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Charles Hallahan (born Charles John Hallahan on July 29, 1943 – died on November 25, 1997) was an American film, television and stage actor known for his performances in Going in Style, The Thing, Cast a Deadly Spell, and Dante's Peak.
Hallahan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from Rutgers University, then going on to Temple University to earn a Master's degree in fine arts. During his acting career he was often cast as a police officer, and is possibly best known to TV viewers as LAPD Captain Charlie Devane on Hunter. He was memorable for his portrayal of the nameless "Coach" in Vision Quest, opposite Matthew Modine. He also served in the US Navy in the early 1960s, including time as a Navy hospital corpsmen stationed in Puerto Rico.
His two most famous film roles, arguably, were as the geologist Vance Norris in John Carpenter's The Thing and as the volcanologist Dr. Paul Dreyfus in Dante's Peak.
Hallahan also co-starred as a regular cast member in two popular television series, Grace Under Fire and the long-running The Paper Chase. He has a brother, Fr. Kenneth Hallahan, a Roman Catholic priest in New Jersey.
Charles Hallahan
Charles Hallahan
Hunter Fun Video, Season Four - The Girl on the Beach
I Will Remember You
Decode the Scene GAME - Charles Hallahan Tzi Ma Grant Heslov MOVIE CLIPS
Dante's Peak (8/10) Movie CLIP - The Bridge is Destroyed (1997) HD
Decode the Scene GAME - Charles Hallahan Peter Jason Pierce Brosnan MOVIE CLIPS
Decode the Scene GAME - Pierce Brosnan Charles Hallahan Linda Hamilton MOVIE CLIPS
Dante's Peak Trailer 1997
Warlock: The Armageddon Trailer 1993