Bruce Alan Campbell , credited professionally as Alan Campbell, is an American television, film and stage actor who is best known for his roles as Derek Mitchell in the 19871992 CBS series Jake and the Fatman and as E.Z. Taylor on the shortlived 19841985 Threes Company spinoff Threes a Crowd.
Campbell was born Bruce Alan Campbell on April 22, 1957 in Homestead, Florida, the son of Edward John Campbell, a farmer, and Audrey Carolyn Griner , a homemaker. Campbell attended Tulane University and graduated with a BA in business from the University of Miami.
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