Alan Fudge

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Alan Fudge
Alan Fudge 1977.JPG
Fudge as C.W Crawford in NBC's Man from Atlantis, 1977
Born(1944-02-27)February 27, 1944
DiedOctober 10, 2011(2011-10-10) (aged 67)
Alma mater University of Arizona
OccupationActor
Years active1973–2009

Alan Fudge (February 27, 1944 – October 10, 2011) was an American actor known for his roles in four television programs, Man from Atlantis , Eischied , Paper Dolls and Bodies of Evidence, along with a recurring role on 7th Heaven .

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Early years

Fudge was born in Wichita, Kansas. He moved to Tucson, Arizona, at the age of five. [1] He acted with Mary MacMurtrie's Children's Theater in Tucson and with the Tucson Little Theater. [2] He graduated from the University of Arizona with a major in theater. [1] He received the university's Best Actor Award in two seasons worked with the Globe Theater in San Diego during one summer. [3]

Career

With Karen Black in Family Plot (1976) Karen Black Family Plot.jpg
With Karen Black in Family Plot (1976)

On television, Fudge portrayed Lou Dalton in the drama 7th Heaven , [4] :950 C. W. Crawford in the adventure series Man from Atlantis , [4] :649–650 and Jim Kimbrough in the crime drama Eischied . [4]

Fudge appeared in many television movies based on popular series, such as Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine, Columbo: Columbo Goes to College, Matlock: The Witness Killings, and Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For.[ citation needed ] He had a turn as the title character in the M*A*S*H episode "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?", which was nominated for a Humanitas Prize.

Films in which he appeared includes Airport 1975 (1974), Bug (1975), Capricorn One (1978), Chapter Two (1979), The Border (1982), Brainstorm (1983), The Natural (1984), My Demon Lover (1987) and Edward Scissorhands (1990).[ citation needed ]

Fudge's work on stage included performing at the Charles Playhouse in Boston. [5] For three years, he acted with the APA-Phoenix Theatre. [6] He appeared on Broadway, including being part of the original cast of War and Peace at the Lyceum Theatre in 1967. His other credits on Broadway included Hamlet (1969), The Show Off (1968), Pantagleize (1968), The Cherry Orchard (1968), You Can't Take It With You (1967), The Wild Duck (1967), We, Comrades Three (1966), and The School for Scandal (1966). [7]

Death

Fudge died in Los Angeles at the age of 67, as a result of lung and liver cancer, on October 10, 2011. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973 Kojak Gus Episode: Girl in the River
1973 Two People Fitzgerald
1974 Columbo David ChaseEpisode: Publish or Perish
1974 The Man from Independence Mooney
1974 Airport 1975 Danton, Salt Lake Controller
1974-1979 Hawaii Five-O Various4 episodes
1975 Bug Mark Ross
1975 M*A*S*H Capt. Arnold Chandler / Jesus ChristEpisode: Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?
1976 Charlie's Angels Dave ErhardEpisode: "Lady Killer"
1976 Family Plot Helicopter PilotUncredited
1977 Barnaby Jones Glenn HalstonEpisode: The Wife Beater [8]
1978 Capricorn One Capsule Communicator
1978 The New Adventures of Wonder Woman Major CornellEpisode: Flight to Oblivion
1979 The Concorde ... Airport '79 FBI AgentTV version, Uncredited
1979 Chapter Two Lee Michaels
1981 Magnum, P.I. Security Chief ArthurEpisode: Ghost Writer
1982 The Border Hawker
1983 Brainstorm Robert Jenkins
1984 The Natural Ed Hobbs
1987 My Demon Lover Phil Janus
1988 Highway To Heaven Alan PetersonEpisode: Time in a Bottle
1989 Highway To Heaven Mr. McCormickEpisode: The Source
1989 Breaking In Detective #3
1990 Edward Scissorhands Loan Officer
1991 Northern Exposure Father DuncanSeason 2, Episode 6
1993The Liars' ClubMr. Reynolds
1995 Galaxis Chief of Police
1996 Baywatch George JenningsSeason 6 Episode 19 " Sail Away"
1997-2007 7th Heaven Lou Dalton27 episodes
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There Dr. Diedrickson
2001 Net Worth
2009 The Office Alan BrandEpisode: "Shareholder Meeting"

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