- Alex Cord
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name = Alex Cord
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birthname = Alex Viespi
birthdate = birth date and age|1933|05|03
birthplace = Floral Park,New York
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occupation =Actor
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spouse =Joanna Pettet (1968-1989)
Susannah Moller (2002-present)
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awards = 1966Golden Laurel "New Faces" "nominee"
2001Golden Boot Award "winner"Alex Cord (
May 3 ,1933 ) is an Americanactor who is perhaps best known for portraying the role of Archangel on thetelevision series "Airwolf ".Born Alex Viespi in
Floral Park, New York , Cord's first role of note was in the 1962 movie "The Chapman Report" directed byGeorge Cukor . He briefly enjoyed a leading man status on the big and small screen during the 1960s and 1970s, and starred or co-starred in westerns and action films.He is one of a handful of actors to appear on both the original and revival versions of "". Cord is also known to
science fiction enthusiasts for having portrayedDylan Hunt in the failed 1973 TV pilot "Genesis II" which was created byGene Roddenberry .Alex Cord later in 1977 starred in the epic western grayeagle where he played the title character.Alex Cord had two children, a daughter, Toni Aluisa, and a son, Damien Cord, who died in 1995 of a heroin overdose at the age of 26. Alex Cord had Toni with Mary Ann Hutchinson, and Damien by his ex-wife, actress
Joanna Pettet .External links
* [http://www.alexcord.com Alex Cord Official Website]
*imdb name|0179376|Alex Cord
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