Alland, William, 1916-1997

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Name (Latin)
Alland, William, 1916-1997
Other forms of name
Alland, William, 1916-
Date of birth
1916-03-04
Date of death
1997-11-11
Field of activity
Acting
Motion picture authorship
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Television authorship
Television--Production and direction
Occupation
Television producers and directors
Actors
Motion picture producers and directors
Screenwriters
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 5122331
Wikidata: Q925872
Library of congress: no2002105268
CMA10: 000064932
Sources of Information
  • Citizen Kane, 1941:cast credits (William Alland)
  • Internet Movie Database, Nov. 19, 2002(William Alland, b. 4 March 1916, Delmar, Delaware; d. 11 November 1997, Long Beach, Calif.; bit-part actor; Peabody Award-winning producer of radio's "Doorway to Life"; movie producer of mostly sci-fi films and Westerns at Universal-International in the 1950s)
  • It came from outer space, 1953:title frame (producer, William Alland)
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Wikipedia description:

William Alland (March 4, 1916 – November 11, 1997) was an American actor, film producer and writer, mainly of Western and science-fiction/monster films, including This Island Earth, It Came From Outer Space, Tarantula!, The Deadly Mantis, The Mole People, The Colossus of New York, The Space Children, and the three Creature from the Black Lagoon films. He worked frequently with director Jack Arnold. Alland is also remembered for his acting role as reporter Thompson, who investigates the meaning of "Rosebud" in Orson Welles's Citizen Kane (1941).

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