Terry Alexander (born March 23, 1947) is an American actor, who is best known for his role as John in George A. Romero's 1985 film Day of the Dead . [1] He had a regular role on the soap opera One Life to Live in the early 1990s, as police chief Troy Nichols. [2] He has also had numerous small roles in films and television shows, along with ads, most notably an AIDS PSA. [3]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1973 | The Werewolf of Washington | Guard | |
1984 | Flashpoint | Peterson | |
1985 | Day of the Dead | John | |
1989 | The Horror Show | Casey | |
1994 | Amateur | Frank, the Cook | |
1997 | Hurricane Streets | Duane | |
1997 | Conspiracy Theory | Flip | |
1999 | Gloria | Transit Cop #2 | |
2016 | Ihailed | ||
2024 | Stream | Detective Hart | [4] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972-74 | Another World | Sgt. Zach Richards | Regular role |
1977 | The Andros Targets | Beanie | Episode: "Requiem for a Stolen Child: Part 2" |
1978 | King | Bernard Lee | 3 episodes, TV miniseries |
1980 | Angel on My Shoulder | Luke | TV movie |
1981 | Hill Street Blues | Theo Monroe | 2 episodes |
1982 | Desperate Lives | Robert Walsh | TV movie |
1982 | Benny's Place | Jason MacWilliams | TV movie |
1982 | The First Time | Chief Duty Officer | TV movie |
1982 | Fame | Mr. Belmont | Episode: "Solo Song" |
1983 | AfterMASH | Johnson | Episode: "Night Shift" |
1983 | Hill Street Blues | Quincy | 2 episodes |
1983 | Benson | Richie | Episode: "Labor Pains" |
1984 | Lace | Sir Douglas | 2 episodes, TV miniseries |
1984 | Benson | Mr. Adams | Episode: "Make War, Not Love" |
1988 | Amen | Stage Manager | Episode: "Look at Me, I'm Running" |
1990 | Equal Justice | Freddy | Episode: "Cop's Story" |
1990–1993 | One Life to Live | Troy Nichols | Regular role: May 28, 1990 to 1993 |
1995 | Cagney and Lacey: Together Again | Jacques | TV movie |
1995 | New York Undercover | Dr. Crowley | Episode: "High on the Hog" |
1996 | NYPD Blue | Det. Bauman | Episode: "Moby Greg" |
1999 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Larry Moss | Episode: "Zen and the Art of Murder" |
1999 | Law & Order | Harry Gales | Episode: "Refuge: Part 2" |
2000-01 | Deadline | Jono | 3 episodes |
2001 | 100 Center Street | Episode: "Hostage" | |
2001 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Security Supervisor | Episode: "Pique" |
2001 | The Education of Max Bickford | Gil Bryant | Episode: "In the Details" |
Doris Day was an American actress and singer. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" with Les Brown and His Band of Renown. She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967.
Sir Michael Edward Palin, is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2013 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2019.
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On the Waterfront is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning and Eva Marie Saint in her film debut. The musical score was composed by Leonard Bernstein. The black-and-white film was inspired by "Crime on the Waterfront" by Malcolm Johnson, a series of articles published in November–December 1948 in the New York Sun which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, but the screenplay by Budd Schulberg is directly based on his own original story. The film focuses on union violence and corruption among longshoremen, while detailing widespread corruption, extortion, and racketeering on the waterfronts of Hoboken, New Jersey.
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