Scott Plank

Infobox actor
bgcolour = Gold
name = Scott Plank
birthname = Scott Williams Plank
birthdate = November 11, 1958
location = Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
deathdate = October 24, 2002 (aged 43)
deathplace = Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Scott Plank (November 11, 1958 — October 24, 2002) was an American film and television actor, best known for playing Nick Reardon on "Melrose Place", and as Wiley Farrell on "Air America".

Early life

Plank was born Scott Chapman Plank in Washington, D.C..

Acting career

Scott's last feature film was the movie "Holes" (2003) starring Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight, in which he had the supporting role of Trout Walker. In addition he appeared in "The Flying Dutchman" in 2001, which co-starred Rod Steiger, "Saints and Sinners" in 1994, "The In Crowd" in 1988, "Panama zucchero" in 1990, which co-starred Oliver Reed, and finally "Without Evidence" (1995), which co-starred Angelina Jolie.

His television credits include appearances in "The Division" (2001), "Sons and Daughters" (1991), "Air America" (1998) and "Melrose Place" (1992).

Scott had an extensive theatre background that spans from Broadway to Regional theatre in Los Angeles. He was in the original cast of "Dream Girls" on Broadway and toured for many years with "A Chorus Line" in which he played various roles. Regional theatre roles include "Hurly Burly" co-starring alongside Sean Penn, and a one act play "Kindness of Women", written and directed by Sean Penn.

Other works

*Member of the original Broadway cast of the 1981 musical "Dreamgirls" portraying a member of 'The James Early Band'.
*Theater Broadway, Chorus Line Shubert Theater
*The Kindness of Women Writer/Director: Sean Penn
*G.R. Point Director: Howard Fine/ Callboard Theater
*Theater Regional LA, Hurly Burly, Writer-Director: David Rabe/ Westwoodplayhouse
*Theatre, The Fool at the Met Theatre. Director: James Gammon.
*Appeared in Shania Twain's "Dance with the one that brought you", Director: Sean Penn.

Death

Scott Plank died on October 24, 2002, in Los Angeles, California, as a result of injuries sustained from a car accident three days earlier at age 43. He is buried next to his mom and dad in Ft Lauderdale, Florida.Fact|date=May 2008

elected filmography

*"Holes" (2003) - Charles "Trout" Walker
*"The Division" (2001-2003) (TV series) - John Exstead, Jr. ("6 episodes")
*"Baywatch" (2000-2001) (TV series) - Samuel "Sam" Parks ("4 episodes")
*"Melrose Place" (1997-1998) (TV series) - Nick Reardon ("12 episodes")
*"Marshal Law" (1996) - Randall Nelson
*"American Strays" (1996) - Sonny
*"Co-ed Call Girl" (1996) - Ron Tamblin
*"Without Evidence" (1995) - Kevin Francke
*"Mr. Baseball" (1992) - Ryan Ward
*"Pastime" (1991) - Randy Keever
*"L.A. Takedown" (1989) - Vincent Hanna
*"Wired" (1989) - Herb Axelson
*"The In Crowd" (1988) - Dugan
*"A Chorus Line" (1985) - Dancer

External links

*imdb name|id=0686568|name=Scott Plank
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/038/000132639/ Scott Plank] at the Notable Names Database
*tv.com person|id=19269|name=Scott Plank
*findagrave|7135583 Retrieved on 2008-01-28