Alan Fudge
Born: 1944-02-27 in Wichita, Kansas, USA
Died: 2011-10-10
Known For: Acting
Biography
Alan Fudge (born February 27, 1944) was an American actor known for being part of the cast of four television programs: Man from Atlantis, Eischied, Paper Dolls, and Bodies of Evidence, along with a recurring role on 7th Heaven. He has scores of credits, including appearances on many of the top-rated shows in the US, such as Banacek, Kojak, Marcus Welby, M.D., Little House on the Prairie, The Streets of San Francisco, Hawaii Five-O, MAS*H, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels, Wonder Woman, Lou Grant, Knots Landing, Magnum, P.I., Cagney & Lacey, The A-Team, St. Elsewhere, Highway to Heaven, Dallas, MacGyver, Dynasty, Matlock, Falcon Crest, L.A. Law, The Wonder Years, Northern Exposure, Murder, She Wrote, Home Improvement, Beverly Hills, 90210, Baywatch, and Dawson's Creek. Fudge has also appeared in many television movies, some of which are 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. Well-known movies Fudge has appeared in include Airport 1975, Capricorn One, The Natural, and Edward Scissorhands. He has appeared on Broadway, including being part of the original cast of War and Peace at the Lyceum Theatre, in 1967.
Filmography
2008
- Shark Swarm as Pastor Herman
- Aces 'N' Eights as Mayor Donald L. Butterfield
2006
- Big Love as Ed Hemenway
- Wild Hearts as Sam
- Pepper Dennis as Reverend Nesbit
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Ernie
- The Office as Alan Brand
- How I Met Your Mother as Farmer Frank
- The Closer as Jay Clarkson
2001
- The Man Who Wasn't There as Dr. Diedrickson
2000
- The District as Judge
- Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For as Mack Rolands
1999
1998
- Dawson's Creek as Officer Langer
1997
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Bank Official (segment "Scribbles")
1996
- 7th Heaven as Lou Dalton
- Dark Skies
- Dark Skies as Major Friend
1995
- If Someone Had Known as Chief Hunt
1994
- M.A.N.T.I.S. as Captain
- The Liars' Club
- Witness to the Execution as Wallace Sternberg
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Alan Helms
1991
- Home Improvement as Reverend McDonnell
- Deadly Medicine as Dr. Dan Brady
1990
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Wings as Mayor
- Northern Exposure as Father Duncan
- Edward Scissorhands as Loan Officer
- Too Young to Die as D.A. Mark Calhoun
- Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase as Albert Johnson
- Nightmare on the 13th Floor as Mr. Rogas
1989
- Baywatch
- Quantum Leap as Dr. Richard Sandler
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
- Mancuso, F.B.I.
- I Know My First Name Is Steven as Chief Johnson
- The Final Days as Gerald R. Ford
- Snoops as Hardin Graden
1988
- The Wonder Years as Ken Stein
- I Saw What You Did as Mark Fielding
- Shootdown as Bruce
1987
- Abduction
- A Different Affair as Mr. Bartlett
- My Demon Lover as Phil Janus
1986
- Matlock as Paul Davies
- L.A. Law as U.S. Attorney Terrance Flaherty
- Sledge Hammer!
- Oceans of Fire as Bartlett
- On Wings of Eagles as Merv Stauffer
1985
- MacGyver as Paul Webster
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Wells
- Chiller as Dr. Stricklin
- Hell Town
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Councilman Axelrod
- Highway to Heaven
- Hunter as Councilman Henry Prescott
- Finder of Lost Loves as Tom Warren
- The Natural as Ed Hobbs
- Attack on Fear as Art Disterhoft
1983
- The A-Team as Mr. Perry
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Hardcastle and McCormick
- Brainstorm as Robert Jenkins
- Thursday's Child as Dr. Baumbartner
- M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers as Porter
1982
- Knight Rider as Ed Shaw
- St. Elsewhere as Secret Service Agent
- Cagney & Lacey
- Matt Houston
- The Border as Hawker
1981
- Falcon Crest as Victor Fields
- Simon & Simon
- Goliath Awaits as Lew Bascomb
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Security Chief Arthur
- Enos
- The Children of An Lac as Jerry King
1979
- Knots Landing as Bonners
- Trapper John, M.D.
- Chapter Two as Lee Michaels
- Archie Bunker's Place
- The Child Stealer as Frank Demas
- Crisis in Mid-Air as Bret Loebner
- Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand as Amos Layton
- The Golden Gate Murders as Sgt. McNally
- Eischied as Deputy Kimbrough
- The Ordeal of Patty Hearst as Bradshaw
1978
- Dallas as Dr. Lantry
- To Kill a Cop as Ralph O'Connor
- Police Story: No Margin for Error
- Are You in the House Alone? as Chris Elden
- The Runaways
1977
- Lou Grant
- Man from Atlantis as Dr. Crawford
- Man from Atlantis III: Killer Spores as C.W. Crawford
- Capricorn One as Capsule Communicator
- Escape from Bogen County as Reese Dreux
- Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances as C.W. Crawford
- Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts as C.W. Crawford
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Dave Erhard
- The Invasion of Johnson County as Teschmacher
- Kiss Me... Kill Me as Lt. Daggett
- Family Plot as Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
1975
- Starsky & Hutch
- Wonder Woman as Major Cornell
- Bug as Prof. Mark Ross
- Kate McShane as Dr. Frank McCabe
- Man on the Outside as Detective
- Queen of the Stardust Ballroom as Louis
1974
- The Manhunter
- Airport 1975 as Danton
- The Chadwick Family as Alex Hawthorne
- The Man from Independence as Mooney
1973
- Kojak as Gus
- Police Story
- Sunshine as David
- Two People as Fitzgerald
- The Blue Knight as Investigator G. Myles
- Linda as Officer Carr
- The Blue Knight as Investigator G. Myles
1972
- M*A*S*H as Captain Chandler
- The Waltons
- The Rookies
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Banacek as Logan Howard
- Ghost Story as Dr. Parker
- Kung Fu as Gardner
1971
- Columbo as David Chase
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Joe Burdick
1967
1955
- Gunsmoke as Bailiff
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Baumgartner