Thom Bray
Born April 30th 1954
80s television crime dramas saw the rise of pastel casual wear, colourful and exotic locations and a sidekick culture that ran parallel to the tried and true ex-con / small time hood paradigm. It was the hour of the nerd. On Riptide Mr. Bray played Murray "Boz" Bozinsky, a scientist / computer hacker who sidekicked Vietnam vets-turned private investigators Cody Allen and Nick Ryder, played by Perry King and Joe Penny. Boz himself had a sidekick of sorts: a non-verbal robot dubbed "Roboz." The name of the show was also the name of the boat the trio used as homebase in King Harbor Marina. The show ran from 1984-86 on NBC.
His post-Riptide credits include stints as writer and producer on shows such as Designing Women and Nash Bridges. He is currently a drama teacher at Five Oaks Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon, and also teaches Television Studies at Portland State University.
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