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Allan Dwan

Allan Dwan

Director · 1885–1981

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Biography

Allan Dwan was born on April 3, 1885 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as Joseph Aloysius Dwan. He was a director and writer, known for A Perfect Crime (1921), Bound in Morocco (1918) and A Broken Doll (1921). He was married to Marie Shelton and Pauline Bush. He died on December 28, 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Directed 153

1960s

  1. 1961

    Most Dangerous Man Alive

    Director

1950s

  1. 1958

    Enchanted Island

    Director

  2. 1957
  3. 1956

    High Air

    Director

  4. Hold Back the Night

    Director

  5. 1955
  6. Escape to Burma

    Director

  7. 1954
  8. 1953

    Flight Nurse

    Director

  9. Sweethearts on Parade

    Director

  10. Woman They Almost Lynched

    Director

  11. 1952
  12. 1951

    The Wild Blue Yonder

    Director

  13. Belle Le Grand

    Director

  14. 1950

    Surrender

    Director

1940s

  1. 1948
  2. The Inside Story

    Director

  3. 1947

    Driftwood

    Director

  4. Northwest Outpost

    Director

  5. Calendar Girl

    Director

  6. 1946

    Rendezvous with Annie

    Director

  7. 1945

    Getting Gertie's Garter

    Director

  8. 1944

    Up in Mabel's Room

    Director

  9. Abroad with Two Yanks

    Director

  10. 1943

    Around the World

    Director

  11. 1942

    Here We Go Again

    Director

  12. Friendly Enemies

    Director

  13. 1941

    Rise and Shine

    Director

  14. Look Who's Laughing

    Director

  15. 1940

    Trail of the Vigilantes

    Director

  16. Young People

    Director

  17. Sailor's Lady

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939
  2. The Three Musketeers

