Sheriff Alan Pangborn

Anybody watching Hulu's "Castle Rock"? It's a decent show, set in the Stephen King universe. Is there a name for his universe? The King-iverse?

So I've watched about half of this series, and Scott Glenn plays the character Alan Pangborn. Now, I've been hearing that name in the show, but I hadn't put the pieces together until now. Alan Pangborn is a recurring character in Stephen King's stories, and he'd even been in a few movies, too!

Back in 1993, the character of Alan Pangborn was in not one, but TWO movies. Needful Things, played by Ed Harris, and then The Dark Half, played by Michael Rooker. Normally, I'd get pretty mad at recasting, but all of these are solid actors, so I'm okay with it.

Just think it's pretty cool, is all... Anybody read the books?