Alan Fudge

Alan Fudge (February 27, 1944 – October 10, 2011) was an American actor known for his roles in four television programs, Man from Atlantis, Eischied, Paper Dolls and Bodies of Evidence, along with a recurring role on 7th Heaven.

Early years

Fudge was born in Wichita, Kansas. He moved to Tucson, Arizona, at the age of five.<ref name=v/> He acted with Mary MacMurtrie's Children's Theater in Tucson and with the Tucson Little Theater.<ref name=tds>Template:Cite news</ref> He graduated from the University of Arizona with a major in theater.<ref name="v" /> He received the university's Best Actor Award in two seasons worked with the Globe Theater in San Diego during one summer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Career

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With Karen Black in Family Plot (1976)

On television, Fudge portrayed Lou Dalton in the drama 7th Heaven,Template:R C. W. Crawford in the adventure series Man from Atlantis,Template:R and Jim Kimbrough in the crime drama Eischied.<ref name="etvs">Template:Cite book</ref>

Fudge appeared in many television movies based on popular series, such as Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine, Columbo: Columbo Goes to College, Matlock: The Witness Killings, and Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For.Template:Citation needed

Along with Mike Farrell and James Cromwell, Fudge was one of the finalists in 1975 for the regular role of B. J. Hunnicutt in the television comedy series M*A*S*H. Farrell won the part, and Fudge made a memorable guest appearance in the fourth season episode "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?", playing a wounded soldier who believes he is Jesus Christ. The episode was nominated for a Humanitas Prize.

Films in which Fudge appeared include Airport 1975 (1974), Bug (1975), Capricorn One (1978), Chapter Two (1979), The Border (1982), Brainstorm (1983), The Natural (1984), My Demon Lover (1987) and Edward Scissorhands (1990).Template:Citation needed

Fudge's work on stage included performing at the Charles Playhouse in Boston.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> For three years, he acted with the APA-Phoenix Theatre.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He appeared on Broadway, including being part of the original cast of War and Peace at the Lyceum Theatre in 1967. His other credits on Broadway included Hamlet (1969), The Show Off (1968), Pantagleize (1968), The Cherry Orchard (1968), You Can't Take It With You (1967), The Wild Duck (1967), We, Comrades Three (1966), and The School for Scandal (1966).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Death

Fudge died in Los Angeles at the age of 67, as a result of lung and liver cancer, on October 10, 2011.<ref name="v">Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Kojak	Gus	Episode: Girl in the River
1973	Two People	Fitzgerald
1974	Columbo	David Chase	Episode: Publish or Perish
1974	The Man from Independence	Mooney
1974	Airport 1975	Danton, Salt Lake Controller
1974-1979	Hawaii Five-O	Various	4 episodes
1975	Bug	Mark Ross
1975	M*A*S*H	Capt. Arnold Chandler / Jesus Christ	Episode: Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?
1976	Charlie's Angels	Dave Erhard	Episode: "Lady Killer"
1976	Family Plot	Helicopter Pilot	Uncredited
1977	Barnaby Jones	Glenn Halston	Episode: The Wife Beater<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1978	Capricorn One	Capsule Communicator
1978	The New Adventures of Wonder Woman	Major Cornell	Episode: Flight to Oblivion
1979	The Concorde ... Airport '79	FBI Agent	TV version, Uncredited
1979	Chapter Two	Lee Michaels
1981	Magnum, P.I.	Security Chief Arthur	Episode: Ghost Writer
1982	The Border	Hawker
1983	Brainstorm	Robert Jenkins
1984	The Natural	Ed Hobbs
1985	The Fall Guy	The FBI Agent	Episode: Femme Fatale
1987	My Demon Lover	Phil Janus
1988	Highway To Heaven	Alan Peterson	Episode: Time in a Bottle
1989	Highway To Heaven	Mr. McCormick	Episode: The Source
1989	Breaking In	Detective #3
1990	Edward Scissorhands	Loan Officer
1990	Columbo	Mr. Redman	Columbo Goes to College
1991	Northern Exposure	Father Duncan	Season 2, Episode 6
1993	The Liars' Club	Mr. Reynolds
1995	Galaxis	Chief of Police
1996	Baywatch	George Jennings	Season 6 Episode 19 " Sail Away"
1997-2007	7th Heaven	Lou Dalton	27 episodes
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Dr. Diedrickson
2001	Net Worth
2009	The Office	Alan Brand	Episode: "Shareholder Meeting"

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