Jed Allan
| Jed Allan | |
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 Allan with Lassie, 1969. |
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| Born | Jed Allan Brown March 1, 1937 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1963–present |
| Spouse | Toby Brown (1958-2001) |
| Awards | Soapy Award for Best Actor 1979 Days of our Lives Soapy Award for Best Actor 1978 Days of our Lives |
Jed Allan (born Jed Allan Brown; March 1, 1937) is an American actor.
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[edit] Life and career
[edit] Daytime television roles
Allan has starred in several soap operas. He is perhaps best known for his role as Don Craig on Days of our Lives, which he played from 1971 to 1985. He gained a new audience when he played C.C. Capwell on Santa Barbara from 1986 to 1993.
His departure from Days of our Lives was very controversial, as his character was abruptly written out with no further explanation. In one episode, he went to mail a letter and never returned, and was never mentioned in dialogue again.
After his time on Santa Barbara, Allan had a recurring role on Beverly Hills, 90210 playing the role of Rush Sanders.
In 2004, he started playing the role of Edward Quartermaine on General Hospital. This was in some ways unusual casting, as the actor who played Edward's son Alan, Stuart Damon, is a month older than Allan himself. In contrast, his wife on the show, Lila Quartermaine, played by Anna Lee, was 24 years older than he was. The age difference between Edward and Lila was of little issue as Lee was very sick by the time Allan played Edward, and so they never shared a scene together. Prior to starring on General Hospital he starred on its spinoff Port Charles as a head angel named Ed Grant. In 2006, it was announced that John Ingle, the actor to play Edward before Allan, was returning, therefore booting Allan out of the role. Ingle began airing again in spring 2006.
[edit] Other projects
Allan's most notable TV role outside of soaps was when he starred in the Lassie television series from 1968–1970. Allan was also a pitchman in commercial spots in 1980-1981 for McDade's, a local catalog department store chain in the Chicago area. and also for Two Guys Department stores.[1][2][3][4][5]
Allan has appeared in numerous movies made for television.[6] He also hosted Celebrity Bowling during the 1970s and 80', and wrote a book, "Please, Spell the Name Right,", in reference of his name being spelled incorrectly often, about his experiences of 50 years as an actor working with other actors, which was released in November 2004.[7]
Allan also hosted a game show pilot entitled "Temptation" in 1981 for Ralph Andrews and Columbia Pictures Television. The pilot is up on YouTube to view, however the audio quality is not so good. [8]
[edit] Personal life
Allan was married to Toby Brown from September 21, 1958 until her death in 2001. They share three sons, Mitch, Dean, and Rick. Allan lives in La Quinta with his girlfriend, author Judy Steinberg.
[edit] Televisionography
- The Secret Storm as Professor Paul Britton #2 (1964–1965)
- Days of our Lives as Don Craig (1971–1985, 2006–2007)
- Santa Barbara as C.C. Capwell (#4) (1986–1993)
- Beverly Hills, 90210 as Rush Sanders (1994–2000)
- General Hospital as Edward Quartermaine (#3) (2004–2006)
- Celebrity Bowling host (1971–1978)
[edit] Movie
"Carman: The Champion" as Larracco (2001)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr8lFkEhevk
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Fmo7V26Gs
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIPk6XbV9LE
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rHQrik7qr0
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lovRbb9kFME
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0019950/
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/1932172203
- ^ http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=n-0C2cH-XpU
[edit] External links
- Jed Allan at the Internet Movie Database
- Jed Allan at the Internet Broadway Database
