Alan Scarfe Biography (1946-) (original) (raw)

1. Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Full name, Alan John Scarfe; born June 8, 1946, in London (some sources citeHarpenden), England; immigrated to the United States, 1985; son of Neville Vincent (a university professor) and Gladys Ellen (a university professor; maiden name, Hunt) Scarfe; married Barbara Maczka (an actress as Barbara March),August 27, 1979; children: Jonathan (an actor), Antonia.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, writer

Birth Details

June 8, 1946

London, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Marc Antony, Julius Caesar, Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1964
• (London debut) Mott, Fairy Tales of New York, Little Theatre Club,Garrick Theatre, 1966
• Tony Lumpkin, She Stoops to Conquer, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Ontario, 1972
• Title role, King Lear, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1972
• Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1973
• Dick Dudgeon, The Devil's Disciple, Shaw Festival, 1974
• Title role, Hamlet, Centaur Theatre, Montreal, Quebec, 1975
• Title role, Dr. Faustus, Vancouver, 1975
• Andrei, The Three Sisters, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1976
• Fainall, The Way of the World, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1976
• Buckingham, Richard III, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1977
• Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1977
• Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Stratford Shakespeare Festival,1977
• Ford, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Stratford Shakespeare Festival,1978
• Aaron, Titus Andronicus, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1978
• Cassius, Julius Caesar, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1978
• Barrymore, Ned and Jack, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1979
• Title role, Othello, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1979
• Harras, The Devil's General, Dallas, TX, 1979
• Orsino, Twelfth Night, Young People's Theatre, 1980
• Warwick, The Lark, Theatre Plus, 1980
• Shannon, The Night of the Iguana, Theatre Plus, 1980
• Bruhl, Deathtrap, Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton, Ontario, 1980
• Enrico, Enrico IV, Theatre Plus, 1981
• Robert, Betrayal, Saidye Bronfman Centre, 1981
• A.A., The Emigrants, Saidye Bronfman Centre, 1981
• Jimmy Porter, Look Back in Anger, Young People's Theatre, 1981
• Frederick Treves, The Elephant Man, Theatre Aquarius, 1981
• Kinsella, Catholics, Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1981
• Garry Essendine, Present Laughter, Neptune Theatre, 1984
• Pepper, Gilpin, Centre Stage Company, Toronto, Ontario, 1984
• Alex, Tonight at 8:30, Centre Stage Company, 1984
• Duke of Vienna, Measure for Measure, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1985
• (Off-Broadway debut) Otto, Africanus Instructus, Music Theatre Group, 1986
• Otto, Africanus Instructus, Lenox Music Group, Stockbridge, MA, 1986
• Comus, The Mask of Comus, Comus Music Theatre, 1986
• Stalin, Black Sea Follies, Lenox Music Group, Stockbridge, 1986
• Macbeth, 1988
• The Tempest, 1992
• Uncle Vanya, 1992
• Cyrano de Bergerac, 1994
• Molly Sweeney, 1996
• Major Tours
• Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew, Stratford Festival Production,tour of western Europe, Poland, and the Soviet Union, 1973
• Dick Dudgeon, The Devil's Disciple, Shaw Festival Production,tour of Canada's maritime provinces, 1974
• Otto, Africanus Instructus, Music Theatre Group, tour of Spain andFrance, 1986
• Stage Director
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Liverpool, England, 1967
• The Dragon, Liverpool, 1968
• Boesman and Lena, Montreal, 1971
• The Exception and the Rule, Montreal, 1971
• The Bloodknot, Montreal, 1972
• Hadrian VII, Vancouver, 1972
• Mr. Joyce Is Leaving Paris, Montreal, 1974
• A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1974
• The Rivals, Toronto, 1975
• Not I, Stratford, Ontario, 1978
• The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia, Toronto, 1981
• Mass Appeal, Calgary, Alberta, 1981
• Classic Christmas, Toronto, 1982
• The Crucible, Toronto, 1982
• Sweet Will, Toronto, 1982
• Romeo and Juliet, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1983
• The Homecoming, Toronto, 1983
• Film Appearances
• Father, Une si gentille petite fille, 1977
• George Gimble, Cathy's Curse (also known as Cauchemares), Agora Films, 1978
• Higgins, Reservations, Earl Rosen Associates, 1981
• John Websole, Bells (also known as The Calling, Hell's Bells, and Murder by Phone), Robert Cooper Film, 1982
• Captain Leather, The Wars, Neilsen-Ferns, 1983
• Sergeant Ulysses Hawley, Deserters, Exile Productions, 1983
• Sergeant Tom Coldwell, The Bay Boy, Bay Boy Productions, 1984
• Ron Simmons, Walls, Jericho Productions, 1984
• Simmonds, Labour of Love, Primedia Company, 1984
• Jack Trimble, Joshua Then and Now, RLS Productions, 1984
• Hide and Seek, 1984
