Philip Anthony Mair Heald, known professionally as
Anthony Heald (born August 25, 1944), is an American actor known for portraying
Hannibal Lecter's jail nemesis,
Dr. Frederick Chilton in
The Silence of the Lambs and
Red Dragon, and for playing assistant principal
Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's
Boston Public. He also had a recurring role as Judge Cooper on Kelley's
The Practice and
Boston Legal (
The Practice had the character's name as "Wallace Cooper";
Boston Legal had the character's name as "Harvey Cooper").
Early life
Heald was born in
New Rochelle, New York to an
editor father.
[Anthony Heald Biography (1944-)] He attended
Michigan State University, from which he graduated in 1971.
