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Alex Poulos (January 6, 1936 – April 14, 2015) was an American actor and Obituary: DARK SHADOWS stuntman Alex Stevens
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Alex Poulos (January 6, 1936 – April 14, 2015) was an American actor and stunt performer
A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who performs daring acts, often as a career. Stunt performers usually appear in films or on television, as opposed ...
, best known for his roles as the Werewolf on ''Dark Shadows
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'' and The Baker from ''Sesame Street
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''.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut
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, Stevens first acted in a western theme park in New Jersey
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, as well as making appearances in Off-Broadway
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plays before making his first appearance in ''Dark Shadows''. He then appeared for the first time on ''Sesame Street'', where he appeared in "The Number Song" segments as the baker who fell down the stairs while carrying a certain number of pies, cakes or other desserts. Stevens had bit parts in films such as ''A Lovely Way to Die
''A Lovely Way to Die'' is a 1968 American crime neo noir directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Kirk Douglas, Sylva Koscina, Eli Wallach and Kenneth Haigh.
A police officer resigns from the force and becomes a bodyguard to the wife of a ...
'', ''Lady in Cement
''Lady in Cement'' is a 1968 American neo-noir mystery crime comedy thriller film directed by Gordon Douglas, based on the 1961 novel ''The Lady in Cement'' by Marvin H. Albert. The film stars Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Dan Blocker, Richard ...
'', ''Hercules in New York
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'', ''The Groove Tube
''The Groove Tube'' is a 1974 American independent comedy film written and produced by Ken Shapiro and starring Shapiro, Richard Belzer and Chevy Chase. It features the song "Move On Up" by Curtis Mayfield in its opening scene.
The low-budget mo ...
'', and David Cronenberg
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's ''Scanners
''Scanners'' is a 1981 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are psychics with unusual telepathic ...
''.
As a stunt performer, Stevens worked on projects such as ''The Gumball Rally
''The Gumball Rally'' is a 1976 American comedy film directed and co-written by Charles Bail, a former stunt coordinator also known as Chuck Bail, about an illicit coast-to-coast road race. It was inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-S ...
'', ''Superman
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'', ''Three Men and a Baby
''Three Men and a Baby'' is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Leonard Nimoy. It stars Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson as three bachelors as they attempt to adapt their lives to de facto fatherhood with the arrival of the love ...
'' and ''Goodfellas
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'' before ending his career in 1997, with a stunt job in an episode of '' Oz''.
Stevens died on April 14, 2015 in New York City
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. He was 79 years old./ref>
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevens, Alex 1936 births 2015 deaths American stunt performers Male actors from Hartford, Connecticut American male stage actors