A Name not a Number

who plays Donovan

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I was listening to this episode for the first time today. Even though I had heard most of the rest of the Blackgaard saga including all of the episodes in the Darkness before Dawn series, I had not heard that one. Anyway, I thought Jason's supervisor, Donavon sounded a lot like Alan Young. Does anyone know if it is the actor? I do not see any reason why the ptbs would not use him, since they have used other actors of regular characters in roles that sound like their characters voices.
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I love the AIOSF! \:D/ As you guessed, Alan Young is indeed the actor who played Donovan.
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Ha! I didn't need to AIOSF to figure out Alan Young played Donovan! Wahoo!
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I didn't need the AIOSF to figure that out either, but I sounded more official with a source to back me up, didn't I? ;)
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Did Ed Walker play Filby?
EDIT: Never mind. Look here: http://aiosf.com/characters_index.php?alpha=F
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I heard these episodes the 1st time they came on in 1994. I was like why is Jack allen playing Donavan ? It is so obvious.
Allan Young was in an old movie The Time Machine. He played Filby, which is where that character got his name. In the episodes, Filby was played by Walker Edminston (Tom Riley,Bart.)
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I was listening to A Name not a Number the other day.. and the first time i herd it i knew it was Jack who played Donavon.
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Liz_Horton wrote:I was listening to A Name not a Number the other day.. and the first time i herd it i knew it was Jack who played Donavon.
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Same here.
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Laurie wrote:
Liz_Horton wrote:I was listening to A Name not a Number the other day.. and the first time i herd it i knew it was Jack who played Donavon.
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Yeah, I had no problem in figuring out it was Alan Young
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am i wrong, but didn't "donovan" appear before jack allen ever came to odyssey? i know it was around that time, but i think that's the first time alan young was on odyssey???

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No, Jack Allen is introduced in the album before The Changing of Times right after Whit leaves for the Middle East.
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Jack Allen came on in September 1994. ANNAN came on in November.
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agent3xq wrote:No, Jack Allen is introduced in the album before The Changing of Times right after Whit leaves for the Middle East.
Also known as Wish You Were Here. Jack Allen made his first appearance in the Gone episode.
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Y'all are simply true Odyssey fans. Donovan may seem rather obvious as Jack Allen, but so many of the actors are reused for other characters. I think your ears have been fine tuned so that it seems overly obvious when actors with distinct voices like Alan Young's are used. ;) Power to you!
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