ryan	212 episodes

References

External links

• Michael Hawkins at IMDb

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