Kevin Scott Allen

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Kevin Scott Allen (born 20 March 1957) is an American stage, film, and television actor.

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Early life and career

Born in Washington, D.C., Allen grew up in California, Virginia, North Carolina, and New Jersey. [1] He was educated at the Hun School of Princeton and Collège Champittet in Switzerland, where he learnt to speak French fluently, and then studied theatre and dramatic arts at the University of Redlands, California.

In 1979, at the Globe Theatre on Broadway, Los Angeles, Allen played Buckingham in Henry VI, Part 2 and Clifford in Henry VI, Part 3 . [2] An early television appearance came in the Otherworld episode “The Zone Troopers Build Men” (1985). [3]

Films

Theatre

Television

Publication

Notes

  1. Interview with Kevin Scott Allen, smashwords.com, 2015-11-07, accessed 20 July 2021
  2. 1 2 3 J. O'Connor, K. Goodland, A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance 1970-1990, Volume 2, p. 739
  3. 1 2 Mark Phillips, Frank Garcia, Science Fiction Television Series: Episode Guides, Histories, and Casts and Credits for 62 Prime-Time Shows, 1959 through 1989 (McFarland, 2014), p. 448
  4. "ABE & BRUNO (U.S.A.; family)" in The Hollywood Reporter , Vol. 394 (2006), p. 135
  5. In Full Bloom, my-movies.app, accessed 20 July 2021
  6. John A. Willis, Theatre World , Vol. 35 (1980), p. 216
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kevin Scott Allen, actorsaccess.com, accessed 20 July 2021
  8. Robert Koehler, "An Adaptation of Synge That Works", Los Angeles Times , May 29, 1992
  9. Scott Collins, "Theater Reviews : ‘Angels’ Stacks the Deck to Make a Point", Los Angeles Times , October 6, 1995
  10. Doctor Anonymous, stagescenela.com, accessed 20 July 2021
  11. Norman Chance, Who Was Who on TV, Vol. 1 (Xlibris Corporation, 2010), p. 43

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