Charles Hallahan

Charles Hallahan

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
BirthdayJul 29, 1943
Death1997-11-25
BiographyCharles John Hallahan (July 29, 1943 – November 25, 1997) was an American film, television, and stage actor. His films include Going in Style and Nightwing (both 1979), The Thing (1982), Silkwood and Twilight Zone: The Movie (both 1983), Vision Quest and Pale Rider (both 1985), P.K. and the Kid (1987), Cast a Deadly Spell (1991), Executive Decision (1996), Dante's Peak (1997), and Mind Rage (2001). On television, he appeared in guest turns on The Rockford Files, Happy Days, Hawaii Five-O, Dallas, All in the Family, Soap, Good Times, The Waltons, Hart to Hart, Trapper John, M.D., M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, Lou Grant, The Equalizer, Wings, Picket Fences, In the Heat of the Night, Law & Order, Mad About You, Murder, She Wrote, JAG, NYPD Blue, and Coach, among many others. He is, perhaps, best known for his role as Capt. Charles "Charlie" Devane in the NBC cop action-drama Hunter from 1986 to 1991. Hallahan also appeared as a series regular in both CBS' The Paper Chase, as Ernie, from 1978 to 1979, and ABC's Grace Under Fire, as Bill Davis, from 1993 to 1994, as well as a recurring performer providing various characters' voices on the ABC children's animated series Gargoyles, from 1995 to 1996. An accomplished stage veteran, Hallahan was thrice honored with Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best Lead Performance for his turns in productions of Rat in the Skull in 1986, The Kentucky Cycle in 1992, and Endgame in 1995.

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