Alex Hyde-White

Alex Hyde-White (born 30 January 1959) is an English-American actor. In 1978, he signed with Universal Pictures as one of the last "contract players" in Hollywood, in a group that included Lindsay Wagner, Andrew Stevens, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gretchen Corbett and Sharon Gless.

Early life Hyde-White was born on 30 January 1959 in London, the son of Ethel M. (née Korenman), a stage manager who acted under the name Ethel Drew, and Wilfrid Hyde-White. Known as Punch to friends, he grew up in Palm Springs, California, attending Palm Springs High School and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. for one year after which he left to pursue an acting career.

Career Under contract to Universal Pictures at age 18, his first television job was one line – "leave my mother alone" – spoken to star Jack Klugman on the television series Quincy M.E. He recurred in several episodes, each time as a different character and also made numerous appearances in Battlestar Galactica and later Buck Rogers in the 25th Century which also featured his father Wilfrid. The only time both father and son appeared on screen together was on The Merv Griffin Show in 1980. A clip from that show is featured in his film Three Days of Hamlet.

In 1994, he played the Marvel Comics superhero Reed Richards, a.k.a. Mister Fantastic, in a motion picture adaptation of Marvel's flagship comics series The Fantastic Four. The film was low budget and made by certain parties in order to retain the film rights to the property; it was never released. Bootleg copies of the film made the rounds, and the film has acquired its own following. In 2025, he and his co-stars made a cameo appearance in the Marvel Studios film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Through his production company TMG, named after his mentor, Washington attorney Steven Martindale, he produced the 2002 independent romantic drama Pursuit of Happiness, which starred Frank Whaley, Annabeth Gish, Adam Baldwin and featured Jean Stapleton in a cameo as the advertising agency's owner. Stapleton's son John Putch was the director. Putch had directed Alex previously in Deep Water and in Murder 101 for Hallmark.

Alex has worked with Steven Spielberg twice, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as a younger version of Henry Jones Sr. and Catch Me If You Can as Dick Kesner, the divorce lawyer. He also played the polo-playing grandson of Ralph Bellamy in Pretty Woman.

Projects Hyde-White directed the TMG production Three Days, from Universal City-based Ytinifni Pictures, headed by David Suarez. Also starring Peter Woodward, Richard Chamberlain and Stefanie Powers, the experimental first-person documentary follows a troupe of actors who gather for three days to rehearse and perform a reading of Shakespeare's Hamlet. The film won Best Documentary at three festivals, International Family Film Festival (Hollywood, Spring 2012), L-Dub (Lake Worth, FL, Fall 2012), and Eugene Int'l Film Festival (Oregon, Fall 2012).

His production company, TMG, is developing a few projects for both the big and small screen. One is the existentialist crime novel King of Infinite Space with the book's author Tyler Dilts, as an independent film. Screenwriter Peter Woodward is adapting the novel. The film is called Signal Hill. It is the first in the Danny Beckett series from Long Beach State professor Dilts. Another is Printer of Udell's based on the early 20th century novel by William Bell Wright.

His audiobook production company, Punch Audio, publishes through Audible such titles as Paladins by Joel Rosenberg, Miracle at Merion: Ben Hogan's 1950 Comeback by David Barrett, I Am John Galt, These Precious Hours and Mulligan by Michael Corrigan, and Jesus: The Missing Years by Walter Parks. Other artists at Punch Audio include the British actor Ian Hart, and actresses Mary Jane Wells, Liane Curtis and Kate Huffman.

Personal life Hyde-White was married to actress Karen Dotrice from 1986 until 1992. In 1997, he married Shelly Bovert.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1978 Battlestar Galactica Cadet Bow/Male Pilot 2 episodes1979 Captain America II: Death Too Soon Young Man TV movie The Seekers Oliver Prouty Miniseries 1980 Gauguin the Savage Emil TV movie1981 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Technician/Lieutenant Martin/Ensign Moore 4 episodes Tales of the Unexpected Episode: "The Best of Everything"1982 Voyagers! Charles Dickens Episode: "The Day the Rebs Took Lincoln" The Toy Photographer The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Romeo 1984 The First Olympics: Athens 1896 Arthur Blake Miniseries1986 Biggles Jim Ferguson Matlock Vincent Hyland Episode: "The Seduction" 1987 Ishtar CIA Agent 1988 Supercarrier Lt Dave "Hat Trick" Rawley1989 The Phantom of the Opera Richard Dutton Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Young Henry Time Trackers 1990 Pretty Woman David Morse 1991 Ironclads Catesby Jones TV movie 1991–1992 Murder, She Wrote Ogden Schmesser/Doug Simmons 2 episodes1994 Walker, Texas Ranger Grant Wallace Episode: "The Committee" The Fantastic Four Dr. Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic Unreleased1995 Legend George Armstrong Custer Episode: "Custer's Next to Last Stand" Babylon 5 Pierce Macabee Episode "In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum" The Alien Within Jedidiah Pickett TV movie 1997 Diagnosis Murder Efrem Connors Episode: "A Mime Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" 2002 Catch Me If You Can Mr. Kesner2003 Gods and Generals Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside The West Wing Andy's Accoster Episode: "The California 47th" 2005 See Arnold Run George Gorton TV movie 2006 Bones Mr. Hobbes Episode: "The Titan on the Tracks" 2010 NCIS Dr. Adam Tallridge Episode: "Double Identity" 2011 Night Club Preacher The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn The Mentalist Peter Upchurch Episode: "Blood and Sand" Dexter Dr. Trent Casey Episode: "Get Gellar" The Christmas Pageant Noah Humphrey TV movie2012 Game Change Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Three Days of Hamlet Ghost/Son Documentary2015 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Lord Thornally Episode: "Purpose in the Machine" Doomed!: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four Himself Documentary A Kind of Magic Ben Paris2016 Shameless Priest Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel Club2018 Little Hero Asura animation film The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep Gaufroi Video game 2019 This Is Us Mr. Flaherty 2020 General Hospital Pascal 2 episodes 2021 The Marriage Zone Cal TV movie 2022 Nope Grizz 2023 Invitation to a Murder Sean 2025 The Fantastic Four: First Steps ABC Newscaster William Russell Cameo appearance TBA Angelyne Felix Mini-series