Writing

Heck Allen

Born September 12, 1912 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Died October 26, 1991 · aged 79

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 19…

Known For

Mackenna's Gold

Mackenna's Gold · 1969

Mackenna's Gold

MovieAdventureAction

A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.

The Tall Men

The Tall Men · 1955

MovieWesternAdventure

Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

Yellowstone Kelly

Yellowstone Kelly · 1959

Yellowstone Kelly

MovieAdventureWestern

A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly he takes on a tenderfoot assistant named Anse and together they give shelter to a runaway Arapaho woman. Tensions develop when Anse falls in love with this woman and when the Sioux chief arrives with his warriors to re-claim her.

Pillars of the Sky

Pillars of the Sky · 1956

Pillars of the Sky

First Sergeant Emmett Bell faces off with Apache chieftain Kamiakin in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and white settlers in 1860s Oregon Country.

Santa Fe Passage

Santa Fe Passage · 1955

Santa Fe Passage

A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian territory.

Young Billy Young

Young Billy Young · 1969

Young Billy Young

A peace-loving man named Ben Kane takes a job as deputy marshal of Lords, in the old West. Kane is no lawman, but he accepts the badge because he has an old score to settle with the town's chief trouble-maker. Once on the job, Kane must also deal with a young sharpshooter named Billy Young and a sharp and sassy saloon dancer, Lily.

Barney's Hungry Cousin

Barney's Hungry Cousin · 1953

Barney's Hungry Cousin

MovieAnimationComedy

Barney Bear heads to Jellystone National Park for a vacation while another bear, native to the park, notices Barney's picnic lunch and makes various attempts to steal the food.

Wild and Woolfy

Wild and Woolfy · 1945

Wild and Woolfy

MovieAnimationComedy

Droopy chases the wolf, a dangerous outlaw, after he kidnaps Lou, a sexy female singer, from the saloon.

Filmography

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Mackenna's Gold

Mackenna's Gold · 1969

Mackenna's Gold

MovieAdventureAction

A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.

Novel

The Tall Men

The Tall Men · 1955

MovieWesternAdventure

Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

Novel

Yellowstone Kelly

Yellowstone Kelly · 1959

Yellowstone Kelly

MovieAdventureWestern

A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly he takes on a tenderfoot assistant named Anse and together they give shelter to a runaway Arapaho woman. Tensions develop when Anse falls in love with this woman and when the Sioux chief arrives with his warriors to re-claim her.

Book

Pillars of the Sky

Pillars of the Sky · 1956

Pillars of the Sky

First Sergeant Emmett Bell faces off with Apache chieftain Kamiakin in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and white settlers in 1860s Oregon Country.

Novel

Santa Fe Passage

Santa Fe Passage · 1955

Santa Fe Passage

A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian territory.

Story

Young Billy Young

Young Billy Young · 1969

Young Billy Young

A peace-loving man named Ben Kane takes a job as deputy marshal of Lords, in the old West. Kane is no lawman, but he accepts the badge because he has an old score to settle with the town's chief trouble-maker. Once on the job, Kane must also deal with a young sharpshooter named Billy Young and a sharp and sassy saloon dancer, Lily.

Novel

Barney's Hungry Cousin

Barney's Hungry Cousin · 1953

Barney's Hungry Cousin

MovieAnimationComedy

Barney Bear heads to Jellystone National Park for a vacation while another bear, native to the park, notices Barney's picnic lunch and makes various attempts to steal the food.

Story

Wild and Woolfy

Wild and Woolfy · 1945

Wild and Woolfy

MovieAnimationComedy

Droopy chases the wolf, a dangerous outlaw, after he kidnaps Lou, a sexy female singer, from the saloon.

Story

T.V. of Tomorrow

T.V. of Tomorrow · 1953

T.V. of Tomorrow

MovieAnimationComedy

A variety of fanciful innovations in "future" T.V. sets, including a model with a built-in stove, and a number of highly interactive models. And of course, even with dozens of channels, there's nothing on...or more accurately, there's nothing but the same Western.

