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    Tom Alter

    American–Indian actor (1950–2017)

    Thomas Beach Alter (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017)[1] was an Indian actor.[2] He was best known for his works in Hindi cinema,[3][4] and Indian theatre.[5] In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.[6][7]

    Early life

    Born in Mussoorie in present-day Uttarakhand,[8] Alter was the son of American Presbyterian missionaries of English, Scottish and Swiss German ancestry and lived for years in Mumbai and the Himalayanhill station of Landour.

    His grandparents migrated to Madras, India from Ohio, U.S., in November 1916.[9] From there, they moved to and settled in Lahore, in present-day Pakistan. His father was born in Sialkot.[9] After the Partition of India, Alter's family too split into two; his grandparents chose to stay in Pakistan while his parents moved to India.

    After living in Allahabad, Jabalpur and Saha