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All hail the mighty Alan Dale!

8 March 2009 12:00 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

From 1985, Alan Dale entered many millions of households on a daily basis as the loveable Jim Robinson in Neighbours until the character suffered a fatal heart attack in 1993. But Dale avoided the obscurity that befalls the majority of former soap stars (or allegedly kebab meat in the case of Bouncer) by nabbing recurring parts in major shows like The O.C. and Ugly Betty before his characters on those were also killed off by heart attacks. Talk about getting typecast! But fortunately, the institution known as Alan Dale has scooped an impressive number of stints in a dazzling array of cult shows along the way. Here's a look at those televisual entities that have been fortunate enough to have had Dale in their midst. It's time to build a shrine... Time Trax: Mr Bergdorf - 1994 Just one year after he left Ramsay Street, Alan Dale (more) »

- By Ben Rawson-Jones

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