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Alex Cord

 
Actor: Alex Cord
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  • Born: Aug 03, 1931 in Floral Park, New York
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '60s-'90s
  • Major Genres: Action, Drama
  • Career Highlights: The Scorpio Letters, Genesis II, The Brotherhood
  • First Major Screen Credit: Synanon (1965)

Biography

To overcome a childhood bout with infantile paralysis, Alex Cord put himself on a rigorous athletic regimen. By the time he reached his late teens, Cord was an accomplished rodeo performer. After preparing for a theatrical career in New York and London, he made his film debut with a small part in 1962's The Chapman Report. Among his American starring features was the 1966 remake of Stagecoach and the 1978 Western Grayeagle, in which he essayed the title role. Most of his biggest and best screen opportunities came his way when he plunged into the European film scene of the 1970s. On television, Alex Cord has played ruthless network programming chief Jack Kiley on W.E.B. (1978), D.A. Mike Holland on the Angie Dickinson starrer Cassie and Company (1982), and the enigmatic, eye-patched Michael Archangel on Airwolf (1984-1986). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Alex Cord
Born Alex Viespi
May 3, 1933 (1933-05-03) (age 76)
Floral Park, New York
Occupation Actor
Years active 1961–2009
Spouse(s) Joanna Pettet (1968-1989)
Susannah Moller (2002-present)

Alex Cord (May 3, 1933) is an American actor who is perhaps best known for portraying the role of Archangel on the television series Airwolf.

Born Alex Viespi in Floral Park, New York, Cord's first role of note was in the 1962 movie The Chapman Report directed by George Cukor. He briefly enjoyed a leading man status on the big and small screen during the 1960s and 1970s, and starred or co-starred in westerns and action films.

He is one of a handful of actors to appear on both the original and revival versions of Mission: Impossible. Cord is also known to science fiction enthusiasts for having portrayed Dylan Hunt in the failed 1973 TV pilot Genesis II which was created by Gene Roddenberry.

In 1977 he starred in the epic Western Grayeagle where he played the title character.

Alex Cord had two children, a daughter, Toni Aluisa, and a son, Damien Zachary Cord, who died in 1995 of a heroin overdose at the age of 26. Alex Cord had Toni with Mary Ann Hutchinson, and Damien by his ex-wife, actress Joanna Pettet. He is the godfather of Michael Vincent Flaherty, son of Vince Flaherty.

Awards

Bibliography

  • Alex Cord: Sandsong; Warner Books, 1976 (ASIN: B000R321IY)
  • Alex Cord: A Feather in the Rain; Five Star Publications, 1995 (ISBN 1-58985-011-4)

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