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Alan North
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Alan North as Captain Ed Hocken
Born December 23, 1920
The Bronx, New York, USA
Died January 19, 2000 (age 79)
Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, USA
Role Captain Ed Hocken
Episodes all
Films none


Alan North was an American actor who played the part of Captain Ed Hocken, Frank Drebin's boss, on Police Squad! After this he starred in the short lived comedy series Love, Sidney for nineteen episodes.

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Alan served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. It's unknown why he didn't portray Hocken in the films.

He also appeared in famous award- winning films such as Highlander and See No Evil, Hear No Evil. He also starred in Crazy People with Police Squad! producer and writer Robert K. Weiss.

Alan and his wife, June North had two daughters, Alexandra Jackson and Victoria North.

He died January 19, 2000 in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, United States of both Kidney and Lung cancer.

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