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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.

7.099

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

Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman

4.343

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

5.1

Jack Frost
1997-11-18

5.816

Garden Party
2008-07-11

Special Bulletin

6.717

Special Bulletin
1983-03-20

6.286

David
1988-10-25

5.7

Brainwash
1983-09-23

4.359

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

Message from Nam

5.1

Message from Nam
1993-10-17

Deadly Deception

6.5

Deadly Deception
1987-03-08

Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris

6

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

1.6

Spiker
1985-11-22

And Baby Makes Six

0

And Baby Makes Six
1979-10-22

Though None Go with Me

7.4

Though None Go with Me
2006-04-08

Games Mother Never Taught You

0

Games Mother Never Taught You
1982-11-27

7

News at Eleven
1986-04-02

The Lincoln Conspiracy

5.6

The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977-10-01

And I Alone Survived

5.7

And I Alone Survived
1978-11-27

Who Will Love My Children?

6.2

Who Will Love My Children?
1984-09-19

Invaders from Mars

5.5

Invaders from Mars
1986-06-06

0

The Connection
1973-02-27

4.4

The Sweeper
1996-06-25

Single Bars, Single Women

0

Single Bars, Single Women
1984-10-14

6.2

City in Fear
1980-03-30

5.517

St. Elsewhere
1982-10-26

Murder, She Wrote

7.516

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

8.112

Mad Men
2007-07-19

7.909

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

Brothers and Sisters

7.116

Brothers and Sisters
2006-09-24

6.75

Shark
2006-09-21

7.7

CSI: Miami
2002-09-23

Beverly Hills, 90210

7.367

Beverly Hills, 90210
1990-10-04

7.487

Judging Amy
1999-09-19

7.109

Matlock
1986-03-03

7.365

The Pretender
1996-09-19

7.403

China Beach
1988-04-26

Doogie Howser, M.D.

6.596

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

The Twilight Zone

7.76

The Twilight Zone
1985-09-27

Walker, Texas Ranger

7

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-04-21

6.784

Knots Landing
1979-12-27

Diagnosis: Murder

7.071

Diagnosis: Murder
1993-10-29

8.033

Quantum Leap
1989-03-26

Kindred: The Embraced

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

7.021

Party of Five
1994-09-12

7.622

NCIS
2003-09-23

Jake and the Fatman

6.041

Jake and the Fatman
1987-09-26

7.3

JAG
1995-09-23

5.6

Another World
1964-05-04

6.378

7th Heaven
1996-08-26

7.152

Hunter
1984-09-18

7.243

Chicago Hope
1994-09-18

7.824

ER
1994-09-19

Crazy like a Fox

7.1

Crazy like a Fox
1984-12-30

4.6

Harry O
1974-09-12

5.7

Throb
1986-09-20

Alex Haley's Queen

7.2

Alex Haley's Queen
1993-02-14

5

Ladies Man
1980-10-27

6.6

Felicity
1998-09-29

Murder, She Wrote

7.516

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

Murder, She Wrote

7.516

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

The Atlanta Child Murders

5.9

The Atlanta Child Murders
1985-02-10

6

A Rumor of War
1980-09-24

Commander in Chief

7.689

Commander in Chief
2005-09-27

7.1

The Sentinel
1996-03-20

Without a Trace

7.258

Without a Trace
2002-09-26

Christine Cromwell

7.3

Christine Cromwell
1989-11-11