Thomas C. Chapman was born on November 22, 1946 in Wyandotte, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Boogens (1981), Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997) and Hangar 18 (1980). He was married to Debra Varner Chapman Gruber. He died on September 24, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Tom worked as traveling mime after college before moving to Los Angeles permanently, and his longtime writing partner David O'Malley served as his "agent," booking him on shows across the country.