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Alex Cord

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The Resume

    (May 3, 1933-August 9, 2021)
    Born in Floral Park, New York
    Birth name was Alexander Viespi, Jr.
    Portrayed Archangel (Michael Coldsmith Briggs III) in ‘Airwolf’ (1984-86)
    Appeared in the films ‘Synanon’ (1965), ‘Stagecoach’ (1966), ‘A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die’ (1968), ‘The Brotherhood’ (1968), ‘Stiletto’ (1969), ‘The Dead Are Alive’ (1972), ‘Inn of the Damned’ (1975), ‘Grayeagle’ (1977), ‘The Naked Truth’ (1992), and ‘CIA Code Name: Alexa’ (1993)
    Wrote the novels ‘A Feather in the Rain’ (2005), ‘The Man Who Would Be God’ (2014), and ‘High Moon’ (2016)

Why he might be annoying:

    He dropped out of high school to join a rodeo.
    His three marriages all ended in divorces.
    He fathered a daughter out of wedlock.
    In his most prominent movie role, he attempted to fill John Wayne’s shoes as the Ringo Kid in the largely forgotten remake of ‘Stagecoach.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was stricken with polio at age twelve, and at one point needed to be in an iron lung to breathe.
    He took up horseback riding as a therapeutic exercise and recovered by age sixteen.
    After he broke several ribs when he was thrown by a bull, he decided to go to night school to earn his high school degree, then majored in literature at NYU.
    He portrayed Laertes in an American Shakespeare Theatre production of ‘Hamlet.’
    His son Damien died of a heroin overdose at age 28 (1995).
    He chairs Ahead with Horses, a charity that sponsors therapeutic riding programs.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 97 Votes: 46.39% Annoying