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Allyn Joslyn (1901–1981)

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Allyn Joslyn, the son of a Pennsylvania mining engineer, made his stage debut at 17. He was soon appearing regularly in Broadway productions, and headed for Hollywood in 1936, making his debut in They Won't Forget. His nervous, at times dyspeptic demeanor and somewhat aristocratic looks fit in with the pompous... See full bio »

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in Milford, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 79) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1973 The Brothers O'Toole
Sheriff Ed Hatfield
 
1964-1966 The Addams Family (TV series)
Sam L. Hilliard
– Addams Cum Laude (1966) … Sam L. Hilliard
– Gomez, the Politician (1964) … Sam L. Hilliard
– The Addams Family Goes to School (1964) … Sam L. Hilliard
 
1965 F Troop (TV series)
Colonel Parmenter
– Iron Horse Go Home (1965) … Colonel Parmenter
 
1965 Ben Casey (TV series)
– When Givers Prove Unkind (1965)
 
1965 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Mr. Fuller
– Kilroy: Part 4 (1965) … Mr. Fuller
– Kilroy: Part 3 (1965) … Mr. Fuller
– Kilroy: Part 2 (1965) … Mr. Fuller
– Kilroy: Part 1 (1965) … Mr. Fuller
 
1965 Nightmare in the Sun
Rock Club leader
 
1964 My Three Sons (TV series)
George Summers
– One of Our Moose Is Missing (1964) … George Summers
 
1964 Rawhide (TV series)
Albert Ashton-Warner
– Incident of the Banker (1964) … Albert Ashton-Warner
 
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Keegan
– The Square Peg (1964) … Keegan
 
1962-1963 McKeever & the Colonel (TV series)
Col. Harvey T. Blackwell / Colonel Harvey Blackwell
– McKeever Meets Munroe (1963) … Col. Harvey T. Blackwell
– Blackwell, the Retread (1963) … Col. Harvey T. Blackwell
– Project Walkie-Talkie (1963) … Col. Harvey T. Blackwell
– Make Room for Mother (1963) … Col. Harvey T. Blackwell
– Feat of Clay (1963) … Col. Harvey T. Blackwell
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1953-1962 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Woody Purvis
– Go Fight City Hall (1962) … Woody Purvis
– My Wife, Poor Wretch (1953)
 
1962 Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
Frank Brandon
– A Book of Faces (1962) … Frank Brandon
 
1962 The Untouchables (TV series)
Wallace Laughton
– Silent Partner (1962) … Wallace Laughton
 
1961 Westinghouse Preview Theatre (TV series)
Capt. Towers
– Heave Ho Harrigan (1961) … Capt. Towers
 
1961 Harrigan and Son (TV series)
Howard Duncan
– Senior Goes to Hollywood (1961) … Howard Duncan
 
1961 The Tom Ewell Show (TV series)
Harry Hodges
– The Prying Eye (1961) … Harry Hodges
 
1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Marshal Lyle McKendrick
– The Fatal Flaw (1961) … Marshal Lyle McKendrick
 
1961 Michael Shayne (TV series)
Murray Holt
– Final Settlement (1961) … Murray Holt
 
1960 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Sam
– I Thee Wed (1960) … Sam
 
1959 Hotel de Paree (TV series)
Josh
– Sundance and the Hostiles (1959) … Josh
 
1959 The Gale Storm Show: Oh, Susanna! (TV series)
Mr. Bradshaw
– Happy Horoscope (1959) … Mr. Bradshaw
 
1959 The Alaskans (TV series)
Quag
– Gold Sled (1959) … Quag
 
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Mort Barnhardt
– The Right Price (1959) … Mort Barnhardt
 
1958 The Californians (TV series)
– Overland Mail (1958)
 
1957-1958 The Eve Arden Show (TV series)
George Howell
– Liza's Nightmare (1958) … George Howell
– Safari (1958) … George Howell
– The Montana Date (1957) … George Howell
– Jenny's Unrequited Love (1957) … George Howell
– White Elephant Sale (1957) … George Howell
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1957 Public Pigeon No. One
Harvey Baker
 
