Alan North
Date of birth: 1920-12-23
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Alan North was an American actor. After serving in the Navy during World War II, North became a stage manager in New York. He first acted on Broadway in "Plain and Fancy" (1955), which led to further roles in diverse productions, ranging from musical comedy to straight dramatic parts. His film career included roles in Plaza Suite (1971), Serpico (1973), The Formula (1980), Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (1983), Thief of Hearts (1984), Highlander (1986), Act of Vengeance (1986), Billy Galvin (1986), The Fourth Protocol (1987), Lean on Me (1989), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), Glory (1989) and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). On television, he played Captain Ed Hocken in the 1982 television series Police Squad!. He also appeared on the soap opera Another World in the recurring role of Captain Sean Delaney from 1984 to 1988.
Movie Credits
The Formula
1980-12-19
While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine st
I'm Not Rappaport
1996-12-24
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His compan
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989-05-12
A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fire
Penn & Teller Get Killed
1989-09-22
The "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery
Highlander
1986-03-07
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on t
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
1982-02-25
Mary is a single mother with a disabled child who makes a living as a undercover cop catching johns,
I'll Take You There
1999-09-03
Still nursing wounds from a breakup, a man is forced by his sister into a blind date that turns into
...And Justice for All
1979-10-19
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a ju
Thief of Hearts
1984-10-19
A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her
Bordellet
1972-07-10
A young country girl moves to Copenhagen for adventure and ends up working in a brothel.
Lincoln and the War Within
1992-12-01
First few weeks of Lincoln's presidency where crucial for the direction the country would take. He h
Billy Galvin
1986-11-01
Conflict arises between a steelworker and his son. The father wants the boy to have a chance to make
The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996-10-11
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on
Glory
1989-12-15
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of
Lean On Me
1989-03-03
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing
Rachel River
1989-02-20
A divorced mother pursues her career as a radio personality in rural Minnesota.
Crazy People
1990-04-13
A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, wh
Unholy Matrimony
1966-12-28
Sexual indiscretions are used as a basis for blackmail.
The Christmas Star
1986-12-14
A counterfeiter finds the true meaning of the holidays.
Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
1983-10-15
A New York detective and a victim's colleague hunt a killer who preys on single women.
The Jerky Boys
1995-02-03
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicag
Act of Vengeance
1986-09-04
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and be
Serpico
1973-12-18
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his
The Fourth Protocol
1987-03-20
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the
Plaza Suite
1971-05-12
Film version of the Neil Simon play has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York'
Liberty
1986-06-23
Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and t
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990-01-31
After discovering the connection between a corrupt city commissioner and Colombian killers, Kojak is
Clinton and Nadine
1988-05-04
Eager to find his brother's murderer, Clinton enlists the aid of Nadine, an expensive call girl. Tog
Twenty Bucks
1993-10-21
A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of sever
The Deadliest Season
1977-03-16
Gerry Miller, a professional hockey player, gives in to internal and outside pressures and adopts a
Darrow
1991-06-08
The life and career of Clarence Darrow, the noted American lawyer and civil libertarian.
Cafe Society
1997-07-18
New York 1952. Mickey Jelke inherits a big sum of money and spends his nights in Manhattan, painting
Eyes of a Witness
1991-03-30
Roy Baxter is concerned for his daughter Christina's safety. She's working as a doctor among the Mas
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
1985-09-07
Two pre-teenaged girls attempted to thwart a robbery.