Allan Royal (born August 17, 1944) is a Canadian actor,John Fraser. "Royal's the Product of Anger, the Method, and an Odd Marriage." Toronto Globe & Mail, March 21, 1977, p. 14. who is also sometimes credited as Allan G. Royal and Alan Royal. He is known for playing the crime reporter Tom Kirkwood on the hit Canadian police drama Night Heat Diane Smith. "Great Scott." Toronto Star, March 29, 1986, p. S4 from 1985 to 1989. He is also known for his recurring role on such programs as the American TV drama Falcon Crest as well as roles in numerous other TV shows, movies, and plays.

Early career Royal grew up in a bilingual home. His father was a French Canadian and his mother was of British ancestry. He grew up in Montreal's West End.Gina Mallet. "Actor Knows the Score even in Italian Comedy." Toronto Star, March 12, 1980, p. B1. Royal began performing while still in high school, and ultimately left Montreal to study acting in New York with Lee Strasberg.Linda Renaud. "Royal Goes from Night Heat to Dark Secrets." Toronto Star, June 17, 1989, p. H4. He returned to Canada, performing on stage in Toronto beginning in the mid-1960s. He joined the Toronto Arts Production theater company, where he played a wide range of roles throughout the 1970s, in new plays as well as productions of Shakespeare and Molière.

Career In 1985, Royal joined the cast of a new television production, Night Heat, which aired on both Canadian and American television.Mike Boone. "Night Heat Action Alternative to Late-Night Talk Shows." Montreal Gazette, February 27, 1985, p. H2. Prior to the end of Night Heat, he had moved to Los Angeles, where he hoped to appear in more films. He instead portrayed novelist R.D. Young on Falcon Crest. After playing the role for a year, he appeared in They Came from Outer Space from 1990 to 1991, and another TV series, Foreign Affairs, in 1992 and 1993.Eirik Knutzen. "TV Talkback." Toronto Star, April 20, 2002, p. S8.

Throughout the late 1980s well into the 2010s, Royal has worked steadily, appearing in productions that were made in the US and several that were made in Canada, such as the 1988 film Switching Channels, a remake of the 1931 movie classic Front Page, which was filmed in Toronto."People." Maclean's magazine, April 13, 1987, p. 24. In addition, he was in several made-for-television films, including a role as John Sculley in the 1999 production Pirates of Silicon Valley, and the role of Mark Roberts in the 1999 production of "Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly" (later renamed "Cry Rape"). Royal also appeared in guest roles in Star Trek: Voyager, Amerika, Forever Knight, Mutant X, Relic Hunter, The Practice, JAG, and The Border. He played Chief Constable Stockton in the Canadian detective show Murdoch Mysteries and Judge Phillip Hopkins in three episodes of Suits.

In 2011, he returned to the stage in Toronto, where he had not performed live since the early-1980s, to star in a one-man play, The Disappearing Act, which he also wrote.Alison Broverman. One-Man Escape from Hollywood." Toronto Star, March 2, 2011, p. E4.

Filmography

Film +YearTitleRole1971 The Only Thing You KnowScott1977Welcome to Blood CityPeter1979Fish HawkWill Fellows1979Title ShotDunlop1982TrappedLeonard1987Tomorrow's a KillerConley Reid1987Taking CareDr. Barton1988Switching ChannelsObregon2006One WayEdgar Rasky2024Hot FrostyMortimer

Television YearTitleRole Notes1973–75Police SurgeonChick, Les, Tony3 episodes1977 The Man InsideNelson Television film1977 The Fighting MenWayne ArcherTelevision film1980–85 The Littlest HoboFanagan, Olivier, unnamed6 episodes1982Hangin' InRoland, Mr. Glade2 episodes1983VanderbergRyan Evans Television film1983Moving TargetsLew Parker Television film1985–89Night HeatTom "Tommy" KirkwoodMain cast1986Philip Marlowe, Private EyeLucky LandreyEpisode: "Blackmailers Don't Shoot"1986Hot ShotsKirkwoodEpisode: "All in the Game"1986Christmas EveGrodinTelevision film1987AmerikaPresidentMiniseries, 2 episodes1988–89Falcon CrestDaniel Cabot8 episodes1990DragnetLt. HydeEpisode: "Requiem"1990–91They Came from Outer SpaceLt. Col. Tom BarkerMain cast1991MatlockHoward BoggsEpisode: "The Parents"1991Street LegalCaptain McDonnellEpisode: "On Women and Independence"1992Jake and the FatmanMitchell LazarusEpisode: "Last Dance"1992Foreign AffairsAndrew Copelandunknown episodes1992Life Goes OnBenEpisode: "Consenting Adults"1993Beyond RealityBobby's FatherEpisode: "Face-Off"1993Bakersfield P.D.President ChildsEpisode: "Cable Does Not Pay"1993E.N.G.Mark UlsterEpisode: "And the Winner Is.."1994Mary Silliman's WarJudgeTelevision film1994Forever KnightRonald GaultEpisode: "Undue Process"1994–95Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanJackson Tait2 episodes1995Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesDante CarmelEpisode: "Citizen Caine"1995BloodknotArthur / Father Television film1996Star Trek: VoyagerCaptain BraxtonEpisodes: "Future's End" Part I, Part II1997Any Mother's SonBenTelevision film1998JAGSkipperEpisode: "Yesterday's Heroes"1999Party of FiveAndrewEpisode: "Fam-i-ly"1999Cry RapeMark RobertsTelevision film1999Pirates of Silicon ValleyJohn Sculley Television film2000Psi FactorDale WilsonEpisode: "GeoCore"2000 The Avengers: United They StandGrim Reaper (voice)Episode: "The Sorceress's Apprentice"2000 The Practice Dr. Bernard White,Dr. Dennis Murphy 2 episodes2000Code Name: EternityDr. George Keating2 episodes2001Relic HunterDr. Alistair NewellEpisode: "Sydney at Ten"2002DocBenEpisode: "Second Time Around"2002 The Brady Bunch in the White HouseChief Justice Television film2003Mutant XDr. Nigel RigasEpisode: "Hard Time"2003Soul FoodProfessor LeckiEpisode: "Life 101"2003DC 9/11: Time of CrisisKarl Rove Television film2004Reversible ErrorsO'Grady Television film2004Kevin HillBryce GraydonEpisode: "Snack Daddy"2004Sue Thomas: F.B.EyeMr. BlantonEpisode: "Simon Says"2006Monster WarriorsMayor MelEpisode: "The Giant Spider Invasion"2007 'Til Death Do Us PartDr. Gerald ClarkEpisode: "The Airplane Murder"2008 The Good WitchWalter Cobb Television film2008–14Murdoch MysteriesChief Stockton4 episodes2009 The BorderCyrus ChurchEpisode: "Killer Debt"2011SkinsJudgeEpisode: "Stanley"2011 The KennedysAllen DullesEpisode: "Bay of Pigs"2012HeartlandMr. WalkerEpisode: "Fool's Gold"2012 The FirmJudge Trott 3 episodes2014SuitsJudge Phillip Hopkins 3 episodes2015 The Lizzie Borden ChroniclesJudge Franklin2 episodes2023Fall into Winter Papa Joe McLeodTelevision film2023Essex CountyDavidMiniseries, 3 episodes

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