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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-04-14 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Allen Baron

Biography:

Allen Baron (born 1927 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, film and television director. He is mostly known for writing and directing the 1961 film noir Blast of Silence, where he also plays the lead role. He went on to direct four other feature films and hundreds of television episodes such as Charlie's Angels, The Dukes of Hazzard, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The San Pedro Beach Bums, and Cagney & Lacey.

Known For

Acting

2007

1961

Blast of Silence as Frank Bono

1959

Writing

1972

Outside In as Writer

1964

Pie in the Sky as Writer

1961

Blast of Silence as Screenplay

Production

1964

Pie in the Sky as Producer

Directing

1986

Fortune Dane as Director

1983

Automan as Director

1982

Foxfire Light as Director
Cagney & Lacey as Director

1979

House Calls as Director

1977

The San Pedro Bums as Director
The Love Boat as Director

1976

Charlie's Angels as Director

1975

Switch [Pilot] as Director
Barney Miller as Director
Switch as Director
Bronk as Director

1974

Lucas Tanner as Director

1973

Griff as Director
Barnaby Jones as Director

1972

Outside In as Director
The Sixth Sense as Director

1970

Arnie as Director
The Immortal as Director

1969

Room 222 as Director
The Brady Bunch as Director

1968

The Outcasts as Director

1966

Jericho as Director

1965

Mister Roberts as Director

1964

Pie in the Sky as Director

1961

Blast of Silence as Director

1960

Surfside 6 as Director