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Allan Dwan

Directing Born Apr 3, 1885 Died Dec 28, 1981 249 credits
249
Total Credits
1920–1980
61 Years Career Span
18
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Allan Dwan works in directing. Born April 3, 1885. Died December 28, 1981. Archytele tracks 249 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.

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Known for

Hollywood

as Self
Film

The Restless Breed

1957
Film

The River's Edge

1957
Film

Slightly Scarlet

1956

Platonic

2023
Film

Passion

1954
Film

Cattle Queen of Montana

1954
Film

Silver Lode

1954
Film

I Dream of Jeanie

1952
Film

Sands of Iwo Jima

1950

Cold Case Detective

2019

Vengeance

1992

Frequent co-stars

James Mason 1 shared title
Hal Roach 1 shared title
Louise Brooks 1 shared title
King Vidor 1 shared title
Leatrice Joy 1 shared title
Iron Eyes Cody 1 shared title
Harold Lloyd 1 shared title
Bessie Love 1 shared title
Gloria Swanson 1 shared title
Lillian Gish 1 shared title

Career timeline

Hollywood
Most Dangerous Man Alive · Director
Enchanted Island · Director
The Restless Breed · DirectorThe River's Edge · Director
Slightly Scarlet · DirectorHold Back The Night · DirectorHigh Air · Director
Tennessee's Partner · DirectorTennessee's Partner · Additional WritingPearl of the South Pacific · DirectorEscape to Burma · Director
Passion · DirectorCattle Queen of Montana · DirectorSilver Lode · Director
Woman They Almost Lynched · DirectorWoman They Almost Lynched · ProducerFlight Nurse · DirectorSweethearts on Parade · DirectorSweethearts on Parade · Producer
I Dream of Jeanie · DirectorMontana Belle · Director
The Wild Blue Yonder · DirectorBelle Le Grand · Director
Sands of Iwo Jima · DirectorSurrender · Director
Angel in Exile · DirectorThe Inside Story · DirectorThe Inside Story · Producer
Driftwood · DirectorDriftwood · ProducerCalendar Girl · DirectorNorthwest Outpost · Director
Rendezvous with Annie · DirectorRendezvous with Annie · Associate Producer
Getting Gertie's Garter · DirectorGetting Gertie's Garter · WriterBrewster's Millions · Director
Abroad with Two Yanks · DirectorUp in Mabel's Room · Director
Around the World · DirectorAround the World · Producer
Friendly Enemies · DirectorHere We Go Again · DirectorHere We Go Again · Producer
Look Who's Laughing · DirectorLook Who's Laughing · ProducerRise and Shine · Director
Young People · DirectorTrail of the Vigilantes · DirectorTrail of the Vigilantes · ProducerSailor's Lady · Director
The Three Musketeers · DirectorFrontier Marshal · DirectorThe Gorilla · Director
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm · DirectorSuez · DirectorJosette · Director
Heidi · DirectorWoman-Wise · DirectorOne Mile from Heaven · DirectorThat I May Live · Director
Song and Dance Man · Director15 Maiden Lane · DirectorHigh Tension · DirectorHuman Cargo · Director
Navy Wife · DirectorBlack Sheep · DirectorBlack Sheep · Story
Hollywood Party · DirectorI Spy · Director
Counsel's Opinion · Director
Her First Affaire · DirectorWhile Paris Sleeps · Director
Chances · DirectorWicked · Director
Man to Man · DirectorWhat a Widow! · DirectorWhat a Widow! · Producer

