Theodore "T.C." Calvin

Theodore "T.C." Calvin is a character in the 1980s television series, Magnum P.I. He is a helicopter pilot who operates a tourist charter business called Island Hoppers. He was played by Roger E. Mosley.

Trivia

• T.C. is 6 feet, 2 inches tall.
• He sports a Da Nang baseball cap.
• T.C. is presumably a former member of the United States Marine Corps, having served with the VMO-2 Squadron in Viet Nam.
• His combat-trained flight skills are often enlisted by Thomas Magnum during the course of an investigation.
• He is also very powerfully built, which Magnum exploits when he expects to run into physical trouble.
• T.C. avoids alcohol, instead preferring milk, soda, or juice. However, he does partake of alcohol in many of the early season one episodes, and can be seen with a beer bottle in his hand in the opening credits of seasons (1-5.)
• T.C. has a wife, Tina, and two children: Melody and Michael.