Michael Alldredge
Dennis Michael Alldredge (1941–1997) was a 20th-century American character actor. His most enduring roles are as Tony's lawyer in Scarface and his appearances in The Twilight Zone. He typifies a character actor inasmuch that he was a well-known face but not a well known name.
He was invariably cast as the "common man" a straight-talking Joe, often a workman, policeman or military man and often either of Irish or Polish descent.
Life
He was born on 13 April 1941 in Bakersfield, California.[1]
He started in TV roles in 1976 and had his heyday through the 1980s when he had almost a weekly appearance across a wide spectrum of popular shows. From the 1990s his roles dwindled.
He died on 19 December 1997 in Los Angeles. He is buried in Oak Park Cemetery in Claremont, California.[2]
TV roles
- All in the Family (Archie Bunker) (1976) as a policeman
- Charlie's Angels (TV series) (1976) as Adams
- The Rockford Files (1976) as cab driver
- Serpico (TV series) (1976) as Waller
- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (3 episodes 1976/77) as the Jailer
- Police Story (1977) as Virg Provost
- Most Wanted (1977) as the manager
- Operation Petticoat (TV series) (1977) as the Supply CPO
- Carter Country (1977) as Murphy
- The Jeffersons (2 episodes 1977)
- Kojak (1977) as Katkoff
- Visions (TV series) (1977) as Lawrence Murphy
- Sunshine Christmas (TV movie) (1977) as Ray Griff
- Barnaby Jones (2 episodes 1977/78) as Deputy Sheriff Gordon
- One Day at a Time (1978) as a detective
- The Bob Newhart Show (1978) as Burt Harrison
- A.E.S. Hudson Street (1978) as Fire Captain
- The Two-Five (TV movie) (1978) as a Two-Five Officer
- The Bastard (TV movie) (1978) as a British Sergeant
- Just Me and You (TV movie) (1978) as Max
- James at 16 (1978)
- Rhoda (TV series) (1978) as Ed Riley
- Long Journey Back (TV movie) (1978) as Dave Lewis
- Roots: The Next Generations part 3 (1979) as Mr Davidson
- The Rockford Files (1979) as Dobson
- The Incredible Hulk (1979) as Sgt Sam Stanley
- A Man Called Sloane (1979) as Church
- Hart to Hart (2 episodes 1979) as Lt Harry Moss
- B.J. and the Bear (1980) as Calhoun
- Archie Bunker's Place (1980) as Briggs
- Quincy M.E. (1980) as Charlie Ranster
- Here's Boomer (1980) as Kranick
- Sanford (TV series) (1980) as first detective
- Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980) as Jim Brandon
- Nightside (TV movie) (1980) as Tellinger
- Thornwell (TV movie) (1981) as Becham
- Lou Grant (6 episodes 1978 to 1981) as Lt Ted McPhee
- Fantasy Island (TV series) (1981) as Tom
- Fly Away Home (TV movie) (1981) as Jed
- Private Benjamin (TV series) (1981) as Sgt Connors
- The Greatest American Hero (1981) as Vern
- The Gift of Life (TV movie) (1982) as Carl
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV series) (pilot, 1982) as Wheeler
- Three's Company (1982) as Sam
- Joanie Loves Chachi (1982) as McNulty
- Another Woman's Child (TV movie) (1983) as Robert Martin
- Knight Rider (1983) as Kroiger
- Taxi (TV series) (1983) as Todd
- V (TV miniseries) (2 episodes 1983) as Bill Graham
- I Want to Live (TV movie) (1983) as Mr Cooley
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983) as coach Leopold
- The Dukes of Hazzard (2 episodes 1979 and 1984)
- Dallas (three episodes 1980) as Police Detective Don Horton
- The A-Team (2 episodes 1983 and 1984)
- Blue Thunder (1984) as Hal Winters
- Cover Up (TV series) (1984)
- Hill Street Blues (1984) as Brandon
- Dallas (four episodes 1984) as Steve Jackson
- The Atlanta Child Murders (TV miniseries) (2 episodes 1985) as Bobby Tolin
- Alice (9 episodes 1978 to 1985) as Ralph
- Matt Houston (1985) as the bartender
- Family Ties (1985) as young Jake Keaton
- Hill Street Blues (1985) as Edzell
- Hostage Flight (TV movie) (1985) as Bradigan
- Cagney & Lacey (1985) as Howard Tanner
- Punky Brewster (1986) as Mr Matzie
- The Little People of Killany Woods (Twilight Zone) (1986) as Mike Mulvaney
- The Paper Chase (TV series) (1986)
- Promise (TV movie) (1986) as Gibb
- The Last Fling (TV movie) (1987) as Larry Fields
- The Junction (The Twilight Zone) (1987) as Schmidt
- The Magical World of Disney (1987) as Yardbull
- Webster (1987) as Nick Papadopolis
- Beauty and the Beast (1987) as Nat
- Who's The Boss? (1988) as Joe
- Hard Times on Planet Earth (1989) as Buck McGrew
- Night Walk (TV movie) (1989) as Brody
- Booker (1989) as police officer Ray Dewey
- Quantum Leap (1989) as Charlie Samuels
- Almost Grown (13 episodes 1989/1990) as Frank Foley
- Columbo (1990) as Connolly
- Dallas (two episodes 1991) as Ray King
- Life Goes On (three episodes 1991) as Mr Seedling
- Murder, She Wrote (1992) as Jason McNamara
- Reasonable Doubts (1993) as O'Connor
- My Brother's Keeper (TV movie) (1995) as Karbs
- ER (TV series) (1996) as Ray's Dad
- Mary & Tim (1996) as Steve Michaels
- JAG (TV series) (1997) as Gunnery Sergeant Krycek
Film roles
- Ruby (1977) as the Sheriff's wife's date
- The Incredible Melting Man (1977) as Sheriff Neil Blake
- Choices (1981) as Tony
- Shoot the Moon (1982) as Officer Knudson
- The Entity (1982) as George Nash
- The Sting II (1983) as Big Ohio
- Scarface (1983) as Sheffield, Tony's lawyer
- Iron Eagle (1986) as Col Blackburn
- About Last Night (1986) as "Mother" Malone the barowner
- Johnny Be Good (1988) as Vinny Kroll
- Ghost Town (1988) as Bubba
- Robot Jox (1989) as Tex Conway
- Almost an Angel (1990) as Det. Sgt. Freebody
- The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991) as Dispatch Sergeant
References
- IMDb: Michael Alldredge
- Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More than 14000 Famous Persons, entry 177, Scott Wilson
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