Full Filmography

249 titles
  • Hollywood (1980) as Self
  • Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961) Director
  • Enchanted Island (1958) Director
  • The Restless Breed (1957) Director
  • The River's Edge (1957) Director
  • Slightly Scarlet (1956) Director
  • Hold Back The Night (1956) Director
  • High Air (1956) Director
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  • Tennessee's Partner (1955) Director
  • Tennessee's Partner (1955) Additional Writing
  • Pearl of the South Pacific (1955) Director
  • Escape to Burma (1955) Director
  • Passion (1954) Director
  • Cattle Queen of Montana (1954) Director
  • Silver Lode (1954) Director
  • Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) Director
  • Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) Producer
  • Flight Nurse (1953) Director
  • Sweethearts on Parade (1953) Director
  • Sweethearts on Parade (1953) Producer
  • I Dream of Jeanie (1952) Director
  • Montana Belle (1952) Director
  • The Wild Blue Yonder (1951) Director
  • Belle Le Grand (1951) Director
  • Sands of Iwo Jima (1950) Director
  • Surrender (1950) Director
  • Angel in Exile (1948) Director
  • The Inside Story (1948) Director
  • The Inside Story (1948) Producer
  • Driftwood (1947) Director
  • Driftwood (1947) Producer
  • Calendar Girl (1947) Director
  • Northwest Outpost (1947) Director
  • Rendezvous with Annie (1946) Director
  • Rendezvous with Annie (1946) Associate Producer
  • Getting Gertie's Garter (1945) Director
  • Getting Gertie's Garter (1945) Writer
  • Brewster's Millions (1945) Director
  • Abroad with Two Yanks (1944) Director
  • Up in Mabel's Room (1944) Director
  • Around the World (1943) Director
  • Around the World (1943) Producer
  • Friendly Enemies (1942) Director
  • Here We Go Again (1942) Director
  • Here We Go Again (1942) Producer
  • Look Who's Laughing (1941) Director
  • Look Who's Laughing (1941) Producer
  • Rise and Shine (1941) Director
  • Young People (1940) Director
  • Trail of the Vigilantes (1940) Director
  • Trail of the Vigilantes (1940) Producer
  • Sailor's Lady (1940) Director
  • The Three Musketeers (1939) Director
  • Frontier Marshal (1939) Director
  • The Gorilla (1939) Director
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) Director
  • Suez (1938) Director
  • Josette (1938) Director
  • Heidi (1937) Director
  • Woman-Wise (1937) Director
  • One Mile from Heaven (1937) Director
  • That I May Live (1937) Director
  • Song and Dance Man (1936) Director
  • 15 Maiden Lane (1936) Director
  • High Tension (1936) Director
  • Human Cargo (1936) Director
  • Navy Wife (1935) Director
  • Black Sheep (1935) Director
  • Black Sheep (1935) Story
  • Hollywood Party (1934) Director
  • I Spy (1934) Director
  • Counsel's Opinion (1933) Director
  • Her First Affaire (1932) Director
  • While Paris Sleeps (1932) Director
  • Chances (1931) Director
  • Wicked (1931) Director
  • Man to Man (1930) Director
  • What a Widow! (1930) Director
  • What a Widow! (1930) Producer
  • The Iron Mask (1929) Director
  • South Sea Rose (1929) Director
  • South Sea Rose (1929) Producer
  • Frozen Justice (1929) Director
  • The Far Call (1929) Director
  • Tide of Empire (1929) Director
  • Harold Teen (1928) Producer
  • The Big Noise (1928) Director
  • Mad Hour (1928) Producer
  • French Dressing (1927) Director
  • East Side, West Side (1927) Director
  • East Side, West Side (1927) Adaptation
  • The Joy Girl (1927) Director
  • The Music Master (1927) Director
  • Summer Bachelors (1926) Director
  • Sea Horses (1926) Director
  • Tin Gods (1926) Director
  • Tin Gods (1926) Screenplay
  • Padlocked (1926) Director
  • Fifty-Fifty (1925) Story
  • The Coast of Folly (1925) Director
  • Stage Struck (1925) Director
  • Stage Struck (1925) Producer
  • Night Life of New York (1925) Director
  • Her Love Story (1924) Director
  • Argentine Love (1924) Director
  • Argentine Love (1924) Producer
  • Wages of Virtue (1924) Director
  • A Society Scandal (1924) Director
  • Manhandled (1924) Director
  • Zaza (1923) Director
  • Zaza (1923) Producer
  • Big Brother (1923) Director
  • The Glimpses of the Moon (1923) Director
  • Lawful Larceny (1923) Director
  • Robin Hood (1922) Director
  • Robin Hood (1922) Writer
  • Superstition (1922) Director
  • Superstition (1922) Producer
  • The Hidden Woman (1922) Director
  • The Hidden Woman (1922) Producer
  • A Perfect Crime (1921) Director
  • A Perfect Crime (1921) Scenario Writer
  • A Broken Doll (1921) Writer
  • A Broken Doll (1921) Director
  • The Sin of Martha Queed (1921) Director
  • The Sin of Martha Queed (1921) Screenplay
  • The Luck of the Irish (1920) Scenario Writer
  • The Luck of the Irish (1920) Director
  • The Forbidden Thing (1920) Director
  • The Forbidden Thing (1920) Scenario Writer
  • The Scoffer (1920) Director
  • A Splendid Hazard (1920) Director
  • In the Heart of a Fool (1920) Director
  • Sahara (1919) Producer
  • Cheating Cheaters (1919) Director
  • Getting Mary Married (1919) Director
  • Soldiers of Fortune (1919) Director
  • Soldiers of Fortune (1919) Writer
  • The Dark Star (1919) Director
