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William Alland

Production · 1916–1997 · Delmar, Delaware, USA

Biography

William Alland was an American actor, film producer and writer, mainly of Western and science-fiction/monster films, including This Island Earth, It Came From Outer Space, Tarantula!, The Deadly Mantis, The Mole People, The Colossus of New York, The Space Children, and the three Creature from the Black Lagoon films.

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Filmography

2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesSelf - Actor (archive footage)
2013Too Much JohnsonEditor
1996The Battle Over Citizen KaneSelf
1991The Complete 'Citizen Kane'"News on the March" narrator
1973F for FakeSelf
1966The Rare BreedProducer
1966The Deadly MantisWriter
1961Look in Any WindowDirector
1958Raw Wind in EdenProducer
1958The Party CrashersStory
1958The Colossus of New YorkProducer
1958The Space ChildrenProducer
1958The Lady Takes a FlyerProducer
1957The Land UnknownProducer
1957The Deadly MantisStory
1956Gun for a CowardProducer
1956The Mole PeopleProducer
1956The Creature Walks Among UsProducer
1955TarantulaProducer
1955This Island EarthProducer
1955Chief Crazy HorseProducer
1955Revenge of the CreatureStory
1954Four Guns to the BorderProducer
1954Dawn at SocorroProducer
1954Johnny DarkProducer
1954Creature from the Black LagoonProducer
1953The Stand at Apache RiverProducer
1953It Came from Outer SpaceProducer
1952The Lawless BreedStory
1952The RaidersProducer
1952The Black CastleProducer
1952Flesh and FuryStory
1951Cave of OutlawsAssociate Producer
1948MacbethSecond Murderer
1947The Lady from ShanghaiReporter (uncredited)
1947Riff-RaffTrumpy - Man in Cell (uncredited)
1942The Falcon Takes OverReporter (Uncredited)
1941Tom, Dick and HarryNewsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1941Citizen KaneJerry Thompson/Narrator
1939The Green Goddess

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