Tony O'Dell
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Tony O’Dell (born January 30, 1960 in Pasadena, California) is an American actor, most noted for his roll as preppy "Alan Pinkard" on the ABC series Head of the Class.
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[edit] Early noted appearances
- He was first noticed in a 1978 episode of the NBC television series CHiPs. In the episode titled "Trick or Treat".
- Tony’s first co-starring role was in 1985 on the short lived CBS science fiction series Otherworld. He played the roll of Trace Sterling. 13 episodes of the series were filmed but only 8 were broadcasted before being cancelled in March 1985.
[edit] Head of the Class
O’Dell’s next co-starring role was of Manhattan based high school student Alan Pinkard on ABC-TV series Head of the Class (1986-1991).
Alan was preppy, ultra conservative, egotistical and very intelligent. His area of expertise was political science. Alan and his classmates were considered to be geniuses and were placed in the "Individualized Honors Program", more commonly referred to as the "I.H.P", for advanced and gifted students.
[edit] Trivia
- Tony’s birth name is Anthony Dell'Aquila.
- He took his Head of the Class co-star Khrystyne Haje to her senior prom.
