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Richard Allan was an American actor and singer who was active in the entertainment industry from the 1940s to the 1970s. He was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, and began his career as a singer in the 1940s. He appeared in several films, including The Big Sleep (1946), The Big Combo (1955), and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). He also appeared in television shows such as The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Donna Reed Show, and The Rifleman.
In addition to his acting career, Allan was also a successful songwriter. He wrote the song "The Big Sleep" for the 1946 film of the same name, and also wrote the song "The Man Who Knew Too Much" for the 1956 film of the same name.
Allan passed away in Los Angeles, California, on April 8, 2020, at the age of 96. He is survived by his wife, two sons, and two grandchildren.
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Richard Mann Allan |
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actor,soundtrack |
Age |
76 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
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22 June, 1923 |
Birthday |
22 June |
Birthplace |
Jacksonville, Illinois, USA |
Date of death |
6 September, 1999 |
Died Place |
Prospect, Kentucky, USA |
Nationality |
United States |
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According to Laura Wagner in her Spring 2013 issue of Films of the Golden Age, Richard started taking dance lessons at age 7 and was inspired by the fancy cinematic footwork of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to pursue a career.
In the late 1980s, he moved to Prospect, Kentucky to be closer to his brother Robert Jr.
In 1964, a middle-aged Allan began earning a living as a masseur, and Kim Novak had initially recommended his masseur services to people in the entertainment industry. Over time, he had developed a clientele that had no connections to show business. He also stopped having any contact with show business people, including former friends Jeffrey Hunter and his then-wife Barbara Rush, explaining that "When you aren't successful, people just aren't comfortable with having you around".
However, when Ciro's closed its doors as a nitery for the last time in 1961, it also took down its prominent marquee that had "Hartman & Allan", thus ending Allan's career as an entertainer.
When it seemed like Tony Curtis might not be available to do The Defiant Ones (1958), the producers approached him wanting a Curtis lookalike, but Allan retorted "Tell them to call me when they want someone who looks like Richard Allan". (Curtis later did become available to take the role, for which he earned his sole Academy Award nomination. ) Since Hollywood had nothing to offer him, Allan felt he had no choice but to take German star Caterina Valente's offer to come to Germany and act with her in several films.
Nevertheless, he spent the next few years at Fox testing for many leads, but only securing small uncredited roles, such as when he was turned down for the lead role in The Egyptian (1954) which went to Edmund Purdom only to end up with a uncredited bit role. His career never went further at Fox, and he blamed "lousy, lousy management". The disappointing years at Fox took its toll on him. He was doing a hat dance with a star for a film, but the star found it too difficult to perform, so Fox had wanted to photograph Allan from a distance to accommodate the star. He refused, and the studio retaliated by dropping his contract.
He had signed a contract with Twentieth Century Fox (hereinafter Fox), and they cast him as Marilyn Monroe's passionate lover who tries to kill her husband for her in Niagara (1953).
The film became a hit and he was on the movie's poster with Monroe, and he won a Photoplay citation as "One of America's Most Promising Newcomers" in 1953. "Niagara" remains his best known role.
She had first seem him dance in The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) and thought he had potential. He remained there long enough to make a few more films with other actors. Eventually, he returned to Hollywood where he teamed with Diane Hartman in a popular nightclub act called "Hartman & Allan", where they performed at Ciro's nightclub in Los Angeles.
His tall, dark and handsome looks landed him a job as a double for Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun (1951), where Clift complimented him by saying that he should have been the star. However, Allan would spend his entire film career being overshadowed by his more famous leading ladies.
Broke into films singing and dancing in 20th Century Fox musicals films in the early 1950s. His career never got off the ground and later found work in transcontinental (German and French) features.
He danced with Esther Williams in Neptune's Daughter (1949) and Duchess of Idaho (1950) and with Betty Grable in Wabash Avenue (1950), My Blue Heaven (1950), and Call Me Mister (1951), with Ava Gardner in The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), with Academy Award winner Susan Hayward in With a Song in My Heart (1952), and with Mitzi Gaynor in Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952).
Once that ended, he immediately landed another job, in the 1948 Los Angeles production of "Naughty Marietta" where he danced. He stayed behind in Los Angeles, determined to get into the movies.
Immediately upon his discharge from service, he went to New York City to audition professionally for the first time in the Broadway musical "The Red Mill" (1945). He landed a speaking part and stayed for its entire Broadway and national tour.
Richard Mann Allan was born in Jacksonville, Illinois on June 22, 1923 to a farmer father Robert and a dietitian mother Edna. He grew up with two brothers, Edward and Robert Jr. and a sister Catherine. He began taking dance classes when he was seven years old, and he also loved going to see Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. He partnered up with a little girl from his dancing class to do their own version of Fred and Ginger dances and became popular locally. He grew up to become a well-known dancer-singer-actor in Jacksonville. He then earned a scholarship to the University of Illinois, where he joined the Theatre Arts Department. However, he was soon drafted to the army unit in Italy where he was assigned the officers' laundry detail.