Allan Royal
{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1944)}}
Allan Royal (born August 17, 1944) is a Canadian actor,John Fraser. "Royal's the Product of Anger, the Method, and an Odd Marriage." Toronto Globe & Mail, March 21, 1977, p. 14. who is also sometimes credited as Allan G. Royal and Alan Royal. He is known for playing the crime reporter Tom Kirkwood on the hit Canadian police drama Night Heat Diane Smith. "Great Scott." Toronto Star, March 29, 1986, p. S4 from 1985 to 1989. He is also known for his recurring role on such programs as the American TV drama Falcon Crest as well as roles in numerous other TV shows, movies, and plays.
Early career
Royal grew up in a bilingual home His father was a French Canadian and his mother was of British ancestry."Royal's the Product of Anger, the Method, and an Odd Marriage." Toronto Globe & Mail, March 21, 1977, p. 14. He grew up in Montreal's West End.Gina Mallet. "Actor Knows the Score even in Italian Comedy." Toronto Star, March 12, 1980, p. B1. He began performing while still in high school, and ultimately left Montreal to study acting in New York with Lee Strasberg.Linda Renaud. "Royal Goes from Night Heat to Dark Secrets." Toronto Star, June 17, 1989, p. H4. He returned to Canada, performing on stage in Toronto beginning in the mid-1960s. He joined the Toronto Arts Production theater company, where he played a wide range of roles throughout the 1970s, in new plays as well as productions of Shakespeare and Molière.Gina Mallet. "Actor Knows the Score even in Italian Comedy." Toronto Star, March 12, 1980, p. B1.
Career
In 1985, Royal joined the cast of a new television production, Night Heat, which aired on both Canadian and American television.Mike Boone. "Night Heat Action Alternative to Late-Night Talk Shows." Montreal Gazette, February 27, 1985, p. H2. Prior to the end of Night Heat, he had moved to Los Angeles, where he hoped to appear in more films. He instead portrayed novelist R.D. Young on Falcon Crest.Linda Renaud. "Royal Goes from Night Heat to Dark Secrets." Toronto Star, June 17, 1989, p. H4. After playing the role for a year, he appeared in They Came from Outer Space from 1990 to 1991, and another TV series, Foreign Affairs, in 1992 and 1993.Eirik Knutzen. "TV Talkback." Toronto Star, April 20, 2002, p. S8.
Throughout the late 1980s well into the 2010s, Royal has worked steadily, appearing in productions that were made in the US and several that were made in Canada, such as the 1988 film Switching Channels, a remake of the 1931 movie classic Front Page, which was filmed in Toronto."People." Maclean's magazine, April 13, 1987, p. 24. In addition, he was in several made-for-TV movies, including a role as John Sculley in the 1999 production Pirates of Silicon Valley, and the role of Mark Roberts in the 1999 production of "Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly" (later renamed "Cry Rape"). Royal also appeared in guest roles in Star Trek: Voyager, Amerika, Forever Knight, Mutant X, Relic Hunter, The Practice, JAG, and The Border. He played Chief Constable Stockton in the Canadian detective show Murdoch Mysteries and Judge Phillip Hopkins in three episodes of Suits.
In 2011, he returned to the stage in Toronto, where he had not performed live since the early-1980s, to star in a one-man play, The Disappearing Act, which he also wrote.Alison Broverman. One-Man Escape from Hollywood." Toronto Star, March 2, 2011, p. E4.
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role |
| 1971
|data-sort-value="Only Thing You Know, The" | The Only Thing You Know |Scott |
| 1977
|Peter |
| 1979
|Will Fellows |
| 1979
|Dunlop |
| 1982
|Leonard |
| 1987
|Conley Reid |
| 1987
|Dr. Barton |
| 1988
|Obregon |
| 2006
|Edgar Rasky |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1973–75
|Chick, Les, Tony |3 episodes |
| 1977
|data-sort-value="Man Inside, The" | The Man Inside |Nelson | TV movie |
| 1977
|data-sort-value="Fighting Men, The" | The Fighting Men |Wayne Archer |TV movie |
| 1980–85
|data-sort-value="Littlest Hobo, The" | The Littlest Hobo |Fanagan, Olivier, unnamed |6 episodes |
| 1982
|Roland, Mr. Glade |2 episodes |
| 1983
|Vanderberg |Ryan Evans | TV movie |
| 1983
|Moving Targets |Lew Parker | TV movie |
| 1985–89
|Tom "Tommy" Kirkwood |Main cast |
| 1986
|Lucky Landrey |Episode: "Blackmailers Don't Shoot" |
| 1986
|Kirkwood |Episode: "All in the Game" |
| 1986
|Christmas Eve |Grodin |TV movie |
| 1987
|President |Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1988–89
|Daniel Cabot |8 episodes |
| 1990
|Lt. Hyde |Episode: "Requiem" |
| 1990–91
|Lt. Col. Tom Barker |Main cast |
| 1991
|Howard Boggs |Episode: "The Parents" |
| 1991
|Captain McDonnell |Episode: "On Women and Independence" |
| 1992
|Mitchell Lazarus |Episode: "Last Dance" |
| 1992
|Foreign Affairs |Andrew Copeland |unknown episodes |
| 1992
|Ben |Episode: "Consenting Adults" |
| 1993
|Bobby's Father |Episode: "Face-Off" |
| 1993
|President Childs |Episode: "Cable Does Not Pay" |
| 1993
|Mark Ulster |Episode: "And the Winner Is.." |
| 1994
|Mary Silliman's War |Judge |TV movie |
| 1994
|Ronald Gault |Episode: "Undue Process" |
| 1994–95
|Jackson Tait |2 episodes |
| 1995
|Kung Fu: The Legend Continues |Dante Carmel |Episode: "Citizen Caine" |
| 1995
|Bloodknot |Arthur / Father | TV movie |
| 1996
|Captain Braxton |Episodes: "Future's End" Part I, Part II |
| 1997
|Ben |TV movie |
| 1998
|JAG |Skipper |Episode: "Yesterday's Heroes" |
| 1999
|Andrew |Episode: "Fam-i-ly" |
| 1999
|Cry Rape |Mark Roberts |TV movie |
| 1999
| TV movie |
| 2000
|Dale Wilson |Episode: "GeoCore" |
| 2000
|data-sort-value="Avengers: United They Stand, The" | The Avengers: United They Stand |Episode: "The Sorceress's Apprentice" |
| 2000
|data-sort-value="Practice, The" | The Practice | Dr. Bernard White, | 2 episodes |
| 2000
|Dr. George Keating |2 episodes |
| 2001
|Dr. Alistair Newell |Episode: "Sydney at Ten" |
| 2002
|Doc |Ben |Episode: "Second Time Around" |
| 2002
|data-sort-value="Brady Bunch in the White House, The" | The Brady Bunch in the White House |Chief Justice | TV movie |
| 2003
|Dr. Nigel Rigas |Episode: "Hard Time" |
| 2003
|Professor Lecki |Episode: "Life 101" |
| 2003
| TV movie |
| 2004
|O'Grady | TV movie |
| 2004
|Bryce Graydon |Episode: "Snack Daddy" |
| 2004
|Mr. Blanton |Episode: "Simon Says" |
| 2006
|Mayor Mel |Episode: "The Giant Spider Invasion" |
| 2007
|data-sort-value="Til Death Do Us Part" | |Dr. Gerald Clark |Episode: "The Airplane Murder" |
| 2008
|data-sort-value="Good Witch, The" | The Good Witch |Walter Cobb | TV movie |
| 2008–14
|Chief Stockton |4 episodes |
| 2009
|data-sort-value="Border, The" | The Border |Cyrus Church |Episode: "Killer Debt" |
| 2011
|Judge |Episode: "Stanley" |
| 2011
|data-sort-value="Kennedys, The" | The Kennedys |Episode: "Bay of Pigs" |
| 2012
|Mr. Walker |Episode: "Fool's Gold" |
| 2012
|data-sort-value="Firm, The" | The Firm |Judge Trott | 3 episodes |
| 2014
|Judge Phillip Hopkins | 3 episodes |
| 2015
|data-sort-value="Lizzie Borden Chronicles, The" | The Lizzie Borden Chronicles |Judge Franklin |2 episodes |
| 2023
|Fall into Winter | Papa Joe McLeod |TV movie |
| 2023
|David |Miniseries, 3 episodes |
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Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male voice actors