Citizen Kane
1941
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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 from the Black Lagoon films.
William Alland. Actor: Citizen Kane. Born in Delmar, DE, William Alland began his show-biz career as an actor with a semi-professional Baltimore troupe. Arriving in Manhattan with $25, "a paper suitcase" and the ambition to work on Broadway, he took courses and acted at the Henry Street Settlement House, where he met "boy wonder" Orson Welles, then on the eve of forming his Mercury Theatre group.
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- Delmar, Delaware, USA
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- Long Beach, California, USA
William Alland was an actor, producer and pilot who worked with Orson Welles on stage, radio and film. He played the reporter Thompson in Citizen Kane (1941) and produced sci-fi and Western movies in the 1950s.
- March 4, 1916
- November 11, 1997
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William Alland, actor and film producer: born Delmar, Delaware 4 March 1916; married (two sons, one daughter); died Long Beach, California 11 November 1997.
Nov 12, 1997 · William Alland Obit Robert and Marcia remember the life and career of movie producer and radio actor William Alland. Alland died on Monday at the age of 81. He produced 28 films, including "It ...
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 23, 2009 · As William Alland related the story to both John McCarty and film historian Tom Weaver, Alland was having dinner at Orson Welles house in Hollywood, with Dolores Del Rio, Welles and the Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa (who shot Del Rio in beautiful Toland style for John Ford’s The Fugitive). It was probably in late 1941 or early 1942.
