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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.
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.
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Filmography
2008 | Garden Party · as Davey Diamond |
2007 | |
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 | Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman · as Sam Tiler |
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 | Kindred: The Embraced (TV Series) |
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 | Silk Stalkings (TV Series) |
1991 | Silverfox · as Tom |
1990 | W.I.O.U. (TV Series) · as David Natelson |
1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) |
1989 | Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV Series) |
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 | Jake and the Fatman (TV Series) |
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 | Single Bars, Single Women · as Max |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Donald Granger |
1984 | |
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 | Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris · as Larry |
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 | Savage Weekend · as Nicky |
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) |