Story

The First Bad Man

The First Bad Man · 1955

The First Bad Man

MovieAnimationComedy

The first Texas bad man come running into town a million years B.C.

Story

Journey to Shiloh

Journey to Shiloh · 1968

Journey to Shiloh

At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join the Confederate army.

Novel

Henpecked Hoboes

Henpecked Hoboes · 1946

Henpecked Hoboes

MovieAnimationComedy

George and Junior are two hungry bears who try to make a meal out of a not too bright barnyard chicken.

Writer

Cellbound

Cellbound · 1955

MovieAnimationComedy

Spike has just finished the 20 year process of digging a tunnel from his prison cell but he picks the wrong place to hide.

Story

Half-Pint Palomino

Half-Pint Palomino · 1953

Half-Pint Palomino

MovieAnimationComedy

Barney Bear sets out to capture the world's smallest horse.

Story

Caballero Droopy

Caballero Droopy · 1952

Caballero Droopy

MovieAnimationComedy

Droopy is on his way to woo his lovely señorita when he is waylayed by Slick the Wolf intent on winning the fair lass. But Slick wasn't counting on Droopy's uncanny ability to be in the right place at the right time.

Story

Lonesome Lenny

Lonesome Lenny · 1946

MovieAnimationComedy

Screwy Squirrel becomes the playmate of Lenny, a lonesome, dopey, but strong dog, in this broad parody of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".

Story

The Three Little Pups

The Three Little Pups · 1953

The Three Little Pups

MovieAnimationComedy

In this variation on "The Three Little Pigs", Droopy and his brothers, Snoopy and Loopy, repeatedly outwit the big bad wolf, a dogcatcher who tries to find a way to get the pooches out of their house of bricks.

Story

Hound Hunters

Hound Hunters · 1947

MovieAnimationComedy

George and Junior get a job as dog catchers and spend the picture trying to catch one measly little dog.

Writer

Drag-A-Long Droopy

Drag-A-Long Droopy · 1954

Drag-A-Long Droopy

MovieAnimationComedy

An "absolutely authentic account of the grazing land battles of the sheep and cattle wars of the early west," pitting sheep rancher Droopy against a cattle ranching wolf.

Story

Jerky Turkey

Jerky Turkey · 1945

MovieComedyAnimation

A dopey Pilgrim goes hunting a turkey who speaks in a Jimmy Durante impersonation and runs the local black market. War and rationing gags abound (Pilgrims line up behind a sign reading "Ye Cigarettes Today"), as well as a running gag featuring a bear wearing an "Eat at Joe's" sandwich sign. The turkey harnesses the power of gags to save himself.

Story

Uncle Tom's Cabaña

Uncle Tom's Cabaña · 1947

Uncle Tom's Cabaña

Uncle Tom tells the blood curdling story of how the evil Simon Legree tried to foreclose on Tom's simple log cabin. Uncle Tom's Cabaña is a 1947 American animated short film directed by Tex Avery. The short is a parody of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and is Avery's second parody of the novel, the first being Uncle Tom's Bungalow in 1937 while at Warner Bros. Cartoons.

Writer

Dixieland Droopy

Dixieland Droopy · 1954

Dixieland Droopy

MovieAnimationComedy

John Pettibone (Droopy), a dog whose love of Dixieland music is not appreciated by those around him, has a lucky meeting with Pee-Wee Runt and his All-Flea Dixieland band at the circus.

Story

Little Johnny Jet

Little Johnny Jet · 1953

Little Johnny Jet

MovieAnimationComedy

A veteran B-29 propeller plane, struggling to find work after WWII, is upset after his wife gives birth to a little jet. When he tries to compete with modern planes in an around-the-world race, Junior comes to his aid. This short is virtually identical in plot to One Cab's Family (1952), but this time around, it concerns a family of airplanes, and the problems Mom and Pop have with Junior, whose been born with a jet engine.

Story

The Cat That Hated People

The Cat That Hated People · 1948

The Cat That Hated People

MovieAnimationComedy

A much-abused cat really hates living with people, so decides to go to the moon for some peace and quiet.

Story