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Alan Fudge | |
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Fudge as C.W Crawford in NBC's Man from Atlantis, 1977 | |
Born | Wichita, Kansas, U.S. | February 27, 1944
Died | October 10, 2011 67) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged
Alma mater | University of Arizona |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1973–2009 |
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 .
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]
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]
Fudge died in Los Angeles at the age of 67, as a result of lung and liver cancer, on October 10, 2011. [1]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1973 | Kojak | Gus | Episode: Girl in the River |
1973 | Two People | Fitzgerald | |
1974 | Columbo | David Chase | Episode: Publish or Perish |
1974 | The Man from Independence | Mooney | |
1974 | Airport 1975 | Danton, Salt Lake Controller | |
1974-1979 | Hawaii Five-O | Various | 4 episodes |
1975 | Bug | Mark Ross | |
1975 | M*A*S*H | Capt. Arnold Chandler / Jesus Christ | Episode: Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler? |
1976 | Charlie's Angels | Dave Erhard | Episode: "Lady Killer" |
1976 | Family Plot | Helicopter Pilot | Uncredited |
1977 | Barnaby Jones | Glenn Halston | Episode: The Wife Beater [8] |
1978 | Capricorn One | Capsule Communicator | |
1978 | The New Adventures of Wonder Woman | Major Cornell | Episode: Flight to Oblivion |
1979 | The Concorde ... Airport '79 | FBI Agent | TV version, Uncredited |
1979 | Chapter Two | Lee Michaels | |
1981 | Magnum, P.I. | Security Chief Arthur | Episode: 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 Peterson | Episode: Time in a Bottle |
1989 | Highway To Heaven | Mr. McCormick | Episode: The Source |
1989 | Breaking In | Detective #3 | |
1990 | Edward Scissorhands | Loan Officer | |
1991 | Northern Exposure | Father Duncan | Season 2, Episode 6 |
1993 | The Liars' Club | Mr. Reynolds | |
1995 | Galaxis | Chief of Police | |
1996 | Baywatch | George Jennings | Season 6 Episode 19 " Sail Away" |
1997-2007 | 7th Heaven | Lou Dalton | 27 episodes |
2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Dr. Diedrickson | |
2001 | Net Worth | ||
2009 | The Office | Alan Brand | Episode: "Shareholder Meeting" |
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