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Lewis Allen

English film and television director (1905-2000) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 94

Lewis Allen was a British director whose credits included classic television series and a diverse range of films. Allen worked mainly in the United States, working on Broadway and directing 18 feature films between 1944 and 1959.

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2000Died3 May 20001984Persistence of VisionFilm, Narrator1974Little House on the PrairieSeries, Director1970Dan AugustSeries, Director1967The Guns of Will SonnettSeries, Director1965The Big ValleySeries, Director1964The RoguesSeries, Director1963Decision at MidnightFilm, Director1961The Dick Powell ShowSeries, Director1960Route 66Series, Director1959WhirlpoolFilm, Director1958The RiflemanSeries, DirectorAnother Time, Another PlaceFilm, 1958Director, Producer1957Alcoa TheatreSeries, Director1956Every Man Has Two WivesFilm, Director1955Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries, Director1954SuddenlyFilm, Director1952At Sword's PointFilm, Director1951ValentinoFilm, Director1950Appointment with DangerFilm, Director1948Sealed VerdictFilm, Director1947Desert FuryFilm, Director1946The Imperfect LadyFilm, Director1944Our Hearts Were Young and GayFilm, Director1943Freedom Comes HighFilm, Director1905Born25 December 1905

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  • The Uninvited 1944
  • Illegal 1955
  • Suddenly 1954

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Filmography 24

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Television 24

About this person

From the mid-1950s he moved increasingly into television and worked on a number of the most popular shows of the time in the US.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 2000 · aged 94

In the same film or series as Lewis

Barry NelsonAlso in Every Man Has Two Wives (1956)Anne JeffreysAlso in Those Endearing Young Charms (1945)Blanche YurkaAlso in At Sword's Point (1952)Raymond HuntleyAlso in So Evil My Love (1948)Muriel PavlowAlso in Whirlpool (1959)