Henry Wilson Allen ( Eng. Henry Wilson Allen ; September 12, 1912 - October 26, 1991 ) is an American writer and screenwriter . Western novels were published under the pseudonyms Will Henry and Clay Fisher, and in the credits for films he was referred to as Heck Allen and Henry Allen.
| Henry Wilson Allen | |
|---|---|
| Aliases | and |
| Date of Birth | September 12, 1912 (106 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Kansas City ( Missouri , USA ) |
| Date of death | |
| A place of death | |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Occupation | prose writer , screenwriter |
Biography
Henry Allen was born in Kansas City (Missouri) . He worked as a groom, seller, prospector. In 1937, he became a screenwriter in the animation division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , for a long time he collaborated with animation director Tex Avery .
In 1952, Allen published his first Western novel. He published more than fifty novels, eight of which were filmed. Most novels are published under the pseudonyms Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen was a five-time winner of the Spur Award for Best Western.
Died of pneumonia in ( Los Angeles , California).
Books
- 1952 - No Survivors
- 1952 - Red Blizzard
- 1952 - War Bonnet
- 1952 - Santa Fe Passage
- 1954 - Death of a Legend
- 1954 - The Tall Men
- 1954 - Yellow Hair
- 1955 - Who Rides with Wyatt
- 1955 - Red Brother and White
- 1955 - The Big Pasture
- 1955 - To Follow a Flag
- 1955 - The Brass Command
- 1956 - The Fourth Horseman
- 1956 - The North Star
- 1956 - The Blue Mustang
- 1957 - The Texas Rangers
- 1958 - Dull Knife
- 1959 - Yellowstone Kelly
- 1960 - The Seven Men at Mimbres Springs
- 1960 - River of Decision
- 1961 - Nino
- 1961 - Return of the Tall Man
- 1962 - The Feleen Brand
- 1962 - From Where the Sun Now Stands
- 1963 - Mackenna's Gold
- 1963 - Journey to Shiloh
- 1964 - Valley of the Bear
- 1964 - The Legend of Apache Kid
- 1965 - In the Land of the Mandans
- 1965 - The Pitchfork Patrol
- 1966 - The Gates of the Mountains
- 1967 - The Last Warpath
- 1968 - Sons of the Western Frontier
- 1968 - Genesis five
- 1968 - One More River to Cross
- 1968 - Custer's Last Stand: The Story of the Battle of the Little Big Horn
- 1969 - Outlaws and Legends
- 1969 - Alias Butch Cassidy
- 1970 - Maheo's Children: The Legend of Little Dried River
- 1972 - Starbuck
- 1972 - Outcasts of Canyon Creek
- 1973 - Chiricahua
- 1973 - The Apache Kid
- 1974 - The Raiders
- 1974 - The Bear Paw Horses
- 1974 - Crossing
- 1974 - Apache Ransom
- 1975 - Sex and Pain
- 1976 - I Tom Horn
- 1976 - From Where the Twilight Zone
- 1976 - Black Apache
- 1978 - Summer of the Gun
- 1983 - The Squaw Killers
- 1983 - Seven Legends West
- 1984 - The Ballad of Billy Bonney
- 1988 - Day Fort Larking Fell
- 1989 - Reckoning at Yankee Flat
- 1991 - Pillars of the Sky
- 1992 - Frontier Fury
- 1996 - San Juan Hill
- 1996 - Jesse James: Death of a Legend
- 1996 - The Crossing
- 1999 - The Hunting of Tom Horn
- 1999 - Custer
- 2002 - The Legend of Sotoju Mountain
- 2003 - Winter Shadows
- 2003 - The Legend of the Mountain
- 2004 - The Hunkpapa Scout
- 2006 - Medicine Road
- 2006 - Black Apache
- 2007 - Summer of the Drums
- 2007 - The Pitchfork Patrol
- 2007 - Blind Canon)
Filmography
Cartoons
- 1942 - Wild Honey
- 1944 - Screwball Squirrel
- 1944 - Happy-Go-Nutty
- 1944 - Big Heel-Watha
- 1945 - The Screwy Truant
- 1945 - Jerky Turkey
- 1945 - The Shooting of Dan McGoo
- 1945 - Swing Shift Cinderella
- 1945 - Wild and Woolfy
- 1946 - Lonesome Lenny
- 1946 - The Hick Chick
- 1946 - Northwest Hounded Police
- 1946 - Henpecked Hoboes
- 1947 - Hound Hunters
- 1947 - Red Hot Rangers
- 1947 - Uncle Tom's Cabaña
- 1947 - Slap Happy Lion
- 1947 - Very Large Canary / King-Size Canary
- 1948 - What Price Fleadom
- 1948 - Half-Pint Pygmy
- 1948 - Wet Blanket Policy
- 1948 - Dog Tax Dodgers
- 1948 - The Cat That Hated People
- 1948 - Wild and Woody!
- 1949 - Scrappy Birthday
- 1949 - Drooler's Delight
- 1951 - Puny Express
- 1951 - Sleep Happy
- 1951 - Slingshot 6-7 / 8
- 1952 - Lullaby for the Bear / Rock-a-Bye Bear
- 1952 - Caballero Droopy
- 1952 - Busybody Bear
- 1953 - Barney's Hungry Cousin
- 1953 - Cobs and Robbers
- 1953 - Little Johnny Jet
- 1953 - Heir Bear
- 1953 - Tomorrow Television / TV of Tomorrow
- 1953 - Wee-Willie Wildcat
- 1953 - Half-Pint Palomino
- 1953 - The Three Little Pups, The
- 1954 - Drag-A-Long Droopy
- 1954 - The Impossible Possum
- 1954 - Billy Boy
- 1954 - Sleepy-Time Squirrel
- 1954 - Homesteader Droopy
- 1954 - Bird-Brain Bird Dog
- 1954 - Farm of Tomorrow
- 1954 - The Flea Circus
- 1954 - Dixieland Droopy
- 1955 - Field and Scream
- 1955 - The First Bad Man
- 1955 - Sergeant Droopy
- 1955 - Cellbound
- 1965 - Tom and Jerry
Feature films
- 1955 - Santa Fe Passage
- 1955 - The Tough Guys / The Tall Men
- 1956 - Pillars of the Sky
- 1959 - Yellowstone Kelly
- 1968 - Journey to Shiloh
- 1969 - Mackenna's Gold
- 1969 - Young Billy Young
- 1991 - Into the Badlands
- 1996 - North Star
Notes
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Internet Speculative Fiction Database - 1995.
Links
- Henry Wilson Allen on the Internet Movie Database
- Obituary at The New York Times