Baltes, Alan 1962- (Alan Dakota)

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Baltes, Alan 1962- (Alan Dakota)

PERSONAL

Full name, Alan Joseph Baltes; born August 5, 1962, in St. Paul, MN; son of Verna Mae Baltes; grandson of Roman Baltes (an animator). Education: Studied acting with Cliff Osmond.

Career:

Actor. Appeared in advertisements. Motocross racer as a teenager. Also known as Alan Dakota.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild (affiliated with the Casting Access Project and member of committees addressing affirmative action, diversity, and Native American issues), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Police cadet McDonald, General Hospital, ABC, 1983-88.

Detective Gibson, Days of Our Lives (also known as Cruise of Deception: Days of Our Lives, Days, DOOL, Des jours et des vies, Horton-sagaen, Igode og onde dager, Los dias de nuestras vidas, Meres agapis, Paeivien viemaeae, Vaara baesta aar, Zeit der Sehnsucht, and Zile din viata noastra), NBC, 1985-96.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Alex Haber, "Santa Clause Is Dead," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1985.

Task force officer, "Secrets," Cagney & Lacey, CBS, 1987.

Band manager, "Sledge, Rattle ‘n’ Roll," Sledge Hammer! (also known as Sledge Hammer: The Early Years), ABC, 1988.

(Uncredited) Football player, "Poke High," Marriedwith Children (also known as Not the Cosbys), Fox, 1988.

Jail guard, "Murder by Ten Count," Trial by Jury, syndicated, 1989.

Skydiving student, "Blind Date," The Golden Girls (also known as Golden Girls, Miami Nice, Bnot Zahav, Cuori senza eta, Las chicas de oro, Les craquantes, Los anos dorados, Oereglanyok, Pantertanter, and Tyttoekullat), NBC, 1989.

Billiards player, Totally Hidden Video, Fox, 1989.

Fire fighter, "Four Alarm Tony," Who's the Boss?, ABC, 1990.

Jason Fowler, "Where Echoes End," Hunter, NBC, 1990.

Waiter, "Murder in F Sharp," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1990.

Skydiving student, "Bloom Is Off the Rose," The Golden Girls (also known as Golden Girls, Miami Nice, Bnot Zahav, Cuori senza eta, Las chicas de oro, Les craquantes, Los anos dorados, Oereglanyok, Pantertanter, and Tyttoekullat), NBC, 1991.

Thought police, "Last Stand in Glen Brook," Life Goes On (also known as Glenbrook), ABC, 1991.

Waiter, "Tainted Lady," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1991.

Reporter, "Temptation Eyes—February 1, 1985," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1992.

I.R.S. agent, "Cold Shower," L.A. Law, NBC, 1993.

Police officer, "Hit and Run," Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii and Baywatch Hawai'i), syndicated, 1995.

Doctor, Port Charles (also known as Port Charles: Desire, Port Charles: Fate, Port Charles: The Gift, Port Charles: Miracles Happen, Port Charles: Naked Eyes, Port Charles: Secrets, Port Charles: Superstitions, Port Charles: Surrender, Port Charles: Tainted Love, Port Charles: Tempted, Port Charles: Time in a Bottle, and Port Charles: Torn), ABC, 1997, 1998, 2001.

Insomniac husband, Running with Scissors, c. 2000.

The ex-boyfriend, "Girls' Night Out," The Geena Davis Show, ABC, 2001.

(Uncredited) Dr. Levine, "Guilty," Desperate Housewives, ABC, 2004.

Marcus, "Raised by Another," Lost, ABC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Murder suspect, Blind Justice (also known as Justicia ciega), ABC, 2005.

Television Work; Episodic:

Stand-in, "The Judge Is Free," Strip Mall, Comedy Central, 2001.

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) Driver, To Live and Die in L.A., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985.

(Uncredited) Boarding school student, Free Ride, Galaxy International Releasing, 1986.

(Uncredited) Waiter, Kazaam, Buena Vista, 1996.

Film Work:

(Uncredited) Stunt driver, To Live and Die in L.A., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985.

Stage Appearances:

Performed with the Los Angeles Repertory Company.

Stage Work:

Assistant producer for the American Indian Dance Theatre.

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