Christopher Allport (born Alexander Wise Allport Jr.; June 17, 1947
â€" January 25, 2008) was an American actor.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 director 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 and produced by his wife,
Susan Hayden (Ruskin Group Theatre).One of his earliest television
roles was as Tim McGowan on the soap opera Another World (1973â€"74).
Around 1975 or 1976, Allport did a screen test with actress Amy Irving
for the parts 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.
â€" January 25, 2008) was an American actor.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 director 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 and produced by his wife,
Susan Hayden (Ruskin Group Theatre).One of his earliest television
roles was as Tim McGowan on the soap opera Another World (1973â€"74).
Around 1975 or 1976, Allport did a screen test with actress Amy Irving
for the parts 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.
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