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Christopher Allport

Actor
Born June 17, 1947Died January 25, 2008 (60 years)
Christopher Allport (June 17, 1947 – January 25, 2008) was an American actor.

Alexander Wise Allport Jr. was born in Boston. His acting life began at the age of nine in New Canaan, Connecticut, at the Children's Theatre. While at Northwestern University, he worked with director Paul Sills and Story Theatre. He performed in New York with the Public Theater at Lincoln Center, and with Ensemble Studio Theatre; and in Los Angeles at the Taper, South Coast Repertory and with Padua Playwrights. In 2007, he wrote and starred in The Backroad Home, a theatrical memoir with his original music, directed and developed by Paul Linke and produced by his wife, Susan Hayden (Ruskin Group Theatre).

One of his earliest television roles was as Tim McGowan on the soap opera Another World (1973–74). Around 1975 or 1976, Allport did a screen test with actress Amy Irving for the parts of Han Solo and Princess Leia, respectively, for the upcoming filming of the 1977 movie Star Wars. Neither actor got the parts, which went to Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, respectively.

His film credits include Savage Weekend, To Live and Die in L.A., Jack Frost, Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman, and Garden Party, which was released in 2008. He died shortly after the latter film was completed.

His list of television credits includes appearances on such programs as Midnight Caller, The X-Files, Commander In Chief, ER, Felicity, Mad Men, and Brothers & Sisters.

His role as Andrew Campbell on Mad Men was set to be a recurring one, though he only got to appear in one episode (season one, episode 4: "New Amsterdam"). In season two, after Allport's death, they killed off his character in the American Airlines crash storyline and, later, dedicated the episode to him.

On January 25, 2008, Allport was one of three men killed by three avalanches near the Mountain High ski resort in Wrightwood, San Bernardino County, California (in the San Gabriel Mountains). There were two other fatalities: Michael McKay, an off-duty member of the resort's ski patrol, and Darin Bodie Coffey. A fourth man, snowboarder Oscar Gonzales, escaped after getting lost and hitting a rock. Winter storms had been recently hitting Southern California; the San Gabriel Mountains, while usually free of avalanches, had been hit by 3 feet (0.91 m) of snow the week before Allport died.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Mad Men
  • Jack Frost
  • Hunter
  • Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
  • Knots Landing
  • Silk Stalkings
  • Savage Weekend

Known For

  • Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
  • Jack Frost
  • Savage Weekend
  • Dead & Buried
  • Invaders from Mars
  • Garden Party
  • Special Bulletin
  • Though None Go with Me
  • Circle of Power
  • David
  • Man on a Swing
  • Who Will Love My Children?
  • Spiker
  • Finding Kelly
  • Message from Nam

Filmography

2008
Garden Party · as Davey Diamond
2007
Mad Men (TV Series) · as Andrew Campbell
2006
Brothers & Sisters (TV Series) · as Governor Michael Bryant
2006
Shark (TV Series)
2006
Though None Go with Me · as Dr. James Leroy
2005
Commander In Chief (TV Series) · as Secretary Francis
2003
NCIS (TV Series) · as Dan Karzin
2002
Without a Trace (TV Series) · as Herman Jarvis
2002
CSI: Miami (TV Series) · as Deke Conroy
2002
For the People (TV Series) · as Dean Cassidy
2000
2000
The Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Lawrence Odets
2000
Finding Kelly · as Wade Johnson
1999
Judging Amy (TV Series) · as Stan Wharton
1998
Felicity (TV Series) · as Dominic Webb
1997
Jack Frost · as Sam Tiler
1997
The Practice (TV Series) · as Yates
1996
The Pretender (US) (TV Series) · as Lt. Cmdr. Chris Nashton
1996
7th Heaven (TV Series) · as Mr. Miller
1996
The Sweeper · as Grubb
1996
1996
The Sentinel (TV Series) · as Gerald Spalding
1995
JAG (TV Series) · as Judge Haden
1994
ER (TV Series) · as Mr. Strickland
1994
Chicago Hope (TV Series)
1994
Party of Five (TV Series)
1993
Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Peter Murray
1993
Message from Nam · as Ralph Johnson
1993
NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Dr. Olsen
1993
The X-Files (TV Series) · as Agent Jack Willis
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Tony Seville
1993
Alex Haley's Queen (TV Series) · as Union Office
1992
Picket Fences (TV Series) · as Michael Elyse
1992
The Fifth Corner (TV Series) · as Alan
1991
1991
Silverfox · as Tom
1990
W.I.O.U. (TV Series) · as David Natelson
1990
1989
1989
Quantum Leap (TV Series) · as Alan Ripley
1988
David · as Terry
1988
Midnight Caller (TV Series) · as Thomas Rayfield
1988
China Beach (TV Series)
1988
In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) · as D.a. Dutton
1987
1987
Deadly Deception · as Lt. Mcmasters
1986
Throb (TV Series)
1986
Invaders from Mars · as Captain Curtis
1986
News at Eleven · as Gene Silas
1986
Matlock (TV Series)
1985
Spiker · as Newt
1985
To Live and Die in L.A. · as Max Waxman
1985
The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) · as (segment "examination Day")
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders (TV Series) · as Larry Peterson
1984
Crazy Like A Fox (TV Series) · as Endicott
1984
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Donald Granger
1984
Hunter (TV Series) · as Jack Prewitt
1983
The Yellow Rose (TV Series) · as Ben Gilmore
1983
Special Bulletin · as Steven Levitt
1983
Bare Essence (TV Series) · as Charles
1983
Who Will Love My Children? · as Kenneth Handy
1982
St. Elsewhere (TV Series)
1982
The Mississippi (TV Series) · as Taylor
1981
Circle of Power · as Jack Nilsson
1981
Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) · as Charles Stephens
1981
Dead & Buried · as George Le Moyne / Freddie
1981
Dynasty (TV Series) · as Jesse Atkinson
1980
A Rumor of War (TV Series) · as Van Cott
1980
City in Fear · as Kenny Reiger
1980
1979
Knots Landing (TV Series) · as Martin
1979
And Baby Makes Six · as Jeff Winston
1979
Death Car on the Freeway · as Andy Guston
1979
Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) · as Max Dobson
1979
The Chisholms (TV Series) · as Franz
1979
1979
Mrs. Columbo (TV Series) · as Telephone Man
1978
And I Alone Survived · as Craig Elder
1977
The Lincoln Conspiracy · as Michael O'laughlin
1974
Man on a Swing · as Richie Tom Keating
1973
The Young and the Restless (TV Series) · as Gene Desmond
1973
Harry O (TV Series)
1973
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Jeff Mcknight
1972
M*A*S*H (TV Series) · as Abbott
1965
Days of our Lives (TV Series) · as Clark
1964
Another World (TV Series)

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