Known For
Writing
Born
Sep 12, 1912
Died
Oct 26, 1991
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Credits
59 titles
Heck Allen
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Wilson "Heck" Allen (September 12, 1912 – October 26, 1991) was an American author and screenwriter. He used several different pseudonyms for his works. His 50+ novels of the American West were published under the pen names Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen's screenplays and scripts for animated shorts were credited to Heck Allen and Henry Allen. In 1937 Allen began working as a contract screenwriter for MGM animation division. While his early work was for Harman and Ising's Barney Bear series, his longest collaboration was with director Tex Avery. Allen was credited as story artist on many classic Avery shorts, included Swing Shift Cinderella, King-Size Canary, and The First Bad Man, among many others. Allen downplayed his contributions to the shorts, claiming that Avery merely used him as a sounding board for his own ideas. Allen's career as a novelist began in 1952, with the publication of his first Western No Survivors. Allen, afraid that the studio would disapprove of his moonlighting, used a pen name to avoid trouble. He would go on to publish over 50 novels, eight of which were adapted for the screen. Most of these were published under one or the other of the pseudonyms Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen was a five-time winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America and a recipient of the Levi Strauss Award for lifetime achievement.
Known For
Filmography
Into the Badlands
Short Story
Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
Himself
Young Billy Young
Novel
Mackenna's Gold
Novel
Journey to Shiloh
Novel
Yellowstone Kelly
Book
Pillars of the Sky
Novel
The River Changes
The Leader
Cellbound
Story
Deputy Droopy
Story
The First Bad Man
Story
The Tall Men
Novel
Santa Fe Passage
Story
Field and Scream
Story
Dixieland Droopy
Story
The Flea Circus
Story
The Farm of Tomorrow
Story
Sleepy-Time Squirrel
Story
Billy Boy
Story
Drag-A-Long Droopy
Story
The Three Little Pups
Story
Half-Pint Palomino
Story
Wee-Willie Wildcat
Story
T.V. of Tomorrow
Story
Heir Bear
Story
Little Johnny Jet
Story
Cobs and Robbers
Story
Barney's Hungry Cousin
Story
Busybody Bear
Story
Caballero Droopy
Story
Rock-a-Bye Bear
Story
The House of Tomorrow
Story
Scrappy Birthday
Writer
Wild and Woody!
Various Townspeople (voice)
The Cat That Hated People
Story
Wet Blanket Policy
Story
Half-Pint Pygmy
Story
King-Size Canary
Story
Slap Happy Lion
Story
Uncle Tom's Cabaña
Writer
Red Hot Rangers
Writer
Hound Hunters
Writer
Henpecked Hoboes
Writer
Northwest Hounded Police
Story
The Hick Chick
Writer
Lonesome Lenny
Story
Wild and Woolfy
Story
Swing Shift Cinderella
Story
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
Writer
Jerky Turkey
Story