---
name: "Chris Alcaide"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-alcaide"
fi1m_id: "chris-alcaide"
imdb_id: "nm0017108"
tmdb_id: 138375
wikidata_id: "Q5105712"
roles: []
born: "22 October 1923"
died: "30 June 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:36:43.566229+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chris Alcaide

## Identity

Chris Alcaide

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-alcaide
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-alcaide
- **IMDb ID:** nm0017108
- **TMDB ID:** 138375
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5105712
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Alcaide, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5105712, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017108/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/138375

Actor. Born 22 October 1923 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. Died 30 June 2004.

## Details

- **Born:** 22 October 1923, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 30 June 2004
- **Also known as:** John Thomas Berger
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Alcaide, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5105712, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017108/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/138375

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Big Heat*](https://film.one/film/the-big-heat.md) (86)

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## Biography

Chris Alcaide, also credited as John Thomas Berger, was an American film and television actor. He is known for supporting roles in Westerns and crime films, including the part of George Rose in the 1953 Columbia picture *The Big Heat*.

Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Alcaide served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. After the war he moved to Hollywood and began appearing in uncredited film roles before gaining steady work in television Western series such as *Gunsmoke*, *Perry Mason*, *The Outer Limits* and *The Big Valley*.

In 2003 he received a Golden Boot Award for his contributions to the Western genre. Alcaide died in Palm Springs, California, in 2004.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Big Heat* (1953), Fi1m 86, as George Rose — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-heat.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Assassination* (1987), as Chief Justice
- *Hammett* (1982), as Man in Boardroom #1
- *Freedom* (1981), Actor
- *Land of the Giants* (1968), series, as Sgt. Arnak
- *Hondo* (1967), series, Actor
- *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Horse Thief, Glenn, Ryan
- *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as 1st Killer
- *Branded* (1965), series, Actor
- *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Flathead Joseph, Noah Pierce
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Lt. Horvath — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1963), series, Actor
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Colonel Danvers
- *The Dakotas* (1963), series, Actor
- *Kid Galahad* (1962), as Danzig Hood (uncredited)
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Cowhand, Howard Heller
- *The Tall Man* (1960), series, as Joe Durango
- *Tate* (1960), series, Actor
- *Vice Raid* (1959), as Eddie
- *Law of the Plainsman* (1959), series, as Wolf, Dan, Conroy
- *Laramie* (1959), series, Actor
- *Black Saddle* (1959), series, as Bill Logan
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Craddock
- *Joy Ride* (1958), as Stewart
- *U.S. Marshall* (1958), series, as Marko Corbin
- *Lawman* (1958), series, as Lou Quade
- *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Texan* (1958), series, Actor
- *Bronco* (1958), series, Actor
- *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1958), series, as Bull Sherman, Cree Colter
- *Day of the Badman* (1958), as Monte Hayes
- *The Power of the Resurrection* (1958), as Officer
- *Trackdown* (1957), series, Actor
- *Maverick* (1957), series, as Tony Cadiz
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Jerry Morrow, Gus Wiler
- *Sugarfoot* (1957), series, as Clay Horton
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor
- *Carnival Rock* (1957), as Slug
- *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, as First Thug, Robert Knight
- *Rock All Night* (1957), as Angie
- *Panic!* (1957), series, Actor
- *Official Detective* (1957), series, Actor
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Morgan, Nate Evers, Clay Culhane, Jason Merrick, Marshal Bly Newsome
- *State Trooper* (1956), series, Actor
- *Miami Exposé* (1956), as Morrie Pell
- *Gunslinger* (1956), as Deputy Joshua Tate
- *Backlash* (1956), as Dick Lawrence (uncredited)
- *The Houston Story* (1956), as Chris Barker
- *I Died a Thousand Times* (1955), as Sheriff's Deputy (uncredited)
- *Illegal* (1955), as Cop at Property Desk (uncredited)
- *The Adventures of Champion* (1955), series, as Rustler, Keller
- *Cheyenne* (1955), series, Actor
- *Duel on the Mississippi* (1955), as Anton
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Barnes, Clem Maddow, Cowboy, Ned Curry, Mike
- *Apache Ambush* (1955), Actor
- *Chicago Syndicate* (1955), as Nate
- *Buffalo Bill Jr.* (1955), series, Actor
- *Overland Pacific* (1954), as Jason
- *The Miami Story* (1954), as Robert Bishop
- *Massacre Canyon* (1954), as Running Horse
- *It Should Happen to You* (1954), as Air Force Man at Ceremony (uncredited)
- *The Wild One* (1953), as Deputy (uncredited)
- *Bad for Each Other* (1953), as Pete Olzoneski
- *The Big Heat* (1953), as George Rose — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-heat.md)
- *I Led Three Lives* (1953), series, Actor
- *Cripple Creek* (1952), Actor
- *Smoky Canyon* (1952), as Lars
- *The Adventures of Kit Carson* (1951), series, Actor

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