“Energy, Growth, Opportunity, and Talent” but acknowledged its double meaning as far back as a 1985 People profile.
Thomas released two solo albums in the ’80s, and you can hear him perform songs on the Miami Vice episodes “The Maze” and “Trust Fund Pirates.” He also composed music for a family musical in the ’90s. But Thomas’ acting career did not take off after Miami Vice went off the air.
After appearing in TV movies in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Thomas took a role in the Italian TV production Detective Extralarge (1991). Following appearances in minor films, Thomas worked on another Italian TV show (We Are Angels, 1997).
Outside of two appearances (four years apart) alongside Johnson in Nash Bridges, Thomas’, he did continue making appearances.
“I’ve been in the entertainment business professionally since 1968,” Thomas says in a 2016 Interview. “…and I’m not going to retire. So I don’t know what tomorrow brings. But it’s a continuum.”