Chad Allen is Donald Strachey
» Gay films
The film centres on the exploits of Strachey, a tough, cool and openly gay police detective who specializes in urban corruption. Making enemies as he solves crimes, Strachey continues in the tradition of television’s great hard-boiled detectives, although Strachey will be US television’s first gay detective.
US net unveils ‘first gay cop’ drama
Allen is charming as the gay P.I. hired to investigate the death threats being made against gay activist and muckraking journalist John Rutka (Jack Wetherall of Queer As Folk fame), and as the suspenseful mystery unfolds, viewers will find themselves on the edge of their seats.
Interview with Chad Allen on Third Man Out
Third Man Out (the book).
