Occupation Actor Years active 1973–2008 | Name Christopher Allport Role Actor | |
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Died January 25, 2008, Wrightwood, California, United States Spouse Susan Elizabeth Hayden (m. 1993–2008), Carolyn Jones (m. 1979–1990) Children Mason Allport, Andrew Allport Movies Jack Frost, Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mut, Savage Weekend, Garden Party, To Live and Die in LA Similar People Michael Cooney, David Paulsen, Armand Mastroianni, John Erman, Bobby Roth | ||
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Christopher Allport (born Alexander Wise Allport Jr.; June 17, 1947 – January 25, 2008) was an American actor.
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- CHRISTOPHER ALLPORT TRIBUTE
- Biography
- Personal life
- Death
- Filmography
- References
CHRISTOPHER ALLPORT TRIBUTE
Biography
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 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 (Ruskin 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 part 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 The X Files, Commander In Chief, ER, Felicity, Mad Men, and Brothers & Sisters.
Personal life
Allport was married to novelist Susan Hayden at the time of his death. He had two sons: Andrew (from a previous marriage to writer Carolyn Jones Allport (not the actress Carolyn Jones) and Mason, his son from his first marriage.
Allport had written a story about the pleasures of backcountry skiing in the Los Angeles Times in 2004 in which he stated that "any excursion into the mountains requires awareness. Have fun, but be careful."
Death
On January 25, 2008, Allport was one of three people 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.
Allport played Pete Campbell's father, Andrew, on the 2008–15 drama series Mad Men during season one. Following Allport's death, the writers of Mad Men had to kill his character, doing so in 'Flight One', where Andrew Campbell is one of those killed in the crash of American Airlines Flight 1 in Jamaica Bay, New York, following take-off on March 1, 1962. The episode is dedicated in Allport's memory.