Alan Beckwith

Born January 2 1952 in Tyrone Pennsylvania Β Upon graduation from high school in 1969 was awarded a full scholarship from the USAF only 40 was awarded that year He has an honorable discharge from the Air Force in 1971 And received a BS degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1972 After graduation Alan received his draft notice for Vietnam He enlisted into the USMC and was sent to Quantico Virginia to Officer Candidate School and got his 2nd Lt commission in December 1972 The Marines sent him to Flight school at the USN Pensacola Florida He was in primary flight training when the war ended and was honorably discharged He had his theatre debut in a Jon Voight production of the Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel in Los Angeles which starred David Proval Was seen by Renee Valente head of casting at Columbia Pictures who introduce him to director Buzz Kulik who used him in Lindbergh Kidnapping Case The 1976 TV This led to other television and film roles At this time there was some misfortunes A never released film titled Ellipsis with Billy Gray and Toni Basil and an unsold MTM pilot Nichols and Dymes aka The Iron Cowboys He coowned a vintage clothing store on Sunset Blvd for a while and briefly moved to Miami He has done voice overs and looping for such shows as Magnum PI 1980 and Miami Vice 1984 Currently living in Studio City California Presently with Sony Pictures Entertainment He was an accomplished painter of portraits and landscapes in both oils and acrylics He took several prizes and awards throughout Pennsylvania in the 1960s While at Penn State was a fraternity member of both Sigma Tau Gamma and Alpha Phi Omega Being an active spelunker Alan did his undergraduate Aerospace thesis underground in the Milroy Cave System in Central Pennsylvania using knowledge of fluid dynamics to explain the formation of flutes etched on the limestones corriders by analysis of the water flow Beckwith holds an honorable discharge from both the US Air Force and the the US Marine Corps At 20 was the youngest comissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps with a four year degree Bowed out from going to a concert in upstate Β New York in August of 1969 to study for final exams in his first term at Penn State It would later be known as Woodstock

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D.O.B: 1952-01-02
Place of Birth: Tyrone, Pennsylvania, USA
Profession: Acting

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