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Irving Allen (1905-1987)

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Born:
November 24, 1905

Died:
December 17, 1987

Biography from TheMovieDB

Irving Allen started his film career in 1929 as an editor. He turned to directing in the 1940s, and two shorts he directed, Forty Boys and a Song (1941) and Climbing the Matterhorn (1947), won Academy Awards. His feature film output, however, was not particularly successful, and in the 1950s he and producer Albert R. Broccoli formed Warwick Films in Great Britain to produce films there.

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Film Production

Director:
1941  Forty Boys and a Song
1946  Avalanche
1946  Strange Voyage
1947  Climbing the Matterhorn
1947  High Conquest
1948  16 Fathoms Deep
1949  Chase of Death
1951  Slaughter Trail
1961  The Hellions

Executive Producer:
1941  Forty Boys and a Song
1946  Avalanche
1946  Strange Voyage
1947  Climbing the Matterhorn
1947  High Conquest
1948  16 Fathoms Deep
1949  Chase of Death
1951  Slaughter Trail
1955  A Prize of Gold
1960  The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1961  The Hellions
1970  Eyewitness
1975  Matt Helm

Producer:
1941  Forty Boys and a Song
1946  Avalanche
1946  Strange Voyage
1947  Climbing the Matterhorn
1947  High Conquest
1948  16 Fathoms Deep
1949  Chase of Death
1949  The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1951  New Mexico
1951  Slaughter Trail
1953  The Red Beret
1954  The Black Knight
1955  A Prize of Gold
1956  April in Portugal
1956  Safari
1957  Fire Down Below
1957  High Flight
1957  Interpol
1958  Tank Force!
1959  Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959  The Bandit Of Zhobe
1960  The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1961  The Hellions
1964  The Long Ships
1965  Genghis Khan
1966  Murderers' Row
1966  The Silencers
1967  The Ambushers
1968  Hammerhead
1968  The Wrecking Crew
1969  The Desperados
1970  Cromwell
1970  Eyewitness
1975  Matt Helm

Writer:
1941  Forty Boys and a Song
1946  Avalanche
1946  Strange Voyage
1947  Climbing the Matterhorn
1947  High Conquest
1948  16 Fathoms Deep
1949  Chase of Death
1949  The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1951  New Mexico
1951  Slaughter Trail
1953  The Red Beret
1954  The Black Knight
1955  A Prize of Gold
1956  April in Portugal
1956  Safari
1957  Fire Down Below
1957  High Flight
1957  Interpol
1958  Tank Force!
1959  Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959  The Bandit Of Zhobe
1960  The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1961  The Hellions
1964  The Long Ships
1965  Genghis Khan
1966  Murderers' Row
1966  The Silencers
1967  The Ambushers
1968  Hammerhead
1968  The Wrecking Crew
1969  The Desperados
1970  Cromwell
1970  Eyewitness
1975  Matt Helm

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