Alan Madlane

Alan Madlane is a Detroitbased actor script revisionist and screenwriter best known for Frostbiter Wrath of the Wendigo aka Wendigo Beyond the Mask and Train Station He is also a former critic copywriter and associate editor for the seminal rock and roll magazine CREEM from 197779 A proud member of SAGAFTRA since 2014 he has been acting in films since 1980 and onstage since 1983 He has about 20 films and 75 stage productions to his credit virtually all in the greater Detroit area Other major roles or more notable films include Dirty Trousers never completed and Amsteroid aka Magic Mentah as well as P I Blues Happy Hour and Malignant Separation Born in Detroit he grew up in Detroit and the nearby suburb of Livonia He graduated from Livonia Churchill High School class of 1975 which is the same year Judy Greer who also attended Churchill was born While at Churchill he participated in the drama club but not as an actor He was recommended for his role in Frostbiter Wrath of the Wendigo by good friend Ron Asheton late guitarist for The Stooges He worked as a zookeeper and docent in the Detroit Zoological Park system from 19982000 and as a degreed librarian at several public libraries in the Detroit area Other past jobs include having been an English professor having tended bar in a strip joint and having recovered dead bodies also film projectionist cab driving landscaping waiting tables selling tropical fish and journalism He is a member of MENSA and is listed in Whos Who in America He holds a Masters degree in Library Science as well as a Bachelors in EnglishCreative Writing with a minor in the Biomedical Sciences He attended Wayne State University Western Michigan University and Schoolcraft College In addition to being an actor he is a writer poet musician and photographer His show biz idol has long been the late David Bowie Among his many varied interests are metaphysics and human potential animal and human welfare record book and art collecting sports gambling and racing astronomy zoology and species survival antiques auctions and estate and garage sales and more He was born a twin but his younger twin sister Denise died 30 minutes after being born He has one living sister Karen eight years his junior Despite several relationships he has never married or had any known children From 1992 to 2018 he had the stated privilege of having raised 13 stray and rescue cats Alan still lives in the suburban Detroit area