Phillip R. Allen obit

PHILLIP ALLEN Obituary

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ALLEN--Phillip R., passed March 1, 2012. Actor of stage, screen and television. Studied at Neighborhood Playhouse and starred in Pulitzer Prize winning play "That Championship Season" and Albee's "Zoo Story", both of which he won best acting awards. He also performed in the controversial award-winning theatrical performance dealing with AIDS, "The Normal Heart." Phillip went on to do "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?". The entire New York cast won an ensemble acting award. Recurring roles in television series: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Bad News Bears", "Happy Days" and with Tom Hanks in "Bosom Buddies" - IMDB and many more. An actor's actor who always left the audience smiling. Phillip was the brilliant raconteur and will be remembered by his friends as a gifted chameleon on stage and screen. Phillip's films included "Onion Fields", "Star Trek III", "Mommie Dearest" and "Midway" to name a few. Survivors include Joanie, his wife, muse and soulmate of 40 years, and devoted son Keegan who follows in his father's footsteps presently starring in the hit television series "Pretty Little Liars".

Filmography

Films

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1965    One Naked Night                Unconfirmed

1970    A Woman in Love    Phil      

Interplay            Eddie            (credited as Phil Allen)

1974            Trapped Beneath the Sea      Lt. Cmdr. Hanratty            TV movie

1976    The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case            Detective Bell  TV movie

Helter Skelter            Sgt. Manuel Gris            TV movie

Midway            Lt. Cmdr. John S. 'Jimmy' Thach  

Snafu    Capt. Robinson            TV movie

Special Delivery            Browne            Uncredited

1977    Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night    Mr. Bernards            TV movie

Sheila   Brad Wooly            (credited as Philip R Allen)

1978    A Family Upside Down   Dr. Russo   TV movie

More Than Friends William Kane    TV movie

1979    The Child Stealer            Gersh            TV movie

Friendly Fire            Ralph Jenner  TV movie

The Lady in Red      Elliot Ness   

The Onion Field     District attorney Marshall Schulman            Uncredited

1980    A Rumor of War            Col. Perry            miniseries

Blinded by the Light     Dr. Brockton            TV movie

1981    The Big Black Pill            Commissioner Wilkie            TV movie

Mommie Dearest            Pepsi Executive #1    

1982    The Six of Us    Robert Benjamin            TV movie

Honeyboy            Jimmy Bowford            TV movie

1983    An Uncommon Love    Dean Laurents            TV movie

1984    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock  Captain Esteban (USS Grissom)            (credited as Phillip Richard Allen)

1985    Midas Valley   Eric Gregory            TV movie

1987    In Self Defense            Leon Toner   TV movie, (credited as Phillip Richard Allen)

1988            Reunion          Actor            (credited as Phillip Richard Allen)

My Father, My Son      Lt. Kerr     TV movie, (credited as Phillip Allen)

A Very Brady Christmas            Ted Roberts            TV movie

1991    The Last to Go            Hendrick          TV movie

1992    Mortal Sins      Lt. Williams            TV movie

1993    Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair            Jake Herschel            TV movie

 

Television

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1969            N.Y.P.D.            Policeman         "No Day Trippers Need Apply"

1970    Dark Shadows            Policeman            Episode #1.1034

1971    Police Story    Ellison            "The Wyatt Earp Syndrome"

1974    Get Christie Love!            Murray Gordon            "Downbeat for a Dead Man"

1975    Joe Forrester            (credited as Phil Allen)            "Powder Blue"

The Mary Tyler Moore Show            Gus Brubaker            "Mary's Delinquent",

"Mary Richards: Producer"

 

The Bob Newhart Show            Dr. Frank Walburn            "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time",

"My Business Is Shrinking"

 

1976    Quincy, M.E.    Floyd Baker   "A Star Is Dead"

Kojak  Andy Cooper            "The Forgotten Room"

Most Wanted            Warren            "The Two Dollar Kidnappers"

1977    The Streets of San Francisco            Tim Rossiter            "Monkey Is Back"

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries            Everett            "The Mystery of the Diamond Triangle"

Washington: Behind Closed Doors   Walter Tulloch TV mini-series

The Tony Randall Show            Glazer            "Skin Game"