1956 You Can't Run Away from It
Joe Gordon, Editor
 
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive
Harvey Maxwell
 
1954-1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Lance Hollander / Mac Harrison
– All for a Man (1956) … Lance Hollander
– Slide, Darling, Slide (1954) … Mac Harrison
 
1955 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Mr. Tallant
– Christopher Bean (1955) … Mr. Tallant
 
1955 Damon Runyon Theater (TV series)
Bad Luck Benny
– Miami Moolah (1955) … Bad Luck Benny (as Allen Joslyn)
 
1955 Those Whiting Girls (TV series)
– Barbara's Love Song (1955)
 
1955 The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (TV series)
– The Wizard (1955)
 
1953-1954 Where's Raymond? (TV series)
Jonathon / Jonathan Wallace
– Redecorate the Coffeshop (1954) … Jonathon
– Insurance Loophole (1953) … Jonathan Wallace
– Find Tremont (1953) … Jonathon
 
1953 Island in the Sky
J.H. Handy
 
1953 Titanic
Earl Meeker
 
1953 I Love Melvin
Frank Schneider
 
1952 The Jazz Singer
George Miller
 
1951 As Young as You Feel
George Hodges
 
1950 Harriet Craig
Billy Birkmire
 
1949 The Lady Takes a Sailor
Ralph Whitcomb
 
1948 Moonrise
Sheriff Clem Otis
 
1948 If You Knew Susie
Mike Garrett
 
1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Leander Woolsey
 
1946 The Thrill of Brazil
John Habour
 
1946 It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Henry Barton
 
1946 Colonel Effingham's Raid
Earl Hoats
 
1945 Junior Miss
Harry Graves
 
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight
Second Trumpeter/Osidro
 
1944 Strange Affair
Bill Harrison
 
1944 Sweet and Low-Down
Lester Barnes
 
1944 Bride by Mistake
Phil Vernon
 
1944 Strange Confession
Bouteau
 
1943 Dangerous Blondes
Barry Craig
 
1943 Heaven Can Wait
Albert Van Cleve
 
1943 Young Ideas
Adam Trent
 
1943 Immortal Sergeant
Cassidy
 
1942 My Sister Eileen
Chic Clark
 
1942 The Affairs of Martha
Joel Archer
 
1942 The Wife Takes a Flyer
Major Zellfritz
 
1941 Bedtime Story
William Dudley
 
1941 I Wake Up Screaming
Larry Evans
 
1940 This Thing Called Love
Harry Bertrand
 
1940 Spring Parade
Count Zorndorf
 
1940 No Time for Comedy
Morgan Carrell
 
1940 The Great McGinty
George
 
1940 If I Had My Way
Jarvis Johnson
 
1939 Fast and Furious
Ted Bentley
 
1939 Only Angels Have Wings
Les Peters
 
1939 Cafe Society
Sonny De Witt
 
1938 Sweethearts
Dink
 
1938 The Shining Hour
Roger Q. Franklin
 
1937 Hollywood Hotel
Bernie Walton
 
1937 Expensive Husbands
Joe Craig
 
1937 They Won't Forget
Bill Brock
 
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1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (performer: "The Back Bay Polka" - uncredited)
 
1937 Expensive Husbands ("Pop! Goes the Weasel" - uncredited)
 
1937 They Won't Forget (" I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land" 1860 - uncredited)
 
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1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 

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The Greenwich Village Follies of 1920 (1920). Musical revue. Music by A. Baldwin Sloane. Book by Thomas J. Gray. Lyrics by John Murray Anderson and Arthur Swanstrom. Musical Director: Charles Previn. Music orchestrated by A.C. Columbo and Mornay D. Helm. Featuring songs by Louis Silvers, James F. Hanley, 'Albert... See more »

Alternate Names:

Allen Joslyn

Height:

6' 0½" (1.84 m)
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Trivia:

Created the role of Mortimer Brewster in the original Broadway cast of "Arsenic and Old Lace". See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer