Fred Allen

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1894-05-31

Deathday 1956-03-17 (61 years old)

Place of Birth Cambridge - Massachusetts - USA

Also Known As John Florence Sullivan

Fred Allen

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Fred Allen (May 31, 1894 – March 17, 1956) was an American comedian whose absurdist, topically pointed radio show (1932–1949) made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the so-called classic era of American radio. His best-remembered gag was his long-running mock feud with friend and fellow comedian Jack Benny, but it was only part of his appeal; radio historian John Dunning (in On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio) wrote that Allen was radio's most admired comedian and most frequently censored. A master adlibber, Allen often tangled with his network's executives (and often barbed them on the air over the battles), while developing routines the style and substance of which influenced contemporaries and futures among comic talents, including Groucho Marx, Stan Freberg, Henry Morgan and Johnny Carson, but his fans also included President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and novelists William Faulkner, John Steinbeck and Herman Wouk (who began his career writing for Allen). Ironically, in view of his often barbed observations of the medium, Fred Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for contributions to television Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Allen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  

Known For

Actor

1971
The Great Radio Comedians

as Self (Archive footage)

1953
1952
O. Henry's Full House

as Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

1952
We're Not Married!

as Steve Gladwyn

1950
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1947
Is Everybody Listening?

as Fred Allen - Fred Allen Radio Program

1945
It's in the Bag!

as Fred Floogle

1940
Love Thy Neighbor

as Fred Allen

1940
Buck Benny Rides Again

as Fred Allen (voice)

1938
Sally, Irene and Mary

as Gabby Green

1935
Thanks a Million

as Ned Lyman

1930
The Still Alarm

as First Fireman

1929
The Installment Collector

as Newspaper Editor

Writer

1931
Success

as Writer