Nick Tate

Nick Tate is a popular Australia actor best known for his role as the likable but tough Eagle pilot Alan Carter in both seasons of the 1970s science fiction television show Space: 1999. His parents were the actors John Tate and Neva Carr-Glyn. His maternal grandparents were also actors, originally from Great Britain, who performed in Vaudeville. Tate's big break came with the Australia television series My Brother Jack, followed later by a production of the musical The Canterbury Tales where he played "Nicholas The Gallant" for eighteen months on stage and on tour throughout the country. This was followed by the TV series Dynasty (not related to the later American series of the same name), where he joined his father John Tate for the first time on camera; the two playing father and son roles. Following his work in Space: 1999, he broke through in film with an award-winning role in the movie The Devil's Playground. He continued to work in film and has continued to have many... full article at wikipedia