Lou Grant            Fred Sackler "Psych-Out"

Kojak  Lt. Williamson            "The Summer of '69: Part 1"

1978    Eight Is Enough             "Much Ado About Garbage"

Baa Baa Black Sheep            Commander of Squadron 367 (credited as Phillip Richard Allen)            "Forbidden Fruit"

Baretta Mike Parks   "The Stone Conspiracy"

C.P.O. Sharkey            Erickson          "Fear of Flying"

Husbands, Wives & Lovers  Dan Pinewood            "Six Characters Flunk a Sex Quiz and Go Somewhere to Do Something About It"

Quincy, M.E.            Dr. Finley   "Speed Trap"

ABC Afterschool Specials            Jim Radigan            "Gaucho"

The Hardy Boys    Harry Gibbon            "Dangerous Waters"

Lou Grant            Sackler            "Renewal"

1979    The Bad News Bears   Roy Turner  "First Base",

"Fielder's Choice",

 

"Men Will Be Boys",

 

"The Kelly Story"

 

1980    The Bad News Bears   Roy Turner            "Double Play",

"Old Timers' Day",

 

"Wedding Bells: Part 2"

 

A Rumor of War     Col. Perry (credited as Phillip Allen)            TV mini-series

Hagen  Malone (credited as Phillip Richard Allen)   "Hagen (Pilot)"

Lou Grant            David Marcus            "Hazard"

1981    Bosom Buddies            Dr. Leon    "Sonny Boy"

Happy Days            Eddie Monroe - College Recruiter            "Scholarship"

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo            Mr. Gregory            "Lobo and the Pirates"

Lou Grant            Marvin Hartley            "Stroke"

Dallas   Lloyd Bettinger            "The Big Shut Down"

Alice    Mitch Aames  "Alice's Halloween Surprise"

Hart to Hart            Doctor            "Harts Under Glass"

1982    Cassie & Co.            Schelling          "The Golden Silence"

Open All Night            Jimbo            "Such Good Friends"

Alice    Mitch Aames  "The Valentine's Day Massacre"

Mork & Mindy            George Logan            "Cheerleader in Chains"

Private Benjamin            Bruce            "Astro-Chimp"

1983    Benson            Collins            "The Governor's Brain Is Missing"

1984    Cover Up            Detective Zaneck            "Harper-Gate"

Too Close for Comfort            Fitzgerald         "The Missing Fink"

The Fall Guy            Boyd            "Sandcastles"

1987    The Bronx Zoo            Mr. Reese (credited as Phillip Richard Allen)            "The Power of a Lie",

"Runaway Hearts"

 

The New Mike Hammer            Mr. Milo     "A Face in the Night"

1988            Matlock          Robert Bell (credited as Phillip Richard Allen)            "The Body "

Houston Knights            (credited as Phillip Richard Allen)            "Vigilante"

Nine to Five            Paul            "Strictly Personal"

21 Jump Street            Mr. Wilder (credited as Phillip Richard Allen)            "Champagne High"

Probe   Lou McNally            "Quit-It"

Out of This World  Mr. Rogers            "Broadway Danny Derek"

1989            Designing Women            Tom Ketcherside            "The Naked Truth"

1990    Out of This World            Mike Rollins  "A Kinder, Gentler Mayor"

1991    Law & Order            (credited as Phillip R. Allen)   "The Torrents of Greed: Part 1" and

"The Torrents of Greed: Part 2"

 

1993            Homefront       Smith            "By Word or Act"

2004    Center of the Universe            Al (The Coachman)            " And the Silver Medal Goes To..."

2009            Londynczycy    Richard Mansfield            Episode #2.16, (final appearance)

 

Stage work

Zoo Story (1990) M

50/60 Vision: Plays and Playwrights That Changed The Theatre (Thirteen Plays in Repertory) (1989–90)

Rain from Heaven (1987)

The Normal Heart - Ben Weeks (1985)

Desert Fire (1983)

Are You There or Have You Ever Been? (1974)

That Championship Season - Tom Daley (1973–74)

Sticks and Bones (1972)

Quietus (1972)

Harvey- Dr. Lyman Sanderson (1971)

Adaptation/Next-Contestant (1969–70)

Cafe Chino (1965)