Name
Christopher Allport
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-06-17
Deathday
2008-01-25 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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
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A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabita...
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- 1985 To Live and Die in L.A. as Max Waxman
- 2000 Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman as Sam Tiler
- 1997 Jack Frost as Sam Tiler
- 2008 Garden Party as Davey Diamond
- 1983 Special Bulletin as Steven Levitt
- 1988 David as Terry
- 1983 Brainwash as Jack Nilsson
- 1979 Savage Weekend as Nicky
- 1974 Man on a Swing as Richie Tom Keating
- 2000 Mystery Kids as Wade Johnson
- 1981 Dead & Buried as George Le Moyne / Freddie
- 1993 Message from Nam as Ralph Johnson
- 1987 Deadly Deception as Lt. McMasters
- 1980 Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris as Larry
- 1985 Spiker as Newt
- 1979 And Baby Makes Six as Jeff Winston
- 2006 Though None Go with Me as Dr. James Leroy
- 1982 Games Mother Never Taught You as Steve Clark
- 1986 News at Eleven as Gene Silas
- 1978 And I Alone Survived as Craig Elder
- 1977 The Lincoln Conspiracy as Michael O'Laughlin
- 1983 Who Will Love My Children? as Kenneth Handy
- 1986 Invaders from Mars as Captain Curtis
- 1973 The Connection as Richard Wilcox
- 1996 The Sweeper as Grubb
- 1984 Single Bars, Single Women as Max
- 1980 City in Fear as Kenny Reiger
- 1982 Leon's Case as Keith
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Kent
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Donald Granger
- 2007 Mad Men ( 1 episode ) as Andrew Campbell
- 1972 M*A*S*H ( 1 episode ) as Abbott
- 2006 Brothers and Sisters ( 1 episode ) as Governor Michael Bryant
- 2006 Shark ( 1 episode ) as Larry Davis
- 2002 CSI: Miami ( 1 episode ) as Deke Conroy
- 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210 ( 1 episode ) as Mel's Attorney
- 1999 Judging Amy ( 1 episode ) as Stan Wharton
- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Nick Underwood
- 1996 The Pretender ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Cmdr. Chris Nashton
- 1988 China Beach ( 2 episodes )
- 1989 Doogie Howser, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Wally Goldstein
- 1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as (segment "Examination Day")
- 1993 Walker, Texas Ranger ( 1 episode ) as Tony Seville
- 1979 Knots Landing ( 1 episode ) as Martin
- 1993 Diagnosis: Murder ( 1 episode ) as Peter Murray
- 1989 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Alan Ripley
- 1996 Kindred: The Embraced ( 1 episode )
- 1991 Silk Stalkings ( 1 episode )
- 1993 The X-Files ( 1 episode ) as Agent Jack Willis
- 1982 Cagney & Lacey ( 1 episode ) as Charles Stephens
- 1994 Party of Five ( 1 episode ) as Warner Cole
- 2003 NCIS ( 1 episode ) as Dan Karzin
- 1987 Jake and the Fatman ( 1 episode )
- 1995 JAG ( 1 episode ) as Judge Haden
- 1964 Another World ( 1547 episodes )
- 1996 7th Heaven ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Miller
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Jack Prewitt
- 1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Tony Dano
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Strickland
- 1984 Crazy like a Fox ( 1 episode ) as Endicott
- 1974 Harry O ( 1 episode )
- 1986 Throb ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Alex Haley's Queen ( 3 episodes ) as Union Office
- 1980 Ladies' Man ( 1 episode )
- 1998 Felicity ( 5 episodes ) as Dominic Webb
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Jim Harlan
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Maurice Delagre
- 1985 The Atlanta Child Murders ( 2 episodes ) as Larry Peterson
- 1980 A Rumor of War ( 2 episodes ) as Van Cott
- 2005 Commander in Chief ( 3 episodes ) as Secretary Francis
- 1996 The Sentinel ( 1 episode ) as Gerald Spalding
- 2002 Without a Trace ( 1 episode ) as Herman Jarvis
- 1989 Christine Cromwell ( 1 episode )
- 1997 The Practice ( 1 episode ) as Yates
- 2002 For the People ( 1 episode ) as Dean Cassidy
