Charles Hallahan

Charles John Hallahan (July 29, 1943 – November 25, 1997) was an American film, television, and stage actor. He is known for his roles in films such as Going in Style, Nightwing (1979), The Thing (1982), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), Vision Quest, Pale Rider (1985), Cast a Deadly Spell (1991), and Dante's Peak (1997). On television, he appeared in popular shows like The Rockford Files, Happy Days, Hawaii Five-O (all 1977), Lou Grant (1979–1982) as Chet Wilke, M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues (1981), The Equalizer (1985), and as Capt. Charlie Devane in Hunter from 1986 to 1991. Hallahan was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Harrisburg and Green Ridge, Delaware County. He attended St. James High School and Rutgers University-Camden, earning a BA degree in 1968 and an MFA from Temple University in 1971. He served in the US Navy for three years as a hospital corpsman.