Richard Saxton played the news anchor Alan in the episodes In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (Part II), On the Day Before, The Black Vera Wang and Election Night. He is a professional newscaster and appeared in the movie Volcano (with Richard Schiff, John Carroll Lynch, Karl T. Wright, Jacqueline Kim, Gary Cervantes, Richard Penn, Catherine Schreiber, Larry Carroll, Joshua Fardon and Penny Griego).