Scarfe, Alan 1946-

PERSONAL

Full name, Alan John Scarfe; born June 8, 1946, in London (some sources cite Harpenden), England; immigrated to the United States, 1985; son of Neville Vincent (a university professor) and Gladys Ellen (a university professor; maiden name, Hunt) Scarfe; married Sara Botsford (an actress; divorced); married Barbara Maczka (an actress as Barbara March), August 27, 1979; children: (first marriage) Jonathan (an actor), Antonia. Education: Attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, 1964-66.

Addressess:

Agent—Origin Talent Agency, 4705 Laurel Canyon, Suite 306, Studio City, CA 91607.

Career:

Actor, director, and writer. Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, associate director, 1974-76; consultant for the feature films The Deserter and Overnight. Preston Jones Symposium, member of board of directors.

Member:

Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, British Actors' Equity Association, Canadian Actors' Equity Association, Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, Union of British Columbia Performers.

Awards, Honors:

Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists Award, 1976, for The Assassination of Christopher Marlowe; Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists Award nomination, best actor, 1980, for Certain Practices; Genie Award nomination, best actor, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1983, for Deserters; Genie Award, best actor, 1984, for The Bay Boy; Genie Award nomination, best actor, 1985, for Overnight; Gemini Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a leading role in a dramatic program or mini-series, 2003, for Aka AlbertWalker; Jury Award, best support actor, Austin Fantastic Fest, 2006, for The Hamster Cage; Vancouver Film Critics Circle Honorary Award, 2006.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

(Stage debut) Marc Antony, Julius Caesar, Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1964.

(London debut) Mott, Fairy Tales of New York, Little Theatre Club, Garrick Theatre, 1966.

Tony Lumpkin, She Stoops to Conquer, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1972.

Title role, King Lear, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1972.

Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1973.

Dick Dudgeon, The Devil's Disciple, Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, 1974.

Title role, Hamlet, Centaur Theatre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1975.

Title role, Dr. Faustus, Vancouver, 1975.

Andrei, The Three Sisters, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1976.

Fainall, The Way of the World, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1976.

Buckingham, Richard III, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1977.

Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1977.

Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1977.

Ford, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1978.

Aaron, Titus Andronicus, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1978.

Cassius, Julius Caesar, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1978.

Barrymore, Ned and Jack, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1979.

Title role, Othello, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1979.

Harras, The Devil's General, Dallas, TX, 1979.

Orsino, Twelfth Night, Young People's Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1980.

Warwick, The Lark, Theatre Plus, Toronto, Canada, 1980.

Shannon, The Night of the Iguana, Theatre Plus, 1980.

Bruhl, Deathtrap, Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1980.

Enrico, Enrico IV, Theatre Plus, 1981.

Robert, Betrayal, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1981.

A.A., The Emigrants, Saidye Bronfman Centre, 1981.

Jimmy Porter, Look Back in Anger, Young People's Theatre, 1981.

Frederick Treves, The Elephant Man, Theatre Aquarius, 1981.

Kinsella, Catholics, Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1981.

Garry Essendine, Present Laughter, Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1984.

Pepper, Gilpin, Centre Stage Company, Toronto, Ontario, 1984.

Alex, Tonight at 8:30, Centre Stage Company, 1984.

Duke of Vienna, Measure for Measure, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1985.

(Off-Broadway debut) Otto, Africanus Instructus, Music Theatre Group, 1986.

Otto, Africanus Instructus, Lenox Music Group, Stockbridge, MA, 1986.

Comus, The Mask of Comus, Comus Music Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1986.

Stalin, Black Sea Follies, Lenox Music Group, 1986.

Worcester, Henry IV Part 1, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, then Joseph Papp Theatre, New York City, 1987.

Macduff, Macbeth, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1988.

The Tempest, 1992.

Uncle Vanya, 1992.

Cyrano de Bergerac, 1994.

Molly Sweeney, 1996.

Major Tours:

Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew, Stratford Festival Production, tour of western Europe, Poland, and the Soviet Union, 1973.

Dick Dudgeon, The Devil's Disciple, Shaw Festival Production, tour of Canada's maritime provinces, 1974.

Otto, Africanus Instructus, Music Theatre Group, tour of Spain and France, 1986.

Stage Director:

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Liverpool, England, 1967.

The Dragon, Liverpool, 1968.

Boesman and Lena, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1971.

The Exception and the Rule, Montreal, 1971.

The Bloodknot, Montreal, 1972.

