was SORASed during the late 1960s and was sent to Vietnam, returning a few months later with a self-inflicted injury and a drug habit. He had a number of brushes with the law, including stealing drugs, and later a murder conviction. (He had confessed to the murder of his stepfather, Dr. Michael Shea, to cover for his mother, Lisa, who he mistakenly assumed had committed the murder). After being cleared of the charges when the real murderer was discovered, Tom went to law school, and became an attorney. He was married twice (Carol Hughes and Natalie Bannon), before eventually marrying Margo Montgomery in 1983. The two split up in 1999 over Tom's affair with Emily Stewart, and Margo's subsequent fling with Alec Wallace, but reconciled in early 2000. Actors Tom has been played by 13 different actors since the character's birth in 1961. James Madden (1963) Jerry Schaffer (1963) Frankie Michaels (1964–1966) Richard Thomas (1966–1967) Paul O'Keefe (1967–1968) Peter Link (1969) Peter Galman (1969–1974) C. David Colson (1974–1978) Tom Tammi (1979–1980) Justin Deas (1980–1984) Jason Kincaid (1984) Gregg Marx (1984–1987) Scott Holmes (1987–2010) Margo Montgomery Hughes Margo Montgomery was the daughter of Lyla Montgomery, a nurse and aspiring singer, and Dr. John Dixon (though she did not learn John was her father until adulthood). Margo had three siblings: Cricket Montgomery, Craig Montgomery, and Katie Peretti. She initially became a nurse, as her mother had been, but later switched professions to become a police officer. When Margo's son, Adam, was born in 1988, it was assumed that he was Tom's son, but it later came out that he was the result of a fling between Margo and Detective Hal Munson. Tom and Margo later had another son, Casey. In 1999, devastated over Tom's affair with Emily, Margo began a friendship with Alec Wallace, a criminal she was investigating, which eventually led to a romance. When Wallace was found murdered and Margo was in his bed, unaware of how she got there (she could not remember the previous night's activities), she was charged with his murder, but was later cleared, when the real murderer was discovered. She and Tom then reconciled, and remained more or less happily married through ATWT's final episode in 2010. Actresses The role of Margo has been played by four different actresses. Margaret Colin (1980–1983) Hillary B. Smith (1983–1989) Ellen Dolan (1989–1993, 1994–2010) Glynnis O'Connor (1993–1994) See also