He also played police commissioner Troy Nichols on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live (1990 to 1993).
[1] In the 1960s, Alexander joined an African American theater group, earning fifteen dollars for each performance.
Alexander played Johnny Williams in the original Broadway production of Charles Gordone's No Place to Be Somebody.
[2] He was cast on the NBC soap opera Another World, playing the recurring role of Sgt.
[3] In August 1974, Alexander appeared in the Off-Broadway play Naomi Court at New York's Manhattan Theatre Club.
[4] Alexander played Roger in the original Broadway production of David Rabe's Streamers.
[14] Alexander appeared as Casey in the film House III (also titled The Horror Show) (1989).
[15] In March 1989, he starred as Vernard Jr. in the play Some Sweet Day at Connecticut's Long Wharf Theatre.
[16] In 1990, he was cast on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, playing police commissioner Troy Nichols.
In May 1993, he appeared as Mac in the play Playboy of the West Indies at New York's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.