Alfred Allen (actor)

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| name = Alfred Allen

| image = Alfred Allen.jpg

| image_size = 190px

| caption = Moving Picture World, 1919

| birth_date = {{birth date|1866|4|8}}{{cite book|last1=Herringshaw|first1=Thomas William|title=Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century: Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life who are Or Have Been the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States Since Its Formation ...|date=1904|publisher=American Publishers' Association|page=8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xxg7AQAAMAAJ&q=alfred+allen+jack+the+giant+killer&pg=PR5-IA19|accessdate=4 September 2016|language=en}}

| birth_place = Alfred, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|1947|6|17|1866|4|8}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California

| occupation = Film actor, author

| years_active = 1913–1935

}}

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Alfred Allen (April 8, 1866 – June 18, 1947) was an American silent film actor and author.

Early life

Allen was born in Alfred, New York. His parents were Jonathan Macomber Allen (1823-1892), president of Alfred University, and Abigail Ann (Maxson) Allen (1824-1894). Alfred's siblings were William (b. 1853), Eva (b. 1856), and May (b. 1860).{{cite web |title=Alfred O Allen PhD 28 August 1866 – 1947 • K8TT-GWR |url=https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8TT-GWR |website=www.familysearch.org |access-date=5 November 2022}}

He attended Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the New England Conservatory of Music and earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at Alfred University.{{cite book|last1=Katchmer|first1=George A.|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|date=2002|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609058|pages=4–5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22George+Chandler%22+actor&pg=PA72|accessdate=4 September 2016|language=en}}

Film

Allen was signed in 1915 and starred in 106 films before his retirement in 1935. (The reference book A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses says, "He entered pictures at Universal City in 1913" and adds that he "appeared in 69 features from 1916 through 1929.")