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William Alland (March 4, 1916 – November 11, 1997) [citation needed] was an American actor, film producer and writer, mainly of Western and science-fiction/monster films, including This Island Earth, It Came From Outer Space, Tarantula!, The Deadly Mantis, The Mole People, The Colossus of New York, The Space Children, and the three Creature ...
Born March 4, 1916. Died November 11, 1997 (81) Add to list. Known for. Citizen Kane. 8.3. Jerry Thompson. 1941. Creature from the Black Lagoon. 6.9. Producer. 1954. The Lively Set. 5.7. Producer. 1964. The Deadly Mantis. 5.1. Producer. 1957. Credits. Edit. Producer30.
- January 1, 1
- Delmar, Delaware, USA
- January 1, 1
- Long Beach, California, USA
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William Alland. Jump to Edit. Overview. Born. March 4, 1916 · Delmar, Delaware, USA. Died. November 11, 1997 · Long Beach, California, USA (heart disease) Nickname. Bill. Mini Bio. Born in Delmar, DE, William Alland began his show-biz career as an actor with a semi-professional Baltimore troupe.
- March 4, 1916
- November 11, 1997
Producer William Alland was attending a dinner party during the filming of Orson Welles ' Citizen Kane (in which Alland played the reporter Thompson) in 1941 when Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa told him about the myth of a race of half-fish, half-human creatures in the Amazon River.
Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold, from a screenplay by Harry Essex and Arthur Ross and a story by Maurice Zimm. It stars Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, and Whit Bissell.
- $1,300,000
- Universal-International
Nov 13, 1997 · William Alland, radio actor and film producer best known for his work with Orson Welles’ Mercury Theater and the classic film “Citizen Kane,” has died. He was 81. Alland died Tuesday in Long...
Nov 13, 1997 · Longtime film producer and radio actor William Alland, who appeared as the inquiring reporter and narrator of “Citizen Kane” in 1941, died Monday in Long Beach from complications of heart...