• Numero Uno, Honour the Dead, Kinorama Productions, 1985
• Vladimir Jezda, Overnight (also known as Not Another Dirty Little Movie), Exile Productions, 1985
• Royal Wishart, Keeping Track, Telecine Productions, 1985
• Colonel Vardovsky, Iron Eagle II (also known as Iron Eagle II:The Battle beyond the Flag), 1988
• Eugene Powers, Street Justice, 1989
• Daniel Kingsgate, Kingsgate, 1989
• Divided Loyalties, 1989
• Nigel Griffith, Double Impact, 1991
• Herman Walters, Lethal Weapon 3, 1992
• David Severn, The Portrait, 1992
• David Ashby, Back in Business, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1997
• Lawyer, Silence, 1997
• Farmer Brown, The Wrong Guy, Lions Gate Films, 1998
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Leo Cromwell, One Life to Live, 1988-89
• Carl Schleimann, DEA, 1990
• Captain Cyrus Harding, Mysterious Island, 1995
• Dr. Bradley Talmadge, Seven Days (also known as Seven Days: TheSeries), UPN, 1998-
• Movies
• Third doctor, Will There Really Be a Morning? 1983
• Governor Richards, The Execution of Raymond Graham, ABC, 1985
• Bekker, C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (also known as Python Wolf), NBC, 1988
• Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence, Day One, CBS, 1989
• Sir Harry Matthews, Columbo: Columbo Cries Wolf, ABC, 1990
• Claus Bausen, Jericho Fever, USA Network, 1993
• Sean Devlin, Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice, CBS, 1994
• Captain Fenard, Heart of Darkness, TNT, 1994
• General Lucian Alexander, Without Warning, HBO, 1994
• Graves, Once a Thief: Brother against Brother (also known as John Woo's Once a Thief: Brother against Brother and John Woo'sViolent Tradition), Fox, 1996
• Martin Joss, Gridlock (also known as Gridlock--Die Falle),NBC, 1996
• William Dyson, Sanctuary, HBO, 1997
• Specials
• Captain Horster, An Enemy of the People, CBC, 1977
• Ernie, Home Fires, CBC, 1983
• The brother, As Is, Showtime, 1986
• Dr. John Bayliss, "All My Sons," American Playhouse, NET, 1986
• Hutchins, The Owl, CBS, 1991
• Mimi and Me, CBS, 1991
• Voice, 500 Nations, CBS, 1995
• Episodic
• Meter man, Sidestreet, CBC, 1978
• Harrison, Gift to Last, CBC, 1978
• Dr. Brooks, Certain Practices, CBC, 1978
• Betcherly, "Murder by Proxy," The Great Detective, Parts 1-2, CBC,1980
• Loomis, "The Final Edition," For the Record, CBC, 1980
• Morley, "Beyond the Pale," Judge, CBC, 1982
• Tilley, "Your Secret Servant," Canada Confidential, CBC, 1982
• The Commissioner, "PL," For the Record, CBC, 1982
• George Chauvinet, Pajama Tops, 1982
• Selkirk, Explorers, CBC, 1983
• Dr. Richard Kellerman, "The Genesis Tapes," Parts 1-2, The Littlest Hobo, CTV, 1984
• Mark Kramer, "An Honourable Man," Judge, CBC, 1984
• White, "Second Sight," Seeing Things, 1984
• Mr. Nesbitt, "The Screaming Woman," The Ray Bradbury Theatre, HBO,1986
• Mysterious stranger, "Heretic," Tales from the Darkside, syndicated, 1986
• "The Smiling Mortician," Diamonds, 1987
• John Oatis Kendall, "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone," The Ray Bradbury Theatre, HBO, 1989
• Lieutenant Colonel Stringer, "The Luck," Tour of Duty, 1989
• Colonel Stringer, "World in Changes," Tour of Duty, 1989
• Colonel Stringer, "Odd Man Out," Tour of Duty, 1990
• Colonel Stringer, "And Make Death Proud to Take Us," _Tour of Duty,_1990
• Colonel Stringer, "Dead Man Tales," Tour of Duty, 1990
• Major Krik, "Humanity," MacGyver, 1990
• Admiral Mendak, "Data's Day," _Star Trek: The Next Generation,_1991
• "Hard Bargains," Reasonable Doubts, NBC, 1991
• "Making Dirt Stick," Reasonable Doubts, NBC, 1991
• Dr. Mason Crane, "Dreams--February 28, 1979," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1991
• Tokath, "Birthright: Part 2," Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1993
• Tom Wagner, "Brown Appetit," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993
• Tom Wagner, "Confessions," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993
• Warden Griggs, SeaQuest DSV, NBC, 1993
• Flagler, Viper, NBC, 1994
• Craig, "Rite of Passage," Highlander, 1994
• Augris, "Resistance," Star Trek: Voyager, UPN, 1995
• Dr. Clayton Royce, "Dark Rain," The Outer Limits, syndicated, 1995
• The coordinator, "Midnight of the Carrier," The Burning Zone, UPN,1997
• Wilson Warfield, "Good for the Soul," Due South, 1998
• Other Television Appearances
• Labor of Love, 1990
• Dr. Bradley Talmadge, Seven Days (pilot), UPN, 1998
• Radio Appearances
• Marlowe, Assassination of Christopher Marlowe, CBC, 1976
• The devil, Man and Superman, CBC, 1978
• Chekhov, Chekhov's Island, CBC, 1978
• Duke, Time Remembered, CBC, 1978
• Barrymore, Ned and Jack, CBC, 1979
• Solo reader, Short Stories, CBC, 1980
• Principal, Night Fall, CBC, 1980
• Rakitin, A Month in the Country, CBC, 1981
• Reader, The Decameron, CBC, 1981
• Gulliver, Author and Creation, CBC, 1984
• Fanning, Loyal Son of War, CBC, 1984
• WRITINGS
• Plays
• Stage plays include (with George Ryga) Captives of the Faceless Drummer and (with Eric Green) The Assassination of Christopher Marlowe.