Newton North High School Alumni
Newtonville, Massachusetts (MA)
Alan Koss
Newton North High School
Class of 1956
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ALAN'S PROFILE
First Name | Alan |
Last Name | Koss |
Graduation Year | Class of 1956 |
Gender | Male |
City | N/A |
State/Province | NV |
Country | United States |
Occupation | Actor/writer |
Married | Yes |
Favorite School Memory | Singing lead with the Kapris at Tigerama |
About Me | Six months active duty and four-and-a-half years in the Marine Corps' active reserve... A writer for Caterpillar Tractor Company, in Peoria, Illinois... Back to Boston in 1965, working as a writer for a cryogenic valve maker... Then in 1966, at age 28, with a wife and two children, I embarked on a career as an actor... Moved to New York City where I eventually made my living solely as an actor-- some soaps but mostly radio and TV commercials... In 1975, after a reasonable amount of minor success, I took us all out to Los Angeles, where the sun shone all year and I could play a lot of golf... Eating was occasionally iffy for a number of years (it was like starting all over again) but we owned a house and four different kinds of fruit trees, and there was that golf thing... In other words, we lived a bit like rich people-- except for the money part... In the early '80s I began a ten-year stint as "Alan," a recurring character on CHEERS... The show left the air in 1993, voice-work began slowing down, and by the late '90s I was planning my retirement... Las Vegas was cheap, then, and had no state income tax, so we bought in 2003 and finally moved in 2007... If I can contro...(read more) |
Class of 1956 Alumni
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Class of 1968
Sarah Delorey
Class of 2002
William White
Class of 1988
Paul Vaccaro
Class of 1982
Daniel Lawson
Class of 1973
Loro Omeara
Class of 1981
Deborah Freedman
Class of 1985
Marie Bourgeois
Class of 1966
Tamara Markus
Class of 1990
Stephen Miller
Class of 1983
Laura Schindler Laura Schindler
Class of 1974
Marin Collins
Class of 1975
Alan Rosenbaum
Class of 1959
John Carroll
Class of 1973
Joanne Ryan
Class of 1983
Roberta Feingold
Class of 1979
Stefania De Santis
Class of 1991
Gabriel Stavenhagen
Class of 2002
Linda Rosenberg
Class of 1981
Kevin Fitzgerald
Class of 1980
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Class of 1976
Recent Class of 1956 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1956 Reunion for Free
Newton High School, Class of '56, 60th Reunion
Invited Classes: 1956
Date: Aug 20, 2016
Description: Contact Alan Hackel for additional infformation ..... ajhackel@aol.com Or home telephone: 617-332-6845
55th Newton High School Reunion
Invited Classes: 1956
Date: Jul 29, 2011
Description: 6:30 boarding 7:00-10:00 dinner cruise