Ted Allan
Ted Allan (born January 26, 1916 in Montreal , Québec ; died June 29, 1995 in Toronto , Ontario ) was a Canadian writer and screenwriter.
Life
Allan worked as a book and screenwriter, wrote children's books and wrote plays and short stories. His best-known work is the biography, Doctor on Three Continents, written together with Sydney Gordon (1915–1984), about the doctor Norman Bethune (1890–1939). In 1990, based on this, the film Bethune - Doctor and Hero was made , Allan himself also wrote the screenplay. In 1939 he wrote a novel about the Spanish Civil War called This Time a Better Earth . Allan processed his own war experiences, which he had as a soldier in the International Brigade . He has also worked as a writer for British and Canadian television and radio and has written several hundred scripts for them.
From 1954, Allan also appeared as a screenwriter. He worked primarily for television until the 1960s. His screenplay for the film Separate Lies earned him a nomination for the 1976 Academy Award in the category Best Original Screenplay one.
The 1984 novel Love Is a Long Shot earned him the Stephen Leacock Award for Humor.
Allan died at Toronto General Hospital at the age of 79 . He was survived by two children.
In 2002 he wrote the documentary Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the Twentieth Century .
Filmography (selection)
- 1969: Oh! What a lovely war
- 1975: Beloved Lies (Lies My Father Told Me)
- 1980: Two Crooks in the Desert (It Rained All Night the Day I Left)
- 1980: Midlife Crisis (Falling in Love Again)
- 1984: Love Streams
- 1990: Bethune - Doctor and Hero (Bethune: The Making of a Hero)
Works (selection)
- This Time a Better Earth , 1939.
- Doctor on three continents (Original title: The Scalpel, the Sword. The Story of Doctor Norman Bethune , together with Sydney Gordon, 1952), Berlin 1954.
- Love Is a Long Shot , 1984.
literature
- Brendan Kelly: Ted Allan, 'missing man of Canadian letters', in The Gazette , March 6, 2002
Web links
- Ted Allan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- in English: Ted Allan's biography, written by his son Norman Allan. Ted. The Pen as Sword, page 1 (following pages: see link at bottom of page). Undated.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b nytimes.com, accessed February 22, 2016
- ^ A b Ted Allan ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allan, Ted |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian novelist and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal , Quebec , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1995 |
| Place of death | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |