William Alland

Producer

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William Leon Alland

Birth Place

Delmar, Delaware, USA

Born

March 04, 1916

Died

November 10, 1997

Cause of Death

Complications From Heart Disease

Biography

A member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater, Alland played the inquiring reporter in "Citizen Kane" (1941) before turning to producing....

Filmography

Look In Any Window (1961)

The Lady from Shanghai (1948)

Reporter

Riffraff (1947)

Trumpie

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It Came From Outer Space (1953) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Nice Town

It Came From Outer Space (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Like Nothing We've Ever Seen

Biography

A member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater, Alland played the inquiring reporter in "Citizen Kane" (1941) before turning to producing.

Filmography

Life Events

1941

Film acting debut (also dialogue director), "Citizen Kane"

1941

Served in US Air Force during World War II

1952

Produced for Universal Pictures; first film as producer, "The Black Castle"

1959

Produced first TV show, "World of Giants"

1961

Sole directing credit (also producer), "Look in Any Window"

1973

Returned to acting with feature, "Verites et Mesonges"

Videos

It Came From Outer Space (1953) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Nice Town Richard Carlson narrates about his fictional town, working from writer Ray Bradbury’s only original material ever written for a movie, introducing himself and Barbara Rush, with many shots, including a big meteor, created for the original 3-D exhibition, opening It Came From Outer Space,1953.

It Came From Outer Space (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Like Nothing We've Ever Seen First to the scene of the meteor impact, writer and amateur astronomer John (Richard Carlson) has told his gal Ellen and chopper pilot Pete (Barbara Rush, Dave Willock) to hang back, as he gets a good look at more effects designed for the 3-D feature, from a Ray Bradbury story, in It Came From Outer Space,1953.

It Came From Outer Space (1953) -- (Movie Clip) The Desert Can Kill John (Richard Carlson) is getting public mockery and sympathy from only girlfriend Ellen (Barbara Rush) for his claims that he found a spaceship in the meteor crater now covered by an avalanche, stopping by a tree that spooked them the night before, with a trace of the alien’s trail, in It Came From Outer Space,1953.

It Came From Outer Space (1953) -- (Movie Clip) The Wind Gets In The Wires Not far from the site where the meteor landed, and where we know he really did see a spaceship, John (Richard Carlson) and girlfriend Ellen (Barbara Rush) visit with friendly electrical linemen George and Frank (Russell Johnson, Joe Sawyer), sharing more insight from the original Ray Bradbury story, in It Came From Outer Space,1953.

Tarantula (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Some Of These Big Brains Sheriff Andrews (Nestor Paiva) has persuaded M.D. Matt Hastings (John Agar) he needs to see a body found in the Arizona desert, soon identified by Prof. Deemer (Leo G. Carroll), early in Tarantula, 1955.

Tarantula (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Graduate Work In Biology Just introducing themselves after she's hitched a ride from town, Arizona doctor Matt (John Agar) has news for grad student "Steve" (Mara Corday), neither knowing of the weird work her new employer Deemer (Leo G. Carroll) is up to, in Tarantula, 1955.

Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Miracle Of Life Quick transit from the widest frame of reference to an improbable dig in Brazil, the opening narration from director Jack Arnold's Creature From The Black Lagoon, 1954, Antonio Moreno as Dr. Maia, also starring Richard Carlson and Julia Adams.

Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954) -- (Movie Clip) This Lungfish Dr. Maia (Antonio Moreno) shows off the strange hand he found in Brazil, David (Richard Carlson) sensing the opportunity, his boss Mark (Richard Denning) considering, researcher Kay (Julia Adams) in support, as Luis (Rodd Redwing) finds trouble back at the site, early in Creature From The Black Lagoon, 1954.

Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Crazy Kind Of Fishing As the music indicates, a scene at first focused on marine biologist Kay (Julia Adams) in her swimsuit suddenly reveals the title beast (swimmer Ricou Browning in the outfit), scientist boyfriend David (Richard Carlson) involved later, in Creature From The Black Lagoon, 1954.

F For Fake (1973) -- (Movie Clip) A Film About Trickery Orson Welles directs and performs his opening, the film begun with French documentarian Francois Reichenbach for the BBC, and the briefest introduction of his elusive subjects Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving, in F For Fake, 1973.

F For Fake (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Introducing Oja Kodar Prurient and fascinating, music by Michel Legrand, Orson Welles and his cameras committing mischief in Paris, entirely a digression from the broader subject of art and forgery, with an appearance by Laurence Harvey, in the high-brow documentary F For Fake, 1973.

Citizen Kane (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Like Any Other Marriage Now-retired Leland (Joseph Cotten) leads his interviewer into another famous flourish by writer, producer, director and title character Orson Welles, covering his first marriage to Emily (Ruth Warrick) in Citizen Kane, 1941.

Citizen Kane -- (Original Trailer) The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his life in this famous trailer for Citizen Kane (1941).

Rare Breed, The - (Original Trailer) In this Western with breeding, James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara fight to take a rare English bull to Texas in The Rare Breed (1966).

It Came From Outer Space - (Original Trailer) No one will believe an amateur astronomer when he says aliens have landed in It Came From Outer Space (1953), one of the best science fiction movies of the 1950's.

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