Alan John Moore was born on the 24th of October 1954 in Liverpool and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Following his first TV appearance as P.C. Jim Headly in 'Whodunnit?' (1974) he again played a police officer in 3 episodes of 'Crown Court' (1976) as P.C. Wilkins. More single roles followed in the 1970s in 'Space:1999' (1976), 'Send In The Girls' (1978), 'Get Some In' (1978), 'The Sweeney' (1978), 'Strangers' (1979) and 'ITV Playhouse' (1979). He then had a substantial role as Blake Hayward in 'The Spoils of War' (1980-81), dealing with the return from the Second World War of the younger members of two families in the north of England, the Haywards and the Warringtons.
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| Seen here with Jane How |
Alan then appeared in 9 episodes of the drama 'Squadron' (1982) as Squadron Leader Mike Fairchild in an elite Royal Air Force squadron who undertake specialist missions. Following this there were one-off appearances in the likes of 'Bergerac' (1983), 'Minder' (1984), 'Dempsey and Makepeace' (1986), 'Truckers' (1987) and Hannay' (1988). He then appeared on 'Coronation Street' (1977-88) in two roles: firstly between July and August 1977 as Detective Constable Burton, investigating a break-in at the Corner Shop, before returning to the programme in November 1988 as domestic engineer Pete Shaw, who wins the affections of both Sandra Stubbs and Gloria Todd.
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| Sandra introduces Pete to Bet in The Rovers |
'Take the High Road' (1990-93) provided Alan with another lengthy part, playing Greg Ryder as one of the residents of the rural Scottish village of Glendarroch dealing with issues ranging from crop failures and parish pump politics to infidelity, alcoholism and drug abuse. He then appeared in 'London's Burning' (1994), 'A Touch of Frost' (1995), 3 episodes in both 'Dangerous Lady' (1995) and 'Dangerfield' (1995) and in 2 episodes in both 'The Bill' (1989-96) and and 'Silent Witness' (1997). Then he appeared on 27 episodes of Eastenders' (1997-98) as Max Townsend, a high-profile journalist for the Walford Gazette who worked closely with Tony Hills and Polly Becker.
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