Tom Cahill was born in 1929 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was a producer and writer, known for Yarns from Pigeon Inlet (1979), The Undaunted: Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1983) and As Loved Our Fathers (1976). He died on August 26, 2006 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.