    Director

  3. 1938

    Suez

    Director

  4. Josette

    Director

  5. 1937
  6. That I May Live

    Director

  7. One Mile from Heaven

    Director

  8. Woman-Wise

    Director

  9. 1936

    15 Maiden Lane

    Director

  10. High Tension

    Director

  11. Human Cargo

    Director

  12. Song and Dance Man

    Director

  13. 1935

    Navy Wife

    Director

  14. Black Sheep

    Director

  15. 1934

    I Spy

    Director

  16. Hollywood Party

    Director

  17. 1933

    Counsel's Opinion

    Director

  18. 1932

    While Paris Sleeps

    Director

  19. 1931

    Wicked

    Director

  20. Chances

    Director

  21. 1930

    Man to Man

    Director

  22. What a Widow!

    Director

1920s

  1. 1929

    South Sea Rose

    Director

  2. Frozen Justice

    Director

  3. The Far Call

    Director

  4. Tide of Empire

    Director

  5. 1928

    The Big Noise

    Director

  6. 1927

    French Dressing

    Director

  7. East Side, West Side

    Director

  8. The Joy Girl

    Director

  9. The Music Master

    Director

  10. 1926

    Summer Bachelors

    Director

  11. Tin Gods

    Director

  12. Padlocked

    Director

  13. Sea Horses

    Director

  14. 1925

    Stage Struck

    Director

  15. The Coast of Folly

    Director

  16. Night Life of New York

    Director

  17. 1924

    Argentine Love

    Director

  18. Wages of Virtue

    Director

  19. Her Love Story

    Director

  20. Manhandled

    Director

  21. A Society Scandal

    Director

  22. 1923
  23. Zaza

    Director

  24. Lawful Larceny

    Director

  25. The Glimpses of the Moon

    Director

  26. 1922

    Superstition

    Director

  27. The Hidden Woman

    Director

  28. 1921

    The Sin of Martha Queed

    Director

  29. A Broken Doll

    Director

  30. A Perfect Crime

    Director

  31. 1920

    The Forbidden Thing

    Director

  32. In the Heart of a Fool

    Director

  33. A Splendid Hazard

    Director

  34. The Scoffer

    Director

  35. The Luck of the Irish

    Director

1910s

  1. 1919

    Soldiers of Fortune

    Director

  2. The Dark Star

    Director

  3. Getting Mary Married

    Director

  4. Cheating Cheaters

    Director

  5. 1918

    He Comes Up Smiling

    Director

  6. Bound in Morocco

    Director

  7. Mr. Fix-It

    Director

  8. Headin' South

    Director

  9. 1917

    A Modern Musketeer

    Director

  10. Fighting Odds

    Director

  11. Panthea

    Director

  12. 1916

    Fifty-Fifty

    Director

  13. Manhattan Madness

    Director

  14. The Half-Breed

    Director

  15. An Innocent Magdalene

    Director

  16. The Good Bad-Man

    Director

  17. The Habit of Happiness

    Director

  18. Betty of Greystone

    Director

  19. 1915

    A Girl of Yesterday

    Director

  20. The Pretty Sister of Jose

    Director

  21. May Blossom

    Director

  22. The Commanding Officer

    Director

  23. The Love Route

    Director

  24. David Harum

    Director

  25. The Dancing Girl

    Director

  26. 1914

    The Conspiracy

    Director

  27. The Straight Road

    Director

  28. Wildflower

    Director

  29. Richelieu

    Director

  30. The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch

    Director

  31. The Forbidden Room

    Director

  32. The Tragedy of Whispering Creek

    Director

  33. Discord and Harmony

    Director

  34. 1913

    Back to Life

    Director

  35. The Restless Spirit

    Director

  36. The Powder Flash of Death

    Director

  37. The Spirit of the Flag

    Director

  38. 1912

    The Thief's Wife

    Director

  39. Man's Calling

    Director

  40. Maiden and Men

    Director

  41. The Fear

    Director

  42. A Life for a Kiss

    Director

  43. Cupid Through Padlocks

    Director

  44. The Distant Relative

    Director

  45. The Mormon

    Director

  46. 1911

    The Mother of the Ranch

    Director

  47. Three Million Dollars

    Director

  48. The Poisoned Flume

    Director

  49. The Ranchman's Vengeance

    Director

  50. The Boss of Lucky Ranch

    Director

Wrote 34

1940s

  1. 1945

    Getting Gertie's Garter

    Writer

1930s

  1. 1935

    Black Sheep

    Story

1920s

  1. 1927

    East Side, West Side

    Adaptation

  2. 1926

    Tin Gods

    Screenplay

  3. 1925

    Fifty-Fifty

    Story

  4. 1922
  5. 1921

    The Sin of Martha Queed

    Screenplay

  6. A Broken Doll

    Writer

  7. A Perfect Crime

    Scenario Writer

  8. 1920

    The Forbidden Thing

    Scenario Writer

  9. The Luck of the Irish

    Scenario Writer

1910s

  1. 1919

    Soldiers of Fortune

    Writer

  2. 1918

    Arizona

    Writer

  3. Bound in Morocco

    Screenplay

  4. Mr. Fix-It

    Writer

  5. Headin' South

    Writer

  6. 1917

    A Modern Musketeer

    Writer

  7. Panthea

    Writer

  8. 1916

    Fifty-Fifty

    Story

  9. The Habit of Happiness

    Writer

  10. 1915

    The Pretty Sister of Jose

    Screenplay

  11. The Love Route

    Writer

  12. 1914

    The Conspiracy

    Writer

  13. Wildflower

    Writer

  14. Richelieu

    Writer

  15. The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch

    Writer

  16. 1913

    The Restless Spirit

    Writer

  17. Robinson Crusoe

    Writer

  18. The Powder Flash of Death

    Writer

  19. 1912

    The Thief's Wife

    Writer

  20. Man's Calling

    Writer

  21. Maiden and Men

    Writer

  22. The Mormon

    Writer

  23. 1911

    The Poisoned Flume

    Writer

Produced 21

1950s

  1. 1953

    Sweethearts on Parade

    Producer

  2. Woman They Almost Lynched

    Producer

1940s

  1. 1948

    The Inside Story

    Producer

  2. 1947

    Driftwood

    Producer

  3. 1946

    Rendezvous with Annie

    Associate Producer

  4. 1943

    Around the World

    Producer

  5. 1942

    Here We Go Again

    Producer

  6. 1941

    Look Who's Laughing

    Producer

  7. 1940

    Trail of the Vigilantes

    Producer

1930s

  1. 1930

    What a Widow!

    Producer

1920s

  1. 1929

    South Sea Rose

    Producer

  2. 1928

    Harold Teen

    Producer

  3. Mad Hour

    Producer

  4. 1925

    Stage Struck

    Producer

  5. 1924

    Argentine Love

    Producer

  6. 1923

    Zaza

    Producer

  7. 1922

    Superstition

    Producer

  8. The Hidden Woman

    Producer

1910s

  1. 1919

    Sahara

    Producer

  2. 1917

    A Successful Failure

    Supervising Producer

  3. Panthea

    Producer

Other crew 4

1910s

  1. 1918

    From Two to Six

    Supervisor of Production Resources

  2. 1917

    For Valour

    Supervisor of Production Resources

  3. The Man Hater

    Supervisor of Production Resources

Edited 1

1910s

  1. 1917

    A Modern Musketeer

    Editor

Camera 1

Appearances1

1980s

  1. 1980

    Hollywood

    Self · 7 episodes