Alistair Crane

Alistair Crane
Passions character
John Reilly as Alistair Crane
Portrayed by	Alan Oppenheimer (1999–2004; voice) Bill Dempsey (1999–2004; body double) Jordan Baker (2003; as Charlie) David Bailey (2004–05) John Reilly (2005–08)
Duration	1999–2008
First appearance	August 23, 1999
Last appearance	May 20, 2008
Created by	James E. Reilly
Book appearances	Hidden Passions
David Bailey as Alistair Crane
In-universe information Occupation Founder and CEO of Crane Industries Family Crane Spouse Katherine Barrett Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald (2005–08) Sons Julian Crane Chad Harris-Crane Daughters Sheridan Crane Beth Wallace Adoptive sons Ethan Winthrop II Grandchildren Vincent Clarkson Fancy Crane Fox Crane Pretty Crane Endora Lenox James Boothe Marty Lopez-Fitzgerald Miles Harris-Crane Baby Harris-Crane Uncles Thaddeus Crane Other relatives Unnamed great-grandson

Alistair Crane is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions. Alistair is portrayed by John Reilly on a recurring basis from August 20, 2007, to May 20, 2008; before Reilly's contract run from January 21, 2005, to July 17, 2006, Alistair was also portrayed by David Bailey from September 27, 2004, to January 13, 2005, and by the duo of voice actor Alan Oppenheimer (November 8, 1999, to September 24, 2004) and body double Bill Dempsey (November 11, 1999, to September 24, 2004). Alistair was also played by Jordan Baker (April 7 to November 13, 2003) when he was disguised as a woman named Charlie.

An extremely powerful and wealthy businessman, Alistair is, for the first five years of the program, a mysterious character whose face is never directly seen by the audience. Upon the recasting of the role with Bailey in 2004, Alistair becomes one of the soap's primary villains, expanding his focus from daughter Sheridan and her lover, Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, to all of Harmony's citizens. Upon this transformation, many of the most nefarious non-magical schemes in Harmony such as the omega plot in 2006 and the Blackmailer's reign of terror in 2007 are written as being Alistair's handiwork. Alistair is frequently regarded as being pure evil; he expresses racist,^[1] sexist,^[2][3] and homophobic beliefs, and all of his known relationships are based on a megalomaniacal need to control his family members and sexual partners.