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Heck Allen

Known for

Writing

Born

September 12, 1912

Birthplace

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Died

October 26, 1991 (aged 79)

Biography

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, K...

Best known work

Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold
1969
The Tall Men
The Tall Men
1955
King-Size Canary
King-Size Canary
1947
Northwest Hounded Police
Northwest Hounded Police
1946
Who Killed Who?
Who Killed Who?
1943
Screwball Squirrel
Screwball Squirrel
1944
Swing Shift Cinderella
Swing Shift Cinderella
1945
Deputy Droopy
Deputy Droopy
1955
The Cat That Hated People
The Cat That Hated People
1948
The House of Tomorrow
The House of Tomorrow
1949

Filmography

  1. 1991

    Into the Badlands

    Short Story

  2. 1988

  3. 1969

  4. 1969

  5. 1968

  6. 1959

  7. 1956

  8. 1956

    The River Changes

    as The Leader

  9. 1955

  10. 1955

  11. 1955

  12. 1955

  13. 1955

  14. 1955

  15. 1954

  16. 1954

  17. 1954

  18. 1954

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  20. 1954

  21. 1953

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  25. 1953

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