Ted Allan(1916-1995)

Writer
Actor
Script and Continuity Department

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Ted Allan was born on 26 January 1916 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was a writer and actor, known for Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990), It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980) and Lies My Father Told Me (1975). He was married to Kate Schwartz. He died on 29 June 1995 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
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Known for

Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)

Bethune: The Making of a Hero

6.4

Writer

1990

It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980)

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

4.1

Writer

1980

Lies My Father Told Me (1975)

Lies My Father Told Me

6.7

Writer

1975

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

Oh! What a Lovely War

7.0

Writer

1969

Credits

Writer

Bethune: The Making of a Hero
6.4
- novel
- written by
- 1990
Love Streams
7.6
- play
- screenplay
- 1984
Falling in Love Again
5.0
- screenplay
- 1980
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
4.1
- screenplay
- 1980
To theatro tis Defteras
8.2
TV Series
- Writer
- 1977
Lies My Father Told Me
6.7
- screenplay
- story
- 1975
7 fois... par jour
3.6
- original story
- 1971
Oh! What a Lovely War
7.0
- after a stage treatment by
- 1969
Armchair Theatre
7.5
TV Series
- writer
- adaptation
- play
- 1961–1969
Half Hour Story
7.5
TV Series
- writer
- 1968
The Legend of Pepito
TV Movie
- play
- 1967
Love Story
7.1
TV Series
- writer
- 1964
The Webster Boy
6.9
- screenplay
- 1962
Quest
8.4
TV Series
- based on play 'The Secret of the World'
- 1961
Lies My Father Told Me
7.4
- screenplay
- story
- 1960

Actor

Script and Continuity Department

Personal details

Alternative name
- Ted Allen
Born
- January 26, 1916
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died
- June 29, 1995
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada(respiratory failure)
Spouse
- Kate SchwartzSeptember 5, 1938 - 1957 (separated, 2 children)
Other works
(June 2 to July 3, 1966) He provided stage treatment for Joan Littlewood and Charles Chilton's musical, "Oh What a Lovely War," at The Arena Stage Theatre in Washington D.C. with Pierrots, Jane Alexander, Alexandra Berlin, Sue Driesen, April Shawhan, Conrad Bromberg, David Congdon, Ronny Cox, Ted D'Arms, Dana Elcar, Robert Foxworth, James Kenny, Robert Prosky, George Reinholt, Jack Ryland and Richard Venture in the cast. Raymond Fletcher was military advisor. Cyril Ornadel was composer. Leslie Bricusse was lyricist. Robin Wagner was set designer. Marjorie Slaiman was costume designer. George Manos was musical director. Edward Parone was director. Zelda Fichlander was producer.

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Trivia
Canadian-Jewish playwright and screenwriter. During the 1930's, worked in Montreal as a journalist for the leftist Canadian publication The Daily Clarion. In 1937, Allan joined the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion to fight fascism during the Spanish Civil War.

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