Kyle Ivan Secor (born May 31, 1957) is an American television and film
actor. He is known for portraying Detective Tim Bayliss on the crime
drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993â€"1999).Secor was born
in Tacoma, Washington as the youngest boy in a family of three boys.
He grew up in nearby Federal Way and graduated from Federal Way High
School in 1975. His father worked in sales. As a boy, he wanted to be
a professional basketball player, and at 6'4" had the height and
build, but his dreams of going pro or becoming a professional were
hindered as he suffered extreme near-sightedness, so he was forced to
look elsewhere for a career. Secor's first major television role was
the character Brian Bradford on the soap opera Santa Barbara, soon
followed by a stint on the hospital drama St. Elsewhere, in which he
played Brett Johnson, a patient dying of AIDS.After working in several
movies, including Heart of Dixie (1989), City Slickers (1991),
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), Delusion (1991), and Untamed Heart
(1993), Secor was cast as Det. Tim Bayliss in the pilot of Homicide:
Life on the Street in 1993, a role which he would fill for the
entirety of the series. Throughout most of this time, Secor was paired
on screen with actor Andre Braugher, who played his partner Det. Frank
Pembleton. Though the show was an ensemble work, Secor's character was
placed in a particularly pivotal role, as the series began its first
episode on his first day of work in the Baltimore homicide unit, and
ended with his resignation in the series finale. Bayliss' character
was conflicted through much of the show's run, obsessed with the
murder of a Baltimore child he and Pembleton could not solve. The
character also had issues involving social protest, past molestation
by an uncle and questions about his own sexuality. In 1994, Secor also
played "Swoop" in the film Drop Zone starring Wesley Snipes.
actor. He is known for portraying Detective Tim Bayliss on the crime
drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993â€"1999).Secor was born
in Tacoma, Washington as the youngest boy in a family of three boys.
He grew up in nearby Federal Way and graduated from Federal Way High
School in 1975. His father worked in sales. As a boy, he wanted to be
a professional basketball player, and at 6'4" had the height and
build, but his dreams of going pro or becoming a professional were
hindered as he suffered extreme near-sightedness, so he was forced to
look elsewhere for a career. Secor's first major television role was
the character Brian Bradford on the soap opera Santa Barbara, soon
followed by a stint on the hospital drama St. Elsewhere, in which he
played Brett Johnson, a patient dying of AIDS.After working in several
movies, including Heart of Dixie (1989), City Slickers (1991),
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), Delusion (1991), and Untamed Heart
(1993), Secor was cast as Det. Tim Bayliss in the pilot of Homicide:
Life on the Street in 1993, a role which he would fill for the
entirety of the series. Throughout most of this time, Secor was paired
on screen with actor Andre Braugher, who played his partner Det. Frank
Pembleton. Though the show was an ensemble work, Secor's character was
placed in a particularly pivotal role, as the series began its first
episode on his first day of work in the Baltimore homicide unit, and
ended with his resignation in the series finale. Bayliss' character
was conflicted through much of the show's run, obsessed with the
murder of a Baltimore child he and Pembleton could not solve. The
character also had issues involving social protest, past molestation
by an uncle and questions about his own sexuality. In 1994, Secor also
played "Swoop" in the film Drop Zone starring Wesley Snipes.
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