Lewis Allen

Lewis Allen

director, production manager, producer

Lewis Allen was born on Dec 25, 1905 in UK. Lewis Allen's big-screen debut came with The Uninvited directed by Lewis Allen in 1944. Lewis Allen is known for Decision at Midnight directed by Lewis Allen, Martin Landau stars as Nils and Nora Swinburne as Margaret. The upcoming new movie Lewis Allen plays is Decision at Midnight which will be released on May 13, 1965.

Born in England on Christmas Day, 1905, Lewis Allen first came on the show-biz scene when he was appointed executive in charge of West End and Broadway stage productions for famed impresario Gilbert Miller. Allen also co-directed some of the productions (including the celebrated "Victoria Regina" with Helen Hayes and Vincent Price) before he was lured to Hollywood by Paramount studio head Buddy G. DeSylva. La falaise mystérieuse (1944), based on Dorothy Macardle's best-selling novel, made for an auspicious directing debut; its success prompted an immediate follow-up, the suspense thriller L'Invisible Meurtrier (1945) (with a script by Raymond Chandler). Otherwise, his filmography leans heavily toward "tough guy" movies of the Alan Ladd-George Raft-Edward G. Robinson school. Allen also directed much TV (Perry Mason (1957), La grande vallée (1965), Mission impossible (1966), La petite maison dans la prairie (1974), many more).

  • Birthday

    Dec 25, 1905
  • Place of Birth

    Oakengates, Shropshire, England, UK