Biography
Alan Herman (January 26, 1916 – June 29, 1995), known professionally as Ted Allan, was a Canadian screenwriter, author, and poet, several of whose books were made into motion pictures. In 1975, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) and won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film for the film Lies My Father Told Me. Ted Allan was born in Montreal as Alan Herman. In 1934 he met and became friends with Norman Bethune. In February 1937 Allan joined Linc...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1993
Screenplay, Novel
True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984
as Self
Filmmaker Michael Ventura follows Cassavetes around as the actor/director labors on his final film, Love Streams.
Love Streams
1984
Screenplay, Theatre Play
Two closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.
Falling in Love Again
1980
Screenplay
Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring architect, she was the most beautiful girl in school, and both...
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
1980
Screenplay
A tough rich female ranch owner in Africa wants to cut off the water supply to the locals, since she holds them responsible for the murder of her husb...
Lies My Father Told Me
1975
as Mr. Baumgarten
A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.
Lies My Father Told Me
1975
Story, Screenplay
A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.
Seven Times a Day
1971
Story
A Quebec architect, working in Israel, visits a psychoanalyst to learn why he has an insatiable libido.
The Webster Boy
1962
Screenplay
A gambler comes out of prison, returns to his old-flame, and finds that she has a teenage son, who begins to believe that the ex-con is his father.
Lies My Father Told Me
1960
Story, Screenplay
In a working-class Jewish family in Dublin, a young boy becomes increasingly close to an old orthodox Jew and assimilates his views, much to the disma...
1001 Arabian Nights
1959
Story
In this animated retelling of the classic tale, Abdul Aziz Magoo -- an ancestor of Mr. Magoo -- is the lamp-selling uncle of Aladdin. Tired of his nep...
The Great Rupert
1950
Story
Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday wil