Alan Fudge (February 27, 1944 – October 10, 2011) was an American

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known for his roles in four

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s, ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''Bodies of Evidence'', along with a recurring role on '' 7th Heaven''.

Early years

Fudge was born in

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had ...

. He moved to

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, at the age of five. He acted with Mary MacMurtrie's Children's Theater in Tucson and with the Tucson Little Theater. He graduated from the

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with a major in theater. He received the university's Best Actor Award in two seasons worked with the Globe Theater in San Diego during one summer.

Career

On television, Fudge portrayed Lou Dalton in the drama '' 7th Heaven'', C. W. Crawford in the adventure series ''

'', and Jim Kimbrough in the crime drama ''

''. Fudge appeared in many

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s 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''. He had a turn as the title character in the

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episode "

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," which was nominated for a

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. Films in which he appeared include ''

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'' (1974), '' Bug'' (1975), ''

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'' (1978), '' Chapter Two'' (1979), '' The Border'' (1982), '' Brainstorm'' (1983), ''

The Natural ''The Natural'' is a 1952 novel about baseball by Bernard Malamud, and is his debut novel. The story follows Roy Hobbs, a baseball prodigy whose career is sidetracked after being shot by a woman whose motivation remains mysterious. The story mos ...

'' (1984), ''

My Demon Lover ''My Demon Lover'' is a 1987 American comedy horror film directed by Charlie Loventhal and written by Leslie Ray. The film stars Scott Valentine, Michele Little, Robert Trebor, Gina Gallego, Alan Fudge, Calvert DeForest and Arnold Johnson. The ...

'' (1987) and ''

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'' (1990). Fudge's work on stage included performing at the

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in Boston. For three years, he acted with the APA-Phoenix Theatre. He appeared on

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, 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).

Death

Fudge died in Los Angeles at age 67, as a result of lung and liver cancer, on October 10, 2011.

Filmography

References

External links

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