{{Short description|Italian-American actor (1920–1997)}} {{Infobox person | name = Alan Furlan | image = | caption = | birth_name = Aleardo Furlan | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|4|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Farla, Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|5|14|1920|4|13|df=yes}} | death_place = Winchester, Virginia, United States | website = | spouse = }}
'''Alan Furlan''' (13 April 1920 – 14 May 1997) was an Italian-American actor.
==Biography==
Born Aleardo Furlan in Farla, in the North Friuli region of Italy, Furlan acted in films in Europe and the United States, on Broadway and in commercials.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19700411&id=xMMqAAAAIBAJ&pg=6938,78860 |title= The Milwaukee Journal|date=April 11, 1970}}</ref>
On Broadway he appeared in productions such as ''Holiday for Lovers'' (1957), ''The Best House in Naples'' (1956), ''Idiot's Delight'' (1951)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=79223|title=Broadway database|accessdate= July 29, 2010}}</ref> and ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1951) starring Olivia de Havilland.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OR8EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22alan+furlan%22+acting&pg=PA22|title=Billboard Magazine|date=March 17, 1951}}</ref> In the late 1940s, he performed in Chicago area summer stock theaters with actors such as Richard Kiley.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R10aAAAAIBAJ&pg=5103,8758627&dq=sunset+playhouse&hl=en|title=The Milwaukee Journal|date=July 30, 1985}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Furlan played the role of Giancarlo in the Italian film ''Donatella'' (1956)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://magazine.libero.it/cinema/bd/schedafilm.php?sch=10275|title= Libero Magazine |accessdate=July 31, 2010}}</ref> which was selected for competition at the Berlin Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1956/02_programm_1956/02_Filmdatenblatt_1956_19560004.php|title=Berlin Film Festival Archive|accessdate=July 31, 2010}}</ref> He appeared in numerous live broadcast anthology drama television series with lead roles in episodes of Police Call,<ref>{{cite web |title=TV Guide Police Call episode -An unappreciative delinquent defies his aunt's kindness |url=http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=203819&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=738183 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616145851/https://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=203819&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=738183 |archive-date=2011-06-16 |accessdate=August 1, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TV Guide Police Call episode - Someone is putting arsenic in bonbons |url=http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=203819&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=738182 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203133939/https://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=203819&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=738182 |archive-date=2014-02-03 |accessdate=August 1, 2010}}</ref> one of the top grossing television series released in 1955,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/search/title?sort=boxoffice_gross_us&title_type=tv_series&year=1955,1955|title=IMDb database Top Grossing TV Series 1955|website=IMDb |accessdate=August 1, 2010}}</ref> as well as a supporting role in the Producers' Showcase production (1957) of the melodramatic comedic Broadway play ''The Great Sebastians'', starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.producersshowcase.org/library/greatsebastians.html |title=Producer's Showcase Library |accessdate=July 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727185256/http://www.producersshowcase.org/library/greatsebastians.html |archivedate=July 27, 2011 }}</ref> and the Armstrong Circle Theatre episode ''The Sound of Violence: The Jukebox Racket'' (1959).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/the-armstrong-circle-theatre/the-sound-of-violence-the-jukebox-racket/episode/358265/summary.html|title=TV Episode Guide|accessdate=August 1, 2010}}</ref>
He toured with Mae West as her Latin lover in ''Come On Up, Ring Twice'' and performed in the TV version of the ''Moon and Sixpence'' with Laurence Olivier (1959).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19590627&id=igMkAAAAIBAJ&pg=3751,3464079|title=The Milwaukee Journal|date=June 27, 1959}}</ref>
Furlan later became the mentor of Wisconsin's Sunset Playhouse <ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/167437/Difendo-Il-Mio-Amore/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102231708/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/167437/Difendo-Il-Mio-Amore/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 2, 2012 |title=New York Times |accessdate=July 29, 2010 | first=Richard |department=Movies & TV Dept. |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |date=2012 | last=Nason}}</ref> where he remained artistic director for 28 years.
==Personal life== He was married to Mary Lake and they had a daughter Nicola Lea.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298919/bio|title=IMDB biography of Alan Furlan |website=IMDb |accessdate=July 29, 2010}}</ref>
==Filmography== *''Orient Express'' (1953, Episode: "His Son") (a.k.a. '' His Boy'') as Marc *''La tua donna'' (1954) *''Police Call'' (1955, TV Series) *''Donatella'' (1956) as Giancarlo *''War and Peace'' (1956) as Russian Officer (uncredited) *''Defend My Love'' (1956) (a.k.a. ''Difendo il mio amore'') (original title Italy) as Il direttore del giornale *''I tre moschettieri'' (1956, TV Series) (a.k.a. ''The Three Musketeers'') (USA title) as Sasquinet *''Producers' Showcase'' (1957, Episode: "The Great Sebastians") as Paviat *''Armstrong Circle Theatre'' (1959, Episode: "The Sound of Violence: The Jukebox Racket") as Charlie Williams * ''The Sinner'' (1959) ({{aka}} ''La peccatrice del deserto'') (original title Italy) (a.k.a. ''Desert Desperados'') (USA title) as Rais (final film role)
==Broadway stage work== *''Romeo and Juliet'' (1951) *''Idiot's Delight'' (1951) *''The Best House in Naples'' (1956) *''Holiday for Lovers'' (1957)
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0298919}} *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN6rxbjcQGg Alan Furlan in ''Orient Express (TV series)''] 1953, Episode: "His Son"
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