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- Birth nameAlexander Wise Allport Jr.
- Height6′ 0½″ (1.84 m)
- Christopher Allport was born on June 17, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Jack Frost (1997) and In the Heat of the Night (1988). He was married to Susan Elizabeth Hayden and Carolyn Allport. He died on January 25, 2008 in Wrightwood, San Bernardino, California, USA.
- SpousesSusan Elizabeth Hayden(September 12, 1993 - January 25, 2008) (his death, 1 child)Carolyn Allport(April 18, 1979 - 1990) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenAndrew Jones Allport
- ParentsAlexander Wise Allport Sr.Jane Gardiner Raible
- RelativesSusan Allport(Sibling)Catherine Allport(Sibling)
- On Saturday morning, January 26, 2008, the body of the 60-year-old actor, a skiing enthusiast, was found after he and two other persons were reported missing the day before following a trio of avalanches which swept off-trail canyons in the San Gabriel mountains at the Mountain High ski resort, northeast of Los Angeles. The avalanches on Friday, which are freak occurrences, also killed Michael McKay, 23, an off-duty member of the resort's ski patrol, and Darin Bodie Coffey, 31.
- Wrote a story that appeared in the Los Angeles Times in 2004 about the pleasures of back-country skiing.
- Veteran character actor who played both nice guys and heavies on film and TV for over four decades.
- Lived in Santa Monica, California at the time of his sudden death.
- He guest starred in two unrelated television series featuring a regular character named Sam Beckett: China Beach (1988) and Quantum Leap (1989).
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