Antony Hamilton Tony Smith 4 May 1952 29 March 1995 known professionally as Antony Hamilton was an Englishborn Australian actor model and dancer Hamilton began his career as a ballet dancer with The Australian Ballet before becoming a model He later transitioned into acting and won his first notable role in the 1984 television film Samson and Delilah That same year he took over the lead role in the series Cover Up after the death of the series lead actor JonErik Hexum One of Hamiltons best known roles was that of Max Harte an agent in the 1988 revival of Mission Impossible In March 1995 Hamilton died of AIDSrelated pneumonia at the age of 42 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia