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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 17, 1947
Died
January 25, 2008
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Alexander Wise Allport Jr.
- Chris Allport
Christopher Allport
0.9 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
5.8
Davey Diamond
Garden Party
2008
8.1
Andrew Campbell
Mad Men
2007
7.1
Governor Michael Bryant
Brothers and Sisters
2006
6.7
Larry Davis
Shark
2006
7.7
Dr. James Leroy
Though None Go with Me
2006
7.7
Secretary Francis
Commander in Chief
2005
7.6
Dan Karzin
NCIS
2003
7.2
Herman Jarvis
Without a Trace
2002
7.7
Deke Conroy
CSI: Miami
2002
4.4
Sam Tiler
Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
2000
Credits
Garden Party
as Davey Diamond
2008
5.8
Mad Men
as Andrew Campbell
2007
8.1
Brothers and Sisters
as Governor Michael Bryant
2006
7.1
Shark
as Larry Davis
2006
6.7
Though None Go with Me
as Dr. James Leroy
2006
7.7
Commander in Chief
as Secretary Francis
2005
7.7
NCIS
as Dan Karzin
2003
7.6
Without a Trace
as Herman Jarvis
2002
7.2
CSI: Miami
as Deke Conroy
2002
7.7
Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
as Sam Tiler
2000
4.4
Mystery Kids
as Wade Johnson
2000
5.0
Judging Amy
as Stan Wharton
1999
7.5
Felicity
as Dominic Webb
1998
6.6
Jack Frost
as Sam Tiler
1997
5.1
The Practice
as Yates
1997
7.6
The Pretender
as Lt. Cmdr. Chris Nashton
1996
7.3
7th Heaven
as Mr. Miller
1996
6.4
The Sweeper
as Grubb
1996
4.3
Kindred: The Embraced
1996
7.0
The Sentinel
as Gerald Spalding
1996
7.1
JAG
as Judge Haden
1995
7.3
ER
as Mr. Strickland
1994
7.8
Chicago Hope
as Tony Dano
1994
7.2
Party of Five
as Warner Cole
1994
7.0
Diagnosis: Murder
as Peter Murray
1993
7.1
Message from Nam
as Ralph Johnson
1993
5.1
The X-Files
as Agent Jack Willis
1993
8.4
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Tony Seville
1993
6.9
Alex Haley's Queen
as Union Office
1993
7.0
Silk Stalkings
1991
6.0
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Mel's Attorney
1990
7.3
Christine Cromwell
1989
7.3
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
6.5
Quantum Leap
as Alan Ripley
1989
8.0
David
as Terry
1988
6.4
China Beach
1988
7.4
Jake and the Fatman
1987
6.2
Deadly Deception
as Lt. McMasters
1987
6.5
🎬
Throb
1986
5.7
Invaders from Mars
as Captain Curtis
1986
5.6
News at Eleven
as Gene Silas
1986
7.0
Matlock
as Nick Underwood
1986
7.1
Spiker
as Newt
1985
1.4
To Live and Die in L.A.
as Max Waxman
1985
7.1
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Examination Day")
1985
7.8
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Larry Peterson
1985
5.6
Crazy like a Fox
as Endicott
1984
7.1
Single Bars, Single Women
as Max
1984
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Donald Granger
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Jim Harlan
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Maurice Delagre
1984
7.5
Who Will Love My Children?
as Kenneth Handy
1984
6.2
Hunter
as Jack Prewitt
1984
7.1
Brainwash
as Jack Nilsson
1983
5.7
Special Bulletin
as Steven Levitt
1983
7.0
Games Mother Never Taught You
as Steve Clark
1982
0.0
St. Elsewhere
as Mr. Kent
1982
5.6
Cagney & Lacey
as Charles Stephens
1982
7.0
Dead & Buried
as George Le Moyne / Freddie
1981
6.4
Ladies' Man
1980
5.0
A Rumor of War
as Van Cott
1980
6.0
City in Fear
as Kenny Reiger
1980
5.1
Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris
as Larry
1980
6.0
Knots Landing
as Martin
1979
6.7
And Baby Makes Six
as Jeff Winston
1979
0.0
Savage Weekend
as Nicky
1979
4.3
And I Alone Survived
as Craig Elder
1978
5.7
The Lincoln Conspiracy
as Michael O'Laughlin
1977
5.6
Harry O
1974
4.6
Man on a Swing
as Richie Tom Keating
1974
5.8
The Connection
as Richard Wilcox
1973
0.0
M*A*S*H
as Abbott
1972
7.9
Another World
1964
5.2