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Christopher Allport
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Acting
Birthday
1947-06-17,Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

To Live and Die in L.A.

7.128

To Live and Die in L.A.
1985-11-01

5.087

Jack Frost
1997-11-18

Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman

4.407

Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
2000-11-21

5.753

Garden Party
2008-07-11

Special Bulletin

6.984

Special Bulletin
1983-03-20

6.9

David
1988-10-25

6.286

Brainwash
1983-09-23

4.357

Savage Weekend
1979-03-09

5.9

Man on a Swing
1974-02-24

7.5

Mystery Kids
2000-01-04

6.384

Dead & Buried
1981-05-29

Message from Nam

5.273

Message from Nam
1993-10-17

Deadly Deception

7.333

Deadly Deception
1987-03-08

Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris

8

Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris
1980-01-09

2.214

Spiker
1985-11-22

And Baby Makes Six

10

And Baby Makes Six
1979-10-22

Though None Go with Me

7.944

Though None Go with Me
2006-04-08

Games Mother Never Taught You

8

Games Mother Never Taught You
1982-11-27

8

News at Eleven
1986-04-02

The Lincoln Conspiracy

6

The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977-10-01

And I Alone Survived

6.25

And I Alone Survived
1978-11-27

Who Will Love My Children?

6.5

Who Will Love My Children?
1983-02-13

Invaders from Mars

5.567

Invaders from Mars
1986-06-06

10

The Connection
1973-02-27

4.563

The Sweeper
1996-06-25

Single Bars, Single Women

6

Single Bars, Single Women
1984-10-14

5.667

City in Fear
1980-03-30

0

Leon's Case
1982-01-01

5.672

St. Elsewhere
1982-10-26

Murder, She Wrote

7.52

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

8.1

Mad Men
2007-07-19

7.9

M*A*S*H
1972-09-17

Brothers and Sisters

7.121

Brothers and Sisters
2006-09-24

6.678

Shark
2006-09-21

7.697

CSI: Miami
2002-09-23

Beverly Hills, 90210

7.3

Beverly Hills, 90210
1990-10-04

7.5

Judging Amy
1999-09-19

7.109

Matlock
1986-03-03

7.372

The Pretender
1996-09-19

7.5

China Beach
1988-04-26

Doogie Howser, M.D.

6.551

Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989-09-19

The Twilight Zone

7.706

The Twilight Zone
1985-09-27

Walker, Texas Ranger

7.01

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-04-21

7

Knots Landing
1979-12-27

Diagnosis: Murder

7.1

Diagnosis: Murder
1993-10-29

8.013

Quantum Leap
1989-03-26

Kindred: The Embraced

7.069

Kindred: The Embraced
1996-04-02

6.133

Silk Stalkings
1991-11-07

8.371

The X-Files
1993-09-10

6.931

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

6.989

Party of Five
1994-09-12

7.611

NCIS
2003-09-23

Jake and the Fatman

6.185

Jake and the Fatman
1987-09-26

7.276

JAG
1995-09-23

5.462

Another World
1964-05-04

6.453

7th Heaven
1996-08-26

7.1

Hunter
1984-09-18

7.181

Chicago Hope
1994-09-18

7.831

ER
1994-09-19

Crazy like a Fox

7.2

Crazy like a Fox
1984-12-30

5.167

Harry O
1974-09-12

6.25

Throb
1986-09-20

Alex Haley's Queen

7.043

Alex Haley's Queen
1993-02-14

7

Ladies' Man
1980-10-27

6.61

Felicity
1998-09-29

Murder, She Wrote

7.52

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

Murder, She Wrote

7.52

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

The Atlanta Child Murders

5.769

The Atlanta Child Murders
1985-02-10

8

A Rumor of War
1980-09-24

Commander in Chief

7.6

Commander in Chief
2005-09-27

7.199

The Sentinel
1996-03-20

Without a Trace

7.241

Without a Trace
2002-09-26

Christine Cromwell

7.75

Christine Cromwell
1989-11-11

7.7

The Practice
1997-03-04

10

For the People
2002-07-21