Hadrian VII, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1972.

Mr. Joyce Is Leaving Paris, Montreal, 1974.

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1974.

The Rivals, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1975.

Not I, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1978.

The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia, Toronto, 1981.

Mass Appeal, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1981.

Classic Christmas, Toronto, 1982.

The Crucible, Toronto, 1982.

Sweet Will, Toronto, 1982.

Romeo and Juliet, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1983.

The Homecoming, Toronto, 1983.

Film Appearances:

Des, The Bitter Ash, 1963.

Father, Une si gentille petite fille, 1977.

George Gimble, Cathy's Curse (also known as Cauchemares), Agora Films, 1978.

Higgins, Reservations, Earl Rosen Associates, 1981.

John Websole, Bells (also known as The Calling, Hell's Bells, and Murder by Phone), Robert Cooper Film, 1982.

Captain Leather, The Wars, Neilsen-Ferns, 1983.

Sergeant Ulysses Hawley, Deserters, Exile Productions, 1983.

Sergeant Tom Coldwell, The Bay Boy, Bay Boy Productions, 1984.

Ron Simmons, Walls, Jericho Productions, 1984.

Simmonds, Labour of Love, Primedia Company, 1984.

Jack Trimble, Joshua Then and Now, RLS Productions, 1984.

Hide and Seek, 1984.

Numero Uno, Honour the Dead, Kinorama Productions, 1985.

Vladimir Jezda, Overnight (also known as Not Another Dirty Little Movie), Exile Productions, 1985.

Royal Wishart, Keeping Track, Telecine Productions, 1985.

Colonel Vardovsky, Iron Eagle II (also known as Iron Eagle II: The Battle Beyond the Flag), 1988.

Bekker, C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf, 1988.

Eugene Powers, Street Justice, 1989.

Daniel Kingsgate, Kingsgate, 1989.

Divided Loyalties, 1989.

Nigel Griffith, Double Impact, 1991.

Herman Walters, Lethal Weapon 3, 1992.

David Severn, The Portrait, 1992.

David Ashby, Back in Business, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1997.

William Dyson, Sanctuary, 1997.

Lawyer, Silence, 1997.

Farmer Brown, The Wrong Guy, Lions Gate Films, 1998.

Phil, The Hamster Cage, 2005.

Father Kelly, Babylon 5: The Lost Tales-Voices in the Dark (video), 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Leo Cromwell, One Life to Live, 1988-89.

Carl Schleimann, DEA, 1990.

Captain Cyrus Harding, Mysterious Island, 1995.

Dr. Bradley Talmadge, Seven Days (also known as Seven Days: The Series), UPN, 1998-2001.

Henry Havens, Kingdom Hospital (also known as Stephen King's "Kingdom Hospital"), ABC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Hide and Seek, 1977.

Third doctor, Will There Really Be a Morning? 1983.

Governor Richards, The Execution of Raymond Graham, ABC, 1985.

Bekker, C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (also known as Python Wolf), NBC, 1988.

Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence, Day One, CBS, 1989.

Sir Harry Matthews, Columbo: Columbo Cries Wolf, ABC, 1990.

Claus Bausen, Jericho Fever, USA Network, 1993.

Sean Devlin, Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice, CBS, 1994.

Captain Fenard, Heart of Darkness, TNT, 1994.

General Lucian Alexander, Without Warning, HBO, 1994.

Graves, Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother (also known as John Woo's Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother and John Woo's Violent Tradition), Fox, 1996.

Martin Joss, Gridlock (also known as Gridlock—Die falle), NBC, 1996.

William Dyson, Sanctuary, HBO, 1997.

Paul Morrow, Aka Albert Walker (also known as The Many Lives of Albert Walker), CTV and BBC, 2002.

Weibo Ludwig, Burn: The Robert Wraight Story (also known as Terres brulantes: L'histoire de Robert Wraight), 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Captain Horster, An Enemy of the People, CBC, 1977.

Ernie, Home Fires, CBC, 1983.

The brother, As Is, Showtime, 1986.

Dr. John Bayliss, "All My Sons," American Playhouse, PBS, 1986.

Hutchins, The Owl, CBS, 1991.

Mimi and Me, CBS, 1991.

Voice, 500 Nations, CBS, 1995.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Meter man, Sidestreet, CBC, 1978.

Harrison, Gift to Last, CBC, 1978.

Dr. Brooks, Certain Practices, CBC, 1978.

