Christopher Allport
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Died
- January 25, 2008 (aged 60)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Garden Party
Movie · as Davey Diamond
Mad Men
TV · as Andrew Campbell · 1 ep
Though None Go with Me
Movie · as Dr. James Leroy
Brothers and Sisters
TV · as Governor Michael Bryant · 1 ep
Shark
TV · as Larry Davis · 1 ep
Commander in Chief
TV · as Secretary Francis · 3 eps
NCIS
TV · as Dan Karzin · 1 ep
CSI: Miami
TV · as Deke Conroy · 1 ep
Without a Trace
TV · as Herman Jarvis · 1 ep
For the People
TV · as Dean Cassidy · 1 ep
Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
Movie · as Sam Tiler
Mystery Kids
Movie · as Wade Johnson
Judging Amy
TV · as Stan Wharton · 1 ep
Felicity
TV · as Dominic Webb · 5 eps
Jack Frost
Movie · as Sam Tiler
The Practice
TV · as Yates · 1 ep
The Sweeper
Movie · as Grubb
The Pretender
TV · as Lt. Cmdr. Chris Nashton · 1 ep
Kindred: The Embraced
TV · 1 ep
7th Heaven
TV · as Mr. Miller · 1 ep
The Sentinel
TV · as Gerald Spalding · 1 ep
JAG
TV · as Judge Haden · 1 ep
Party of Five
TV · as Warner Cole · 1 ep
Chicago Hope
TV · as Tony Dano · 1 ep
ER
TV · as Mr. Strickland · 1 ep
Message from Nam
Movie · as Ralph Johnson
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Tony Seville · 1 ep
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Peter Murray · 1 ep
The X-Files
TV · as Agent Jack Willis · 1 ep
Alex Haley's Queen
TV · as Union Office · 3 eps
Silk Stalkings
TV · 1 ep
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV · as Mel's Attorney · 1 ep
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV · as Wally Goldstein · 1 ep
Quantum Leap
TV · as Alan Ripley · 1 ep
Christine Cromwell
TV · 1 ep
David
Movie · as Terry
China Beach
TV · 2 eps
Deadly Deception
Movie · as Lt. McMasters
Jake and the Fatman
TV · 1 ep
News at Eleven
Movie · as Gene Silas
Invaders from Mars
Movie · as Captain Curtis
Matlock
TV · as Nick Underwood · 1 ep
Throb
TV · 1 ep
To Live and Die in L.A.
Movie · as Max Waxman
Spiker
Movie · as Newt
The Twilight Zone
TV · as (segment "Examination Day") · 1 ep
The Atlanta Child Murders
TV · as Larry Peterson · 2 eps
Single Bars, Single Women
Movie · as Max
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Donald Granger, Jim Harlan, Maurice Delagre · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Jack Prewitt · 1 ep
Crazy like a Fox
TV · as Endicott · 1 ep
Special Bulletin
Movie · as Steven Levitt
Brainwash
Movie · as Jack Nilsson
Who Will Love My Children?
Movie · as Kenneth Handy
Games Mother Never Taught You
Movie · as Steve Clark
Leon's Case
Movie · as Keith
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Mr. Kent · 2 eps
Cagney & Lacey
TV · as Charles Stephens · 1 ep
Dead & Buried
Movie · as George Le Moyne / Freddie
Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris
Movie · as Larry
City in Fear
Movie · as Kenny Reiger
Ladies' Man
TV · 1 ep
A Rumor of War
TV · as Van Cott · 2 eps
Savage Weekend
Movie · as Nicky
And Baby Makes Six
Movie · as Jeff Winston
Knots Landing
TV · as Martin · 1 ep
And I Alone Survived
Movie · as Craig Elder
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Movie · as Michael O'Laughlin
Man on a Swing
Movie · as Richie Tom Keating
Harry O
TV · 1 ep
The Connection
Movie · as Richard Wilcox
M*A*S*H
TV · as Abbott · 1 ep
Another World
TV · 1547 eps