Christopher Allport

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1947-06-17
  • event Death Date 2008-01-25
  • school Known for: Acting
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  • info Birth Place Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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7.1

To Live and Die in L.A.

1985-11-01

5.1

Jack Frost

1997-11-18

4.3

Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman

2000-11-21

5.9

Garden Party

2008-07-11

6.7

Special Bulletin

1983-03-20

6.3

David

1988-10-25

5.7

Brainwash

1983-09-23

4.4

Savage Weekend

1979-03-09

5.8

Man on a Swing

1974-02-24

5

Mystery Kids

2000-01-04

6.4

Dead & Buried

1981-05-29

5.1

Message from Nam

1993-10-17

6.5

Deadly Deception

1987-03-08

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Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris

1980-01-09

1.6

Spiker

1985-11-22

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And Baby Makes Six

1979-10-22

7.4

Though None Go with Me

2006-04-08

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Games Mother Never Taught You

1982-11-27

7

News at Eleven

1986-04-02

5.6

The Lincoln Conspiracy

1977-10-01

5.7

And I Alone Survived

1978-11-27

6.2

Who Will Love My Children?

1984-09-19

5.6

Invaders from Mars

1986-06-06

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The Connection

1973-02-27

4.4

The Sweeper

1996-06-25

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Single Bars, Single Women

1984-10-14

6.2

City in Fear

1980-03-30

5.5

St. Elsewhere

1982-10-26

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30

8.2

Mad Men

2007-07-19

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M*A*S*H

1972-09-17

7.1

Brothers and Sisters

2006-09-24

6.8

Shark

2006-09-21

7.8

CSI: Miami

2002-09-23

7.4

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990-10-04

7.5

Judging Amy

1999-09-19

7.1

Matlock

1986-03-03

7.4

The Pretender

1996-09-19

7.4

China Beach

1988-04-26

6.6

Doogie Howser, M.D.

1989-09-19

7.8

The Twilight Zone

1985-09-27

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Walker, Texas Ranger

1993-04-21

6.8

Knots Landing

1979-12-27

7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

1993-10-29

8

Quantum Leap

1989-03-26

7.1

Kindred: The Embraced

1996-04-02

6.1

Silk Stalkings

1991-11-07

8.4

The X-Files

1993-09-10

6.9

Cagney & Lacey

1982-03-25

7

Party of Five

1994-09-12

7.7

NCIS

2003-09-23

6.1

Jake and the Fatman

1987-09-26

7.3

JAG

1995-09-23

5.6

Another World

1964-05-04

6.4

7th Heaven

1996-08-26

7.2

Hunter

1984-09-18

7.3

Chicago Hope

1994-09-18

7.8

ER

1994-09-19

7.1

Crazy like a Fox

1984-12-30

4.6

Harry O

1974-09-12

5.7

Throb

1986-09-20

7.2

Alex Haley's Queen

1993-02-14

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Ladies Man

1980-10-27

6.6

Felicity

1998-09-29

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30

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The Atlanta Child Murders

1985-02-10

6

A Rumor of War

1980-09-24

7.7

Commander in Chief

2005-09-27

7.1

The Sentinel

1996-03-20

7.2

Without a Trace

2002-09-26

7.3

Christine Cromwell

1989-11-11