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Alan North (December 23, 1920 – January 19, 2000) was an American actor. Early life North was born in Bronx, New York, and joined the United States Navy during the Second World War. Career After the war, he became a stage manager and made his Broadway debut in 1955 in Plain and Fancy. 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. His last stage performance was in 1999, in Lake Hollywood. Personal life North died of lung and kidney cancer in a hospital in Port Jefferson, New York on January 19, 2000, at the age of 79. He and his wife June North had two daughters, Alexandra Jackson and Victoria North. Filmography Film Television References External links Alan North at IMDb . Discover the Alan North popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Alan North books.

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  • Ten Thousand Apologies synopsis, comments

    Ten Thousand Apologies

    Adelle Stripe & Lias Saoudi

    From the mountains of Algeria to the squats of South London via sectarian Northern Ireland, Ten Thousand Apologies is the sordid and thrilling story of the country's most notorious...

  • Japanese No Dramas synopsis, comments

    Japanese No Dramas

    Royall Tyler

    Japanese nõ theatre or the drama of 'perfected art' flourished in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries largely through the genius of the dramatist Zeami. An intricate fusion of m...

  • Wavewalker synopsis, comments

    Wavewalker

    Suzanne Heywood

    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023‘Grippingly vivid and pacey’ THE TIMES‘A sevenyear old girl on a seventyfoot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles ...

  • A Wayne in a Manger synopsis, comments

    A Wayne in a Manger

    Gervase Phinn

    A Wayne in a Manger is the hilarious compilation of nativity stories by Gervase Phinn.Discover some wonderfully funny and touching nativity play anecdotes, including children forge...

  • Up and Down in the Dales synopsis, comments

    Up and Down in the Dales

    Gervase Phinn

    Escape to the country with Gervase Phinn's heartwarming tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staffrooms' Daily Te...

  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches synopsis, comments

    The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

    Matsuo Basho & Nobuyuki Yuasa

    'It was with aweThat I beheldFresh leaves, green leaves,Bright in the sun'When the Japanese haiku master Basho composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he was an ardent student ...

  • The Book of Disquiet synopsis, comments

    The Book of Disquiet

    Fernando Pessoa & Richard Zenith

    With its astounding hardcover reviews Richard Zenith's new complete translation of THE BOOK OF DISQUIET has now taken on a similar iconic status to ULYSSES, THE TRIAL or IN SEARCH ...

  • Democracy synopsis, comments

    Democracy

    Peter Kellner

    Democracy is Britain's gift to the world. Most of the ideas and ideals that have shaped the world's democracies can be traced back to arguments and reforms that first erupted here....

  • Saudi Babylon synopsis, comments

    Saudi Babylon

    Mark Hollingsworth & Sandy Mitchell

    When Sandy Mitchell was arrested for his alleged involvement in two bombings in Saudi Arabia in December 2000, he thought it was a case of mistaken identity and that he would soon ...

  • Becoming a Mountain synopsis, comments

    Becoming a Mountain

    Stephen Alter

    Hailed as a "wondrous book" by Gretel Ehrlich, and winner of the Kekoo Naoroji Book Award for Himalayan Literaturea journey of healing that becomes a pilgrimage for the soul. Steph...

  • Our Mutual Friend synopsis, comments

    Our Mutual Friend

    Charles Dickens

    'Perhaps his greatest work. The great novel of London: dark, wise, unsentimental' William BoydWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK HORNBY John Harmon returns to England after years in exil...

  • If I Should Die Before I Wake synopsis, comments

    If I Should Die Before I Wake

    Eileen Munro

    In her bestselling memoir As I Lay Me Down to Sleep, Eileen Munro vividly documented the abuse she experienced at the hands of her adoptive parents and, later, within the care syst...

  • A Waxing Moon synopsis, comments

    A Waxing Moon

    Roger Hutchinson

    Thirty years ago, the Gaelic language and culture which had been eminent in Scotland for 1,300 years seemed to be in the final stages of a 200year terminal decline. The number of G...

  • The Vicar of Wakefield synopsis, comments

    The Vicar of Wakefield

    Oliver Goldsmith & Stephen Coote

    When Dr Primrose loses his fortune in a disastrous investment, his idyllic life in the country is shattered and he is forced to move with his wife and six children to an impoverish...

  • Adventures in the Alps of Afghanistan synopsis, comments

    Adventures in the Alps of Afghanistan

    Alan North

    Afghanistan is home to the fabled Hindu Kush mountains, a westward extension of the Himalaya. This rugged mountain chain hosts iceclad peaks of unparalleled beauty, running through...

  • North to Benjamin synopsis, comments

    North to Benjamin

    Alan Cumyn

    Hatchet meets Maybe a Fox in this “gripping, suspenseful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel about Edgar, a boy who has lost the ability to speak and can only bark, and his dog...

  • Northerners synopsis, comments

    Northerners

    Sefton Samuels

    The word 'northern' conjures plenty of stereotypical images; men in flat caps, cobbled streets, pies and rain. But beyond the clichés lies a region rich in its diversity, devilish ...

  • Adventures in the Alps of Afghanistan synopsis, comments

    Adventures in the Alps of Afghanistan

    Alan North

    Afghanistan is home to the fabled Hindu Kush mountains, a westward extension of the Himalaya. This rugged mountain chain hosts iceclad peaks of unparalleled beauty, running through...

  • The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse synopsis, comments

    The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse

    Geoffrey Bownas & Anthony Thwaite

    Poetry remains a living part of the culture of Japan today. The clichés of everyday speech are often to be traced to famous ancient poems, and the traditional forms of poetry are w...

  • The Drift synopsis, comments

    The Drift

    Kevin A. Hassett

    Kevin Hassett wasn’t always a Trump supporter. Before his surprising appointment as the top White House economist, he took a dim view of the populist agenda and mercurial temperame...

  • Poems synopsis, comments

    Poems

    Li Po & Tu Fu

    Li Po (AD 70162) and Tu Fu (AD 71270) were devoted friends who are traditionally considered to be among China's greatest poets. Li Po, a legendary carouser, was an itinerant poet w...

  • The Other Side of the Dale synopsis, comments

    The Other Side of the Dale

    Gervase Phinn

    Take a trip to the country with Gervase Phinn's heartwarming tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staffrooms' Dai...

  • The Pie At Night synopsis, comments

    The Pie At Night

    Stuart Maconie

    Factory, mine and mill. Industry, toil and grime. Its manufacturing roots mean we still see the North of England as a hardworking place. But, more than possibly anywhere else, the ...

  • For Tomorrow synopsis, comments

    For Tomorrow

    Alan North

    Content in her familiar high school routine, Lorna Finch’s fast approaching final exams mark a crossroads in her young, untroubled life. Whilst her father expects her to work for t...