Heck Allen

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    Henry Wilson Allen, Henry Allen, Will Henry, Clay Fisher

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Wilson "Heck" Allen (September 12, 1912 – October 26, 1991) was an American author and screenwriter. He used several different pseudonyms for his works. His 50+ novels of the American West were published under the pen names Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen's screenplays and scripts for animated shorts were credited to Heck Allen and Henry Allen. In 1937 Allen began working as a contract screenwriter for MGM animation division. While his early work was for Harman and Ising's Barney Bear series, his longest collaboration was with director Tex Avery. Allen was credited as story artist on many classic Avery shorts, included Swing Shift Cinderella, King-Size Canary, and The First Bad Man, among many others. Allen downplayed his contributions to the shorts, claiming that Avery merely used him as a sounding board for his own ideas. Allen's career as a novelist began in 1952, with the publication of his first Western No Survivors. Allen, afraid that the studio would disapprove of his moonlighting, used a pen name to avoid trouble. He would go on to publish over 50 novels, eight of which were adapted for the screen. Most of these were published under one or the other of the pseudonyms Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen was a five-time winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America and a recipient of the Levi Strauss Award for lifetime achievement.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1912-09-12
  • event Death Date 1991-10-26
  • school Known for: Writing
  • star Popularity: 4.1
  • info Birth Place Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Heck Allen

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Half-Pint Palomino

1953-09-26

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The Three Little Pups

1953-12-26

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The Tall Men

1955-09-22

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Pillars of the Sky

1956-09-14

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Young Billy Young

1969-10-15

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Mackenna's Gold

1969-03-18

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Swing Shift Cinderella

1945-08-25

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The Cat That Hated People

1948-11-20

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The Screwy Truant

1945-01-13

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Northwest Hounded Police

1946-08-03

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Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection

2007-05-15

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Lonesome Lenny

1946-03-09

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The Bear That Couldn't Sleep

1939-06-10

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Screwball Squirrel

1944-04-01

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King-Size Canary

1947-12-06

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Journey to Shiloh

1968-05-10

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T.V. of Tomorrow

1953-06-06

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Wet Blanket Policy

1948-08-27

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Wild and Woody!

1948-12-31

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Into the Badlands

1991-07-24

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Scrappy Birthday

1949-02-11

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Uncle Tom's Cabana

1947-07-19

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Hound Hunters

1947-04-12

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Big Heel-Watha

1944-10-21

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The Hick Chick

1946-06-15

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Red Hot Rangers

1947-05-03

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Rock-a-Bye Bear

1952-07-12

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Little Johnny Jet

1953-04-18

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Billy Boy

1954-05-08

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The Farm of Tomorrow

1954-09-18

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The Flea Circus

1954-11-06

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Field and Scream

1955-04-30

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The First Bad Man

1955-09-30

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Cellbound

1955-11-25

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Half-Pint Pygmy

1948-08-07

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Jerky Turkey

1945-04-07

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Dixieland Droopy

1954-12-04

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Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3

2021-10-05

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Yellowstone Kelly

1959-11-11

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Santa Fe Passage

1955-05-12

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Sleepy-Time Squirrel

1954-06-19

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Drag-A-Long Droopy

1954-02-20

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Who Killed Who?

1943-06-19

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Wild Honey, or, How to Get Along Without a Ration Book

1942-11-06

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Wee-Willie Wildcat

1953-06-20

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Cleaning House

1938-02-19

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Henpecked Hoboes

1946-10-26

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The Shooting of Dan McGoo

1945-04-14

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Heir Bear

1953-05-29

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Slap Happy Lion

1947-09-20

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Wild and Woolfy

1945-11-03

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Barney's Hungry Cousin

1953-01-31

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Caballero Droopy

1952-09-27

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Cobs and Robbers

1953-03-14

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Busybody Bear

1952-12-20

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Deputy Droopy

1955-10-28

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Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1

2020-02-18

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Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2

2020-12-15