Irwin Allen
Film producer (1916-1991) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 75
Irwin Allen was an American film and television producer and director, known for his work in science fiction, then later as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. His most successful productions were The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974).
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Alice in WonderlandSeries, Producer1983
Cave-In!Film, Producer1982
Aliens From Another PlanetFilm, Director, Writer1979
Hanging by a ThreadSeries, Producer
Beyond the Poseidon AdventureFilm, 1979Director, Producer1978
Ciné regardsSeries1977
Fire!Film, Producer1975
The Swiss Family RobinsonSeries, Creator, Producer
Adventures of the QueenFilm, 1975Writer, Producer1974
The Towering InfernoFilm, Producer1971Film '72Series
City Beneath the SeaFilm, 1971Director, Writer1968
Land of the GiantsSeries, Director, Writer1966
The Time TunnelSeries, Director, Writer1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaSeries, Director, Writer1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries
Five Weeks in a BalloonFilm, 1962Director, Writer1960
The Lost WorldFilm, Director, Writer1959
The Big CircusFilm, Writer, Producer1956
The Animal WorldFilm, Director, Writer1953Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature FilmAward
The Sea Around UsFilm, 1953Director, Writer1916Born12 June 1916People around Irwin
Peter Lorre Irwin produced Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
Red Buttons Irwin produced The Poseidon Adventure (1973)
Ernest Borgnine Irwin produced The Poseidon Adventure (1973)
Vincent Price Irwin produced Dangerous Mission (1954)
Henry Daniell Irwin produced Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
John Crawford Irwin produced The Towering Inferno (1975)
James Darren Irwin directed City Beneath the Sea (1971)
Angela Cartwright Irwin directed Lost in Space
Paul Newman Irwin produced The Towering Inferno (1975)
William Holden Irwin produced The Towering Inferno (1975)
Richard Basehart Irwin directed City Beneath the Sea (1971)
Veronica Hamel Irwin directed Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
Michael Caine Irwin directed Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
Groucho Marx Irwin produced The Story of Mankind (1957)
Richard Chamberlain Irwin produced The Towering Inferno (1975)
José Ferrer Irwin produced The Swarm (1979)
Robert Wagner Irwin produced The Towering Inferno (1975)
Claude Rains Irwin directed The Lost World (1960)
Roddy McDowall Irwin produced The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Cedric Hardwicke Irwin produced Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
Slim Pickens Irwin directed Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
William Bendix Irwin produced Dangerous Mission (1954)
George E. Stone Irwin directed The Story of Mankind (1957)
Richard Haydn Irwin produced The Lost World (1960)
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The Poseidon Adventure 1972
The Towering Inferno 1974
The Lost World 1960
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961
Filmography 30
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Television 11
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He also created and produced the popular 1960s science-fiction television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, and Land of the Giants.
