Dr. Tom Halman

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Dr. Tom Halman

Background

Tom Halman is a research psychiatrist at the Institute in Highpointe County, Texas. His wife is Nancy Halman and his sister is Alison Halman.

During the events of Silent Rage (1982) played by Ron Silver

John Kirby tells Dr. Halman that he is starting to go crazy. He tells Dr. Halman he can't make it and then hangs up the phone. Dr. Halman goes to where Kirby lives and runs up to Dan Stevens and tells him Kirby is his patient and Dan tells him about Kirby murdering Mrs. Sims and the boarder. Kirby breaks the chains from his handcuffs and kicks the door open on the police car he is in and takes the shotgun of a deputy before he is eventually shot multiple times by other Sheriff's Deputies. Dr. Halman, Dr. Philip Spires and Dr. Paul Vaughn, operate on Kirby. After surgery, Dr. Spires tells the others how amazing Kirby's body is, considering the wounds he has. Dr. Vaughn tells Dr. Spires that Kirby is fading away and Dr. Spires injects Kirby with their experimental serum, Mitogen 35. Kirby's brain activity starts to spike and Dr. Halman thinks thy should let Kirby die. Dr. Halman tells Dan that Kirby is dead and when Alison starts talking to Dr. Halman, Dan asks for a ride home.

Dr. Vaughn takes Dr. Halman into the closed off area of the research hospital where Dr. Spires is running tests on the body of Kirby. Dr. Spires and Dr. Vaughn tells Dr. Halman how the scars of Kirby have disappeared and his organs and the rest of his body heal at an amazing rate. They do a scan of Kirby and his genetic structure has changed. Dr. Halman and Dr. Spires walk up and tell Dan they aren't done with Kirby's autopsy. Dr. Halman and Dr. Spires argue about Kirby and Dr. Spires orders Dr. Halman out of the lab. Nancy is painting when Dr. Halman gets home and he briefly tells her about his argument with Dr. Spires. Kirby goes to Dr. Halman's house and attacks Dr. Halman, but Dr. Halman manages to get away and grabs a gun. Dr. Halman tries to reason with Kirby, but Kirby kills him.