Hugh Allan (actor)

{{Short description|American actor}}

{{Infobox actor

|name = Hugh Allan

|image = Hugh Allan, 1930.jpg

|caption = Hugh Allan in 1930

|birth_date = {{birth date|1903|11|5}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|1997|2|12|1903|11|5}}

|birth_place = Oakland, California

|birth_name = Allan Hughes

|resting_place = Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis

}}

Hugh Allan (born Allan Hughes; November 5, 1903{{snd}}February 12, 1997){{Citation needed |date=September 2021}} was an American actor. He had several lead roles. He was born Allan Abram Hughes in Oakland, California.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N4WhCAAAQBAJ&dq=hugh+allan+actor+silent+film&pg=PA8|title=The Sound of Silence: Conversations with 16 Film and Stage Personalities Who Bridged the Gap Between Silents and Talkies|first=Michael G.|last=Ankerich|date=December 14, 2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786485345|via=}}

After graduating from Freemont High School in Oakland in 1923, Allan worked in San Francisco for the Cunard Line. After that job, he had his first employment with the film industry, working as secretary to the producer of Hollywood Photoplay Productions. He also was a film cutter and an assistant cameraman before he appeared on camera, in a bit part in a Richard Talmadge film. After he had small roles in two other films, First National Pictures gave him a five-year contract.{{cite news |title=Cevil De Mille Is Signing New Beauty |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/145251464/ |access-date=April 12, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 8, 1925 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412211034/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/145251464/ |archive-date=April 12, 2024 |page=27|via = Newspapers.com }}

Allan married Lou Williamson. He died in Memphis in 1997. He is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.{{Citation needed |date=September 2021}}