Life and career

Allen was born in Chickasha

Chickasha, Oklahoma

Chickasha is a city in and the county seat, business and employment center of Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 15,850 at the 2000 census. Chickasha is home to the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma and hosts an annual Festival of Light celebration located at...

, the seat of Grady County, Oklahoma

Grady County, Oklahoma

Grady County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2006, the population was 50,490. Its county seat is Chickasha.Grady County is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

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Allen was known for his supporting role as the 31-year-old "Slats" in the 1959-1960 NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 adventure

Adventure

An adventure is defined as an exciting or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome. The term is often used to refer to activities with some potential for physical danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing and or participating in extreme sports...

/drama

Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

 television series The Troubleshooters

The Troubleshooters (1959 TV series)

The Troubleshooters is a 26-segment half-hour adventure series starring Keenan Wynn as Kodiak and Bob Mathias as Frank Dugan, which aired new episodes on NBC Television from September 11, 1959, to April 10, 1960. Based on unusual events at international construction sites, the program was...

with costars Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn was an American character actor. His bristling mustache and expressive face were his stock in trade, and though he rarely had a lead role, he got prominent billing in most of his film and TV parts....

 (1916–1986) and Bob Mathias

Bob Mathias

Robert Bruce "Bob" Mathias was an American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, actor and United States Congressman representing the state of California.-Early life and athletic career:...

 (1930–2006). The half-hour, black-and-white

Black-and-white

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 program was about unusual events, usually of a rescue nature, regarding an international construction company. Forrest Compton

Forrest Compton

Forrest Compton is an American actor. He has appeared in many television series and films but is by far best known as attorney Mike Karr, the central character on the long-running soap opera The Edge of Night, on which he appeared from 1970 - 84...

 and the stunt actor

Stunt actor

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 Carey Loftin

Carey Loftin

Carey Loftin was an American actor and stuntman. One of his most famous roles was as the truck driver in Steven Spielberg's Duel, although his face was never seen...

 (1914–1997) also appeared in the 26-week series.

He was an art

Art

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 director for the films The Delinquents (1957), The Magic Bond (1956), and Honeymoon for Harriet (1950). In 1964, Allen, at thirty-six, made his last acting appearance as a hoodlum

Hoodlum

Hoodlum is a 1997 crime film that gives a fictionalized account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s...

 in the film

Film

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, Robin and the Seven Hoods. In 1987, he was production designer for the USA network

USA Network

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 film, P.K. and the Kid, starring Molly Ringwald

Molly Ringwald

Molly Kathleen Ringwald is an American actress, singer and dancer. Having appeared in the John Hughes movies Sixteen Candles , The Breakfast Club , and Pretty in Pink , Ringwald has been frequently named the greatest teen star of all time...

 in the role of P.K. Bayette. The picture was filmed around Glenwood Springs

Glenwood Springs, Colorado

The City of Glenwood Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimated that the city population was 8,564 in 2005...

, Colorado

Colorado

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