A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Clay Fisher
Henry Allen
Henry Wilson Allen
Will Henry
Birthplace:
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Born:
September 12, 1912
Died:
October 26, 1991
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Wilson "Heck" Allen (September 12, 1912 – October 26, 1991) was an American author and screenwriter. He used several different pseudonyms for his works. His 50+ novels of the American West were published under the pen names Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen's screenplays and scripts for animated shorts were credited to Heck Allen and Henry Allen. In 1937 Allen began working as a contract screenwriter for MGM animation division. While his early work was for Harman and Ising's Barney Bear series, his longest collaboration was with director Tex Avery. Allen was credited as story artist on many classic Avery shorts, included Swing Shift Cinderella, King-Size Canary, and The First Bad Man, among many others. Allen downplayed his contributions to the shorts, claiming that Avery merely used him as a sounding board for his own ideas. Allen's career as a novelist began in 1952, with the publication of his first Western No Survivors. Allen, afraid that the studio would disapprove of his moonlighting, used a pen name to avoid trouble. He would go on to publish over 50 novels, eight of which were adapted for the screen. Most of these were published under one or the other of the pseudonyms Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen was a five-time winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America and a recipient of the Levi Strauss Award for lifetime achievement.
Book:
1959 Yellowstone Kelly
Novel:
1955 The Tall Men
1956 Pillars of the Sky
1959 Yellowstone Kelly
1968 Journey to Shiloh
1969 Mackenna's Gold
1969 Young Billy Young
Short Story:
1955 The Tall Men
1956 Pillars of the Sky
1959 Yellowstone Kelly
1968 Journey to Shiloh
1969 Mackenna's Gold
1969 Young Billy Young
1991 Into the Badlands
Story:
1938 Cleaning House
1943 Who Killed Who?
1944 Screwball Squirrel
1945 Jerky Turkey
1945 Swing Shift Cinderella
1945 The Screwy Truant
1945 Wild and Woolfy
1946 Lonesome Lenny
1946 Northwest Hounded Police
1947 King-Size Canary
1947 Slap Happy Lion
1948 Half-Pint Pygmy
1948 The Cat That Hated People
1948 Wet Blanket Policy
1948 Wild and Woody!
1952 Busybody Bear
1952 Caballero Droopy
1952 Rock-a-Bye Bear
1953 Barney's Hungry Cousin
1953 Cobs and Robbers
1953 Half-Pint Palomino
1953 Heir Bear
1953 Little Johnny Jet
1953 T.V. of Tomorrow
1953 The Three Little Pups
1953 Wee-Willie Wildcat
1954 Billy Boy
1954 Dixieland Droopy
1954 Drag-A-Long Droopy
1954 Sleepy-Time Squirrel
1954 The Farm of Tomorrow
1954 The Flea Circus
1955 Cellbound
1955 Deputy Droopy
1955 Field and Scream
1955 Santa Fe Passage
1955 The First Bad Man
1955 The Tall Men
1956 Pillars of the Sky
1959 Yellowstone Kelly
1968 Journey to Shiloh
1969 Mackenna's Gold
1969 Young Billy Young
1991 Into the Badlands
Writer:
1938 Cleaning House
1939 The Bear That Couldn't Sleep
1943 Who Killed Who?
1944 Big Heel-Watha
1944 Screwball Squirrel
1945 Jerky Turkey
1945 Swing Shift Cinderella
1945 The Screwy Truant
1945 The Shooting of Dan McGoo
1945 Wild and Woolfy
1946 Henpecked Hoboes
1946 Lonesome Lenny
1946 Northwest Hounded Police
1946 The Hick Chick
1947 Hound Hunters
1947 King-Size Canary
1947 Red Hot Rangers
1947 Slap Happy Lion
1947 Uncle Tom's Cabana
1948 Half-Pint Pygmy
1948 The Cat That Hated People
1948 Wet Blanket Policy
1948 Wild and Woody!
1949 Scrappy Birthday
1952 Busybody Bear
1952 Caballero Droopy
1952 Rock-a-Bye Bear
1953 Barney's Hungry Cousin
1953 Cobs and Robbers
1953 Half-Pint Palomino
1953 Heir Bear
1953 Little Johnny Jet
1953 T.V. of Tomorrow
1953 The Three Little Pups
1953 Wee-Willie Wildcat
1954 Billy Boy
1954 Dixieland Droopy
1954 Drag-A-Long Droopy
1954 Sleepy-Time Squirrel
1954 The Farm of Tomorrow
1954 The Flea Circus
1955 Cellbound
1955 Deputy Droopy
1955 Field and Scream
1955 Santa Fe Passage
1955 The First Bad Man
1955 The Tall Men
1956 Pillars of the Sky
1959 Yellowstone Kelly
1968 Journey to Shiloh
1969 Mackenna's Gold
1969 Young Billy Young
1991 Into the Badlands
2007 Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2020 Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1
2020 Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2
2021 Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3
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