  • Headin' South (1918) Director
  • Headin' South (1918) Writer
  • An Honest Man (1918) Supervising Producer
  • Mr. Fix-It (1918) Director
  • Mr. Fix-It (1918) Writer
  • Innocent's Progress (1918) Supervising Producer
  • He Comes Up Smiling (1918) Director
  • Bound in Morocco (1918) Director
  • Bound in Morocco (1918) Screenplay
  • Arizona (1918) Writer
  • From Two to Six (1918) Supervisor of Production Resources
  • For Valour (1917) Supervisor of Production Resources
  • American - That's All (1917) Supervising Producer
  • Panthea (1917) Director
  • Panthea (1917) Writer
  • Panthea (1917) Producer
  • A Modern Musketeer (1917) Director
  • A Modern Musketeer (1917) Writer
  • A Modern Musketeer (1917) Editor
  • Fighting Odds (1917) Director
  • The Man Hater (1917) Supervisor of Production Resources
  • A Successful Failure (1917) Supervising Producer
  • Manhattan Madness (1916) Director
  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) Grip
  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) Second Assistant Director
  • The Good Bad-Man (1916) Director
  • Betty of Greystone (1916) Director
  • The Half-Breed (1916) Director
  • Fifty-Fifty (1916) Director
  • Fifty-Fifty (1916) Story
  • An Innocent Magdalene (1916) Director
  • The Habit of Happiness (1916) Director
  • The Habit of Happiness (1916) Writer
  • The Birth of a Nation (1915) Assistant Director
  • May Blossom (1915) Director
  • The Foundling (1915) Director
  • The Commanding Officer (1915) Director
  • The Pretty Sister of Jose (1915) Director
  • The Pretty Sister of Jose (1915) Screenplay
  • A Girl of Yesterday (1915) Director
  • David Harum (1915) Director
  • The Love Route (1915) Director
  • The Love Route (1915) Writer
  • Jordan Is a Hard Road (1915) Director
  • Jordan Is a Hard Road (1915) Writer
  • The Dancing Girl (1915) Director
  • The Test (1914) Scenario Writer
  • Wildflower (1914) Director
  • Wildflower (1914) Writer
  • The Straight Road (1914) Director
  • The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch (1914) Director
  • The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch (1914) Writer
  • Richelieu (1914) Director
  • Richelieu (1914) Writer
  • The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914) Director
  • The Great Universal Mystery (1914) Director
  • The End of the Feud (1914) Director
  • The Forbidden Room (1914) Director
  • Discord and Harmony (1914) Director
  • The Conspiracy (1914) Director
  • The Conspiracy (1914) Writer
  • Robinson Crusoe (1913) Writer
  • Their Masterpiece (1913) Director
  • The Restless Spirit (1913) Director
  • The Restless Spirit (1913) Writer
  • The Animal (1913) Director
  • The Animal (1913) Writer
  • The Picket Guard (1913) Director
  • The Guerilla Menace (1913) Director
  • Women and War (1913) Director
  • Man's Duty (1913) Director
  • The Powder Flash of Death (1913) Director
  • The Powder Flash of Death (1913) Writer
  • In Love and War (1913) Director
  • In Love and War (1913) Writer
  • Boobs and Bricks (1913) Director
  • Mental Suicide (1913) Director
  • The Spirit of the Flag (1913) Director
  • The Wall of Money (1913) Director
  • Back to Life (1913) Director
  • The Fear (1912) Director
  • Man's Calling (1912) Director
  • Man's Calling (1912) Writer
  • The Wanderer (1912) Director
  • The Thief's Wife (1912) Director
  • The Thief's Wife (1912) Writer
  • The Mormon (1912) Director
  • The Mormon (1912) Writer
  • Calamity Anne's Ward (1912) Director
  • The Bandit of Point Loma (1912) Director
  • Cupid Through Padlocks (1912) Director
  • The Distant Relative (1912) Director
  • Maiden and Men (1912) Director
  • Maiden and Men (1912) Writer
  • The Hidden Treasure (1912) Director
  • The Vanishing Race (1912) Director
  • A Life for a Kiss (1912) Director
  • The Blackened Hills (1912) Director
  • The Blackened Hills (1912) Writer
  • The Ranchman's Vengeance (1911) Director
  • The Cowboy and the Artist (1911) Director
  • The Cowboy and the Artist (1911) Scenario Writer
  • The Boss of Lucky Ranch (1911) Director
  • The Poisoned Flume (1911) Director
  • The Poisoned Flume (1911) Writer
  • The Sheepman's Daughter (1911) Director
  • The Mother of the Ranch (1911) Director
  • Three Million Dollars (1911) Director
  • The Ranch Girl (1911) Director
  • The Ranch Girl (1911) Writer

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Allan Dwan best known for?

Allan Dwan is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Hollywood (1980), The Restless Breed (1957), The River's Edge (1957), Slightly Scarlet (1956).

When and where was Allan Dwan born?

Allan Dwan was born on April 3, 1885. They passed away on December 28, 1981.

How many credits does Allan Dwan have?

Allan Dwan has accumulated over 249 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1920 to 1980.

What is Allan Dwan's background in cinema and television?

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, Calif...

Allan Dwan by the numbers

249credits
248films
1TV series
1911–1980active years

Age in their best-rated roles

Full filmography (249) Born on April 3 In memoriam 1981

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