Betcherly, "Murder by Proxy," The Great Detective, Parts 1-2, CBC, 1980.

Loomis, "The Final Edition," For the Record, CBC, 1980.

Morley, "Beyond the Pale," Judge, CBC, 1982.

Tilley, "Your Secret Servant," Canada Confidential, CBC, 1982.

The Commissioner, "PL," For the Record, CBC, 1982.

George Chauvinet, Pajama Tops, 1982.

Selkirk, Explorers, CBC, 1983.

Dr. Richard Kellerman, "The Genesis Tapes: Parts 1 & 2," The Littlest Hobo, CTV, 1984.

Mark Kramer, "An Honourable Man," Judge, CBC, 1984.

White, "Second Sight," Seeing Things, 1984.

Mr. Nesbitt, "The Screaming Woman," The Ray Bradbury Theatre, HBO, 1986.

Mysterious stranger, "Heretic," Tales from the Darkside, syndicated, 1986.

Jason, "You're On the Air," Night Heat, 1987.

"The Smiling Mortician," Diamonds, 1987.

John Oatis Kendall, "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone," The Ray Bradbury Theatre, HBO, 1989.

Milo, "Shallalagh," Hunter, 1989.

Drevni, "Three to Tango," Alien Nation, 1989.

Lieutenant Colonel Stringer, "The Luck," Tour of Duty, 1989.

Colonel Stringer, "World in Changes," Tour of Duty, 1989.

Roger Godson, "In Love and War," E.N.G., 1990.

"My Buddy," Jake and the Fatman, 1990.

Colonel Stringer, "Odd Man Out," Tour of Duty, 1990.

Colonel Stringer, "And Make Death Proud to Take Us," Tour of Duty, 1990.

Colonel Stringer, "Dead Man Tales," Tour of Duty, 1990.

Major Krik, "Humanity," MacGyver, 1990.

Professor Dennison, "Belly of the Beast," Gabriel's Fire, 1991.

Admiral Mendak, "Data's Day," Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1991.

"Hard Bargains," Reasonable Doubts, NBC, 1991.

"Making Dirt Stick," Reasonable Doubts, NBC, 1991.

Dr. Mason Crane, "Dreams—February 28, 1979," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1991.

Lord Shefield, "Bad Guys," Counterstrike, 1993.

Tokath, "Birthright: Part 2," Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1993.

Tom Wagner, "Brown Appetit," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993.

Tom Wagner, "Confessions," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993.

Warden Griggs, SeaQuest DSV, NBC, 1993.

Flagler, Viper, NBC, 1994.

Craig, "Rite of Passage," Highlander, 1994.

Augris, "Resistance," Star Trek: Voyager, UPN, 1995.

Dr. Clayton Royce, "Dark Rain," The Outer Limits, syndicated, 1995.

Robertson Graves, "Once a Thief," Once a Thief (also known as John Woo's "Once a Thief" and John Woo's Violent Tradition), 1996.

The coordinator, "Midnight of the Carrier," The Burning Zone, UPN, 1997.

Wilson Warfield, "Good for the Soul," Due South, 1998.

Chancellor Druhin, "Poisoning the Well," Stargate: Atlantis (also known as Porte d'Atlantis, La and Stargate Atlantis), 2004.

Flavin, "The Weight: Part 1," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), Sci-Fi Channel, 2004.

Flavin, "Attempting Screed," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), Sci-Fi Channel, 2004.

Flavin, "The Heart of the Journey: Part 1," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), Sci-Fi Channel, 2004.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Labor of Love, 1990.

Dr. Bradley Talmadge, Seven Days, UPN, 1998.

Radio Appearances:

Marlowe, Assassination of Christopher Marlowe, CBC, 1976.

The devil, Man and Superman, CBC, 1978.

Chekhov, Chekhov's Island, CBC, 1978.

Duke, Time Remembered, CBC, 1978.

Barrymore, Ned and Jack, CBC, 1979.

Solo reader, Short Stories, CBC, 1980.

Principal, Night Fall, CBC, 1980.

Rakitin, A Month in the Country, CBC, 1981.

Reader, The Decameron, CBC, 1981.

Gulliver, Author and Creation, CBC, 1984.

Fanning, Loyal Son of War, CBC, 1984.

WRITINGS

Plays:

Stage plays include (with George Ryga) Captives of the Faceless Drummer and (with Eric Green) The Assassination of Christopher Marlowe.