{{short description|American actor (1958–2002)}} {{multiple issues| {{Notability|Biographies|date=November 2017}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2017}} }} {{Infobox person |name = Scott Plank |image = Scott Plank.jpg |birth_name = Scott Chapman Plank |birth_date = {{birth date|1958|11|11}} |birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2002|10|24|1958|11|11}} |death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. |years_active = 1981–2002 |occupation = Actor }} '''Scott Chapman Plank''' (November 11, 1958 – October 24, 2002) was an American actor who played Nick Reardon in ''Melrose Place'', and as Wiley Farrell in ''Air America''.
==Life and acting career== Scott Plank was born in Washington, D.C., on November 11, 1958.
Plank's last feature film was the movie ''Holes'' (2003) starring Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight, in which he had the supporting role of Trout Walker. In addition he appeared in ''The Flying Dutchman'' in 2001, which co-starred Rod Steiger, ''Saints and Sinners'' in 1994, ''The In Crowd'' in 1988, ''Panama Sugar'' in 1990, which co-starred Oliver Reed, and finally ''Without Evidence'' (1995), which co-starred Angelina Jolie.
His television credits include appearances in ''The Division'' (2001), ''Sons and Daughters'' (1991), ''Air America'' (1998) and ''Melrose Place'' (1992). In 1989, Plank starred as Sgt. Vincent Hanna in the TV movie ''L.A. Takedown'', directed by Michael Mann (Al Pacino played Hanna in Mann's 1995 theatrical remake, ''Heat'').
Plank had an extensive theatre background that spans from Broadway to Regional theatre in Los Angeles. He was in the original cast of ''Dreamgirls'' on Broadway and toured for many years with ''A Chorus Line'' in which he played various roles. Regional theatre roles include ''Hurlyburly'' co-starring alongside Sean Penn, and a one-act play ''Kindness of Women'', written and directed by Sean Penn.
==Other works== {{more citations needed|date=November 2012}} *Member of the original Broadway cast of the 1981 musical ''Dreamgirls'' portraying a member of 'The James Early Band'. *Theater Broadway, Chorus Line Shubert Theater *The Kindness of Women Writer/Director: Sean Penn *G.R. Point Director: Howard Fine/ Callboard Theater *Theater Regional LA, Hurlyburly, Writer-Director: David Rabe/ Westwoodplayhouse *Theatre, The Fool at the Met Theatre. Director: James Gammon. *Appeared in Shania Twain's "Dance with the one that brought you", Director: Sean Penn.
==Death== On October 24, 2002, Plank died in Los Angeles, California, from injuries sustained from a car accident three days earlier.<ref>[http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/2002/WIR20021102.html Life in Legacy]</ref> He was 43 years old. ''Holes'' was dedicated to his memory.
==Filmography== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |- | 1984–1989 | ''Miami Vice'' | Detective Glen McIntyre | TV series |- | 1985 | ''A Chorus Line'' | Dancer | |- | 1986 | ''The Princess and the Call Girl'' | Stanley | |- | 1988 | ''The In Crowd'' | Dugan | |- |rowspan=2|1989 | ''Wired'' | Herb Axelson | |- | ''L.A. Takedown'' | Sgt. Vincent Hanna | TV movie |- | 1990 | ''Panama Sugar'' | Panama | |- | 1991 | ''Pastime'' | Randy Keever | |- | 1992 | ''Mr. Baseball'' | Ryan Ward | |- | 1993 | ''Without Warning: Terror in the Towers'' | Gary Geidel | |- | 1994 | ''Saints and Sinners'' | Big Boy | |- |1995-1997 | ''Flipper'' |Carl Grimes |1 episode |- | 1995 | ''Without Evidence'' | Kevin Francke | |- |rowspan=3|1996 | ''Marshal Law'' | Randall Nelson | |- | ''American Strays'' | Sonny | |- | ''Co-ed Call Girl'' | Ron Tamblin | |- | 1997 | ''Moonbase'' | John Russell | |- | 1997–1998 | ''Melrose Place'' | Nick Reardon | 12 episodes |- |1998-1999 | ''Air America'' |Wiley Ferrell |TV series |- | 1999 | ''Charmed'' | Eric Lohman | 1 episode |- |2000 | ''The Flying Dutchman'' |Ethan | TV movie |- | 2000–2001 | ''Baywatch'' | Samuel "Sam" Parks | 4 episodes |- | 2001–2003 | ''The Division'' | John Exstead, Jr. | 6 episodes |- | 2003 | ''Holes'' | Trout Walker | Posthumous release |- | 2005 | ''Guns Before Butter'' | Teddy | Posthumous release (final film role) |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0686568|name=Scott Plank}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Plank, Scott}} Category:1958 births Category:2002 deaths Category:Male actors from Los Angeles Category:Male actors from Washington, D.C. Category:American male film actors Category:American male television actors Category:Road incident deaths in California Category:20th-century American male actors