Jed Allan

Jed Allan Brown (March 1, 1935 – March 9, 2019), known professionally as Jed Allan, was an American actor and television host, best known as C.C. Capwell on Santa Barbara, Don Craig on Days of Our Lives, Rush Sanders on Beverly Hills, 90210, Scott Turner on Lassie, Harold Johnson on The Bay, and the host of Celebrity Bowling.<ref>Days Of Our Lives Star Jed Allan Dead at 84Hollywood News Daily. March 9, 2019. Template:Webarchive</ref><ref name=HR/>

Life and career

Education and early career

Allan attended the University of Washington, where he majored in Drama.<ref name="ADE">Template:Cite news</ref> While in college, he supported himself working as a radio and television announcer and sportscaster. In the 1960s, he appeared in several Broadway productions such as Viva Madison Avenue!, Oliver!, and Barefoot in the Park.<ref name="ADE"/>

Daytime television roles

Allan starred in several soap operas. He made his debut as trouble-making Ace Hubbard on Love of Life in 1964.<ref name="Daytime Confidential"/> He played college professor Paul Britton on The Secret Storm in 1964Template:Endash65. Allan was one of many actors to play Paul, who was involved with the show's leading heroine, Amy Ames.<ref name="Daytime Confidential" /> Allan replaced his future Santa Barbara co-star Nicolas Coster in the part. He is best known for his role as Don Craig in Days of Our Lives, which he played from 1971 to 1985,<ref name=HR/> his exit taking place as many of the show's veteran cast members were being written out so the show could focus on younger characters. His departure from Days of Our Lives was unpopular among his fans.<ref name=HR/> His character was abruptly written out with minor explanation.<ref name="Daytime Confidential" /> He gained a new audience when he took over the role of C. C. Capwell in Santa Barbara from 1986 to 1993. After his time on Santa Barbara, Allan had a recurring role in Beverly Hills, 90210 playing Rush Sanders.<ref name=HR>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2004, he started playing the role of Edward Quartermaine in General Hospital.<ref name=HR/>

Other projects

Allan's most notable television role outside of soap operas was when he starred on Lassie from 1968 to 1970 as Forest Ranger Scott Turner, who along with fellow ranger Bob Erickson (played by Jack De Mave) served as the collie dog's main human companion during that period.<ref name="HuffPost India">Template:Cite news</ref>

He appeared in numerous made-for-television movies. He hosted Celebrity Bowling during the 1970s<ref name=HR/> as well as a game show pilot, Temptation, in 1981 for Ralph Andrews and Columbia Pictures Television.<ref name="Deadline">Template:Cite news</ref>

Allan was a featured character in several episodes of Adam-12. He played Reno West, a prolific burglar who was known as, "Take a little, leave a little" because of his M.O. He was finally caught by Reed and Malloy in the episode 'Capture' (season 6, episode 9).

Allan wrote a book, Please, Spell the Name Right, in reference to his name often being spelled incorrectly. The book is about his experiences of 50 years as an actor working with other actors and was released in November 2004.<ref name=HR/> He also played Mr. Marraco in the Carman film, The Champion.

Personal life and death

Allan was married to Toby Brown from September 21, 1958 until her death in 2001. The couple had three sons, Mitch, Dean, and Rick.<ref name="Express">Template:Cite news</ref> Allan lived in Palm Desert, California.<ref name="Desert Sun">Template:Cite news</ref>

He died on March 9, 2019, eight days after his 84th birthday.<ref name=HR/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1968	Ice Station Zebra	Peter Costigan	<ref name=HR/>
1974	The Man from Clover Grove	The Hippie	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1974	The Photographer	Joe Hennesey	<ref name="Canyon News"/>
1994	Zero Tolerance	George Wells	<ref name="Canyon News">Template:Cite news</ref>

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964–1965	The Secret Storm	Professor Paul Britton #2	<ref name=HR /> Unknown episodes
1968	Mannix	Ed Kovak	To the Swiftest, Death
1968–1970	Lassie	Ranger Scott Turner	26 episodes<ref name=HR />
1970	The Mod Squad	Frank Walsh	The Song of Willie
1971	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Rod Porter	And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter
1971–1978	Celebrity Bowling	Himself	Entire series<ref name=HR />
1971–1985	Days of Our Lives	Don Craig	102 episodes<ref name=HR/>
1973	Adam-12	John Spencer	Anatomy of a 415
1974	Kojak	Eddie Ryan	Dead on his Feet
1986–1993	Santa Barbara	C.C. Capwell (#4)	1,089 episodes<ref name=HR />
1994–1999	Beverly Hills, 90210	Rush Sanders	18 episodes<ref name=HR />
1995	Burke's Law	Wally King	Who Killed the King of the Country Club?
2001	Walker, Texas Ranger	Sam Cardinal	Reel Rangers
2001	Carman: The Champion	Laracco
2002	Port Charles	Ed Grant	<ref name="Daytime Confidential">Template:Cite news</ref> Unknown episodes
2004–2005	General Hospital	Edward Quartermaine (#3)	<ref name=HR/> Unknown episodes
2011-2012	The Bay	Harold Johnson	Season 1 & 2

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