This slim, handsome, blond young actor has been working his way up in series and TV-movies since the early 1980s, occasionally making a hit with recurring and regular roles. Born in California, Chad Allen began acting early, with roles in such TV series as "St. Elsewhere" (NBC), as Ed Flanders' autistic son, "Webster" (ABC, 1985-86), "Highway to Heaven," "The Wonder Years" and "In the Heat of the Night". He also worked onstage in Los Angeles-area productions of "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All To You", "A Man Called Peter" and "Oliver!"

Allen got his first notable role as the headstrong