Alan Autry : Biography, Pictures, Photos, Trivia, Address, Filmography (In the heat of the night)

Played professional football for the B.C. Lions in the Canadian Football League in 1978 under the name Carlos Brown.

He played NFL Football for the Green Bay Packers as a second string quarterback in the 1975 and 1976 seasons.

His daughter Lauren can be seen In The Heat of the Night episode "Every Man's Family" she is the little girl in the park who comes up to Alan and says "Hey mister can we have our frisbee back?"

Was elected mayor of Fresno, Ca. on 7 November 2000. He will be sworn into office in January 2001, for a four year term.

On October 29, 2003 he announced that he will not seek a second term as the Mayor of Fresno. His term expires in January, 2005. He said he wants to spend more time with his wife and children and is interested in continuing his acting career. Because of his popularity with Fresno voters, political analysts in Fresno believe he could have easily won re-election.

On March 2, 2004 he easily won re-election as Mayor of Fresno with over 72 percent of the vote. At first he did not want to seek a second term. He changed his mind after the candidate he endorsed as his replacement dropped out of the race. His second term will run from January, 2005 until January, 2009.