Andrew
Bree
Carlos
Gabrielle
Katherine
Lynette
Mary Alice
Mike
Orson
Susan
Tom
Tom Scavo
DOUG SAVANT
THE SKINNY:
- Married to Lynette Scavo
- Father of Parker, Penny, Porter and Preston
- Currently attending college
Tom SAYS
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Lynette Scavo
to Tom:"Tom, hair loss and constant nausea -- those are inconveniences. Losing at charades to Susan Mayer -- that's just flat-out intolerable."
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Lynette Scavo
to Tom about suing Carlos:"Won't that be great? Living off the money we made from suing our best friends."
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Lynette Scavo
to Tom:"I think I know who strangled Julie."
CHARACTER BIO
There's no question who calls the shots in the Scavo household and it's definitely Lynette, not her husband, Tom. She's never had a problem letting him know she's better at the ad game than he ever was, and that he's far too soft with their kids -- Parker, Penny and troublesome twins Porter and Preston.Lynette went along with Tom's lifelong dream of opening a pizzeria, but their relationship hit another snag when she fell for their chef, Rick, and it looked like Tom had torched his rival's new restaurant.
After a near-death experience at the pizzeria, Tom grew disenchanted with the idea of making pizza for a living and suggested, to Lynette's horror, that they pull the kids out of the school and tour the country by RV. His mid-life crisis looked ready to dash all their hard-earned dreams, until he contented himself by buying a vintage sports car and channeling his inner rock god in the garage band Dave Williams put together.
ACTOR BIO
Just when we thought the Melrose Place alums recruited for plum roles on Desperate Housewives stopped with Marcia Cross, along comes Doug Savant as former ad exec turned pizza parlor owner Tom Scavo.
Savant first gained national attention when he was cast in the role of Matt Fielding on the Fox series Melrose Place. It marked one of the first times an openly gay character was portrayed on network television. The series, which could only be described as a cultural phenomenon, became a television fixation, continually sparking water cooler conversations week after week.
Prior to his primetime notoriety, Savant had roles on the big screen in films like Masquerade, opposite Rob Lowe, Hanoi Hilton and in Red Surf, opposite George Clooney. Following Melrose, he took on a supporting role in the Dean Devlin/Roland Emmerich mega-production of Godzilla, starring Matthew Broderick.
His television appearances include such hit shows as 24, According to Jim and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Savant is married to actress Laura Leighton and they have four children.
