John Alderman

'John Alderman' (qv) was a talented, prolific, and ubiquitous actor in numerous low-budget exploitation features who appeared in everything from 1960s softcore items to 1970s drive-in fare to 1980s hardcore porn throughout the course of his long and diverse career.Alderman was born on June 12, 1934, in Syracuse, New York. His father was a prominent lawyer. Alderman attended Syracuse University as a theater major. He first began acting in both films and TV shows alike in the late 1950s, alternating between lead and co-starring roles. His most memorable parts include pathetic twitchy heroin addict Jimmy Devlin in the gloriously lurid _The Hard Road (1970)_ (qv), antsy hoodlum Lattimer in _This Is a Hijack (1973)_ (qv), a flunky for 'Shelley Winters' (qv) in 'Jack Starrett' (qv)'s delightful blaxploitation blast _Cleopatra Jones (1973)_ (qv), stuttering drug dealer Cockroach in _The Black Godfather (1974)_ (qv), uptight all-girls school principal Dr. Baxter in the amusing _Delinquent School Girls (1975)_ (qv) and coldly rational researcher Dr. Frank Rogers in the nifty sci-fi doomsday thriller _The Alpha Incident (1978)_ (qv). Alderman appeared in four softcore movies for legendary schlockmeister 'David F. Friedman' (qv): _Starlet! (1969)_ (qv), _Thar She Blows! (1968)_ (qv), _The Sexcapades of Don Diego (1972)_ (qv) and _Trader Hornee (1970)_ (qv). Although he primarily worked in maverick independent cinema productions, he nonetheless did manage to pop up in the occasional mainstream film like _Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)_ (qv) and _The Stunt Man (1980)_ (qv).In the early 1980s Alderman acted in a handful of hardcore X-rated porno films for director 'Gary Graver' (qv), under the pseudonym Frank Hallowell. Among the TV shows Alderman appeared on are _Hunter (1984)_ (qv), _Dynasty (1981)_ (qv), _The Fall Guy (1981)_ (qv), _Starsky and Hutch (1975)_ (qv), _Iron Horse (1966)_ (qv), _12 O'Clock High (1964)_ (qv), _The Lieutenant (1963)_ (qv), _Checkmate (1960)_ (qv), _Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)_ (qv), _Hawaiian Eye (1959)_ (qv), _Wagon Train (1957)_ (qv) and _Gunsmoke (1955)_ (qv). He directed the crime opus _Lisa's Folly (1970)_ (qv) and co-wrote the script for the lowbrow comedy romp _C.B. Hustlers (1976)_ (qv).'John Alderman' (qv) died at age 52 of an apparent heart attack on January 12, 1987, in Hollywood, California.::woodyanders (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)