Alan North
{{Short description|American actor (1920–2000)}}
{{About|the actor|the motorcyclist|Alan North (motorcyclist)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alan North
| image = Alan North resize.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|12|23}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|1|19|1920|12|23}}
| death_place = Port Jefferson, New York, U.S.
| othername =
| yearsactive = 1953–2000
| spouse = June North
| children = 2
}}
Alan North (December 23, 1920 – January 19, 2000) was an American actor.
Early life
North was born in Bronx, New York, and joined the United States Navy during the Second World War.{{cite news |title=Alan North, 79, Character Actor On Stage, Screen and Television |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/06/nyregion/alan-north-79-character-actor-on-stage-screen-and-television.html |work=The New York Times |page=39 |date=6 February 2000 |issn=0362-4331 |accessdate=11 April 2009}}
Career
After the war, he became a stage manager and made his Broadway debut in 1955 in Plain and Fancy.
His film career included roles in Plaza Suite (1971), Serpico (1973), The Formula (1980), Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (1983), Thief of Hearts (1984), Highlander (1986), Act of Vengeance (1986), Billy Galvin (1986), The Fourth Protocol (1987), Lean on Me (1989), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), Glory (1989) and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996).{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29d7558|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614172521/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29d7558|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2018|title=Alan North|website=BFI}} On television, he played Captain Ed Hocken in the 1982 television series Police Squad!.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/alan-north-p53030|title=Alan North | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos|website=AllMovie}} He also appeared on the soap opera Another World in the recurring role of Captain Sean Delaney from 1984 to 1988. His last stage performance was in 1999, in Lake Hollywood.
Personal life
North died of lung and kidney cancer in a hospital in Port Jefferson, New York on January 19, 2000, at the age of 79. He and his wife June North had two daughters, Alexandra Jackson and Victoria North.
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1966
|Unholy Matrimony |Mr. M. - First Swinging Husband |Uncredited |
| 1971
|Mr. Eisler | |
| 1972
|Julius' ældste søn | |
| 1973
|Brown | |
| 1979
|Deputy Sheriff | |
| 1980
|Nolan | |
| 1984
|Sweeney | |
| 1986
|Lt. Frank Moran | |
| 1986
|George | |
| 1986
|The Christmas Star |Captain Whittaker | |
| 1987
|Govershin | |
| 1987
|Beske | |
| 1989
|Mayor Don Bottman | |
| 1989
|Braddock | |
| 1989
|Old Cop | |
| 1989
| |
| 1990
|Judge | |
| 1993
|Bruce Adams | |
| 1995
|Micky Crump | |
| 1995
| |
| 1996
|Earl | |
| 1996
|Grocery Customer | |
| 1999
|Jarvisn Brown | |
| 1999
|I'll Take You There |Max | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1950
|Officer North |Episode: "The Trunk" |
| 1953
|Fred |Episode: "Treasure Island" |
| 1956
|FBI Agent |Episode: "Mass Murder: Flight 169" |
| 1963
|Nils Tvedt |Episode: "Westchester County, New York: October 4 - Police Officer Killed; Manhunt Under Way" |
| 1968
|Brent |Episode: "The 39th Witness" |
| 1977
|Detective Forscher |Television film |
| 1981–1982
|Judge Mort Harris |18 episodes |
| 1982
|Muggable Mary, Street Cop |Mary's Father |Television film |
| 1982
|Capt. Ed Hocken |6 episodes |
| 1982
|Fire Chief |Episode #1.555 |
| 1982
|Mr. Kraft |Episode: "Genius" |
| 1982, 1984
|Krebs / Barto |2 episodes |
| 1983
|Mr. Porter |Episode dated 21 January 1983 |
| 1983
|Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer |Lieutenant Walter Belden |Television film |
| 1983
|Otto Rhinehart |Episode: "The Hand Me Down Kid" |
| 1984
|Bill Rivers |Episode: "Leave It to the Beavers" |
| 1984
|Karl Mundt |Episode: "Concealed Enemies, Part I: Suspicion" |
| 1985
|Judge |Episode: "Clair's Case" |
| 1985
|Skeezer |Episode: "The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn" |
| 1985
|Professor Sloan |4 episodes |
| 1986
|Albert Pass |Television film |
| 1986
|Father McCaskey |6 episodes |
| 1986
|Television film |
| 1986
|Chief Hollis Cushing |Episode: "White Night" |
| 1987
|Captain Delaney |Episode #1.5762 |
| 1987
|Bennett Brothers |Manny Bennett |Television film |
| 1987
|Uncle Jack |Episode: "Hit the Road, Jack" |
| 1988
|Detective Rayburn |Television film |
| 1989
|Jack Bauer |Episode #1.10747 |
| 1990
|Harvey Schoenbrun | rowspan="3" |Television film |
| 1991
|Eyes of a Witness |Doyle |
| 1991
|Darrow |
| 1991–1999
|Terry Barrick / Jimmy Scanlon / Reilly |3 episodes |
| 1993
|Bishop |Episode #1.3 |
| 1993
|Dr. Sid Lerner |6 episodes |
Stage
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role(s) !Notes !Ref. |
| 1955
|understudy Isaac Miller |Broadway debut also assistant stage manager |{{cite web |title=Plain and Fancy – Broadway Musical – Original |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/plain-and-fancy-2496 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League LLC |access-date=10 June 2024}}{{cite web |title=Alan North – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/alan-north-79569 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League LLC |access-date=10 June 2024}} |
| 1959
|understudy Governor, Pete, Mr. Tubbs |also stage manager |
| 1960
|Floyd: a cop |replacement |
| 1964
|A Bartender |replacement |
| 1964
|Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory |The Inspector | |
| 1965
|Telephone Man, understudy Victor Velasco | |
| 1966
|Murray, understudy Oscar Madison | |
| 1967
|George | |
| 1968
|rowspan=2|Plaza Suite |rowspan=2|standby Sam Nash, Jesse Kiplinger, Roy Hubley | |
| 1970
| |
| 1971
|Dr. Dreyfuss | |
| 1973
|The Prisoner of Second Avenue |Harry Edison, understudy Mel Edison | |
| 1977
|Scribes |Reg | |
| 1978
| |
| 1979
|Mayor Shinn | |
| 1980
|Durant, Sheriff, Piano Mover, Toland | |
| 1983
|Studio Head | |
| 1992
|Nick |replacement |
| 1999
|Lake Hollywood |Uncle Ambrose | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0635978}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:Deaths from kidney cancer in the United States
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in New York (state)
Category:United States Navy sailors
Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II
Category:Male actors from the Bronx
Category:People from Port Jefferson, New York
Category:20th-century American male actors
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