Veteran character actor Christopher Allport died Friday during an Avalanche that took part at Mountain High Ski Resort which is in Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Mountains (about 2 hours away from L.A.).

A busy character actor, Christopher Allport enjoyed an almost 40 year career, from the underrated missing girl drama MAN ON A SWING (1974) to the recently completed GARDEN PARTY (2008). Allport’s genre credits include SAVAGE WEEKEND (1979), a memorable small role as a victim in DEAD AND BURIED (1981), in the disturbing nuclear incident TV movie SPECIAL BULLETIN (1983), Tobe Hooper’s INVADERS FROM MARS (1986), JACK FROST (1996) and JACK FROST 2: REVENGE OF THE MUTANT KILLER SNOWMAN (2000).

I snowboarded at Mountain High on my birthday two days ago.  With it being so close to L.A., it’s hard to imagine a powerful avalanche taking a life there, but the winter storms and rain have been rather ferocious the last week out here.