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