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