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Out Actor Chad Allen Says Goodbye To The Profession After More 30 Years

April 11, 2015 By Tim Isaac 4 Comments

chad-allenNowadays actors are generally left to come out (or not) on their own terms, but back in the 90s it was still a scoop to forcibly out someone for no other good reason than trying to sell copies of newspapers and magazines. That happened to Chad Allen in 1996, at a time when he was fast becoming one of TVs hottest young stars as part of the cast of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. Photographs of him kissing a man were sold to tabloid, and he was forced out whether he wanted to or not.

While many believe the ‘revelation’ hurt his post Dr. Quinn career by making it more difficult for him to get mainstream roles, he channeled the situation into becoming an LGBT activist, playing gay detective Donald Stratchey in a series on films, as well as continuing to take guest roles in the likes of Dexter and Criminal Minds.

However now, after more than three decades in the business (he got his first TV credit when he was just six, first finding success as a child in the sitcom Our House and as the autistic Tommy Westphall in St. Elsewhere), the 40-year-old has publicly revealed that he is leaving acting behind. Indeed it appears he’s not been actively pursuing roles for a couple of years while he’s been studying clinical psychology.

In a video which announced the news and in which he bids goodbye to his fansite, he says, “It’s been an incredible journey… working on the incredible shows that I’ve been able to work on over the years. I’m incredibly grateful and always will be… My life has taken me on a very different trajectory and after 30-plus years as an actor. I made a decision a couple of years ago to let go of that side of my life go and I’ve been focusing on my education.”

He does confirm though that he’s not leaving everything from his earlier life behind, as he will continue to raise funds for HIV-AIDS.

Hopefully this won’t be completely the last we see of him, as while Allen’s outing was cruel and unnecessary, it was also a significant moment, as it was one of the first times a young American actor was revealed to be gay while they still had ‘heart-throb’ status and Hollywood could see that it didn’t hurt the show he was part of. Hollywood may have completely dropped the ball with him after Dr. Quinn, but he’s undoubtedly a significant figure.

Take a look at his goodbye video below. [Read more…]

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Shock To The System

January 2, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Michael Woods, Morgan Fairchild
Director: Ron Oliver
Running Time: 87 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: March 24th, 2008

The second of four Donald Strachey movies starring Chad Allen (following Third Man Out) sees the gay actor back as the gay detective, this time delving into the exceedingly dodgy world of ex-gay therapy. Strachey is hired by a young man, Paul Hale, who almost immediately afterwards turns up dead, after apparently killing himself. While Donald isn’t sure exactly why he was hired, he starts to investigate the death, which leads him to the door of the Phoenix Foundation and its director Dr. Trevor Cornell, who practices controversial techniques that attempt to turn gay people straight. [Read more…]

BGPS’s Advent Calendar Of Buff Blokes: Day 13 – Chad Allen

December 13, 2011 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It’s difficult to know how much Chad Allen’s career was changed by people knowing he was gay, but beforehand it did seem he was on the road to big things. Allen is a former child actor who got his first TV credit at the age of four. That led to regular roles in the shows St. Elsewhere, Our House and My Two Dads, along with guest spots on everything from Star Trek: The Next Generation to The Wonder Years, making him one of the best known child stars around.

At the age of 19 his fame went through the roof when he was cast as Matthew Cooper in the series Dr Quinn Medicine Woman. During the run of that show he was forcibly outed when his boyfriend sold pictures of Chad kissing a man in a hot tub to a tabloid.

Despite having little choice in whether the public knew his private life, Allen has embraced it and become a prominent activist on gay issues. His acting career was undoubtedly altered though, as he found it tough to get work after Dr. Quinn ended. However he has continued to act, often taking gay roles such as private detective Donald Strachey in a series of TV movies. He’s also quite the hottie, so enjoy the pics below and click on them for bigger versions. [Read more…]

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Third Man Out (DVD)

November 2, 2011 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Jack Wetherall, Woody Jeffreys
Director: Ron Oliver
Running Time: 95 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: 4th February, 2008

Private eye Donald Strachey is asked to look into an attack on a man called John Rutka, who’s famed for outing powerful people as gay. While Strachey and Rutka’s ideas on gay politics differ dramatically, the PI gets pulled into the case after his boyfriend is attacked and Rutka is killed. [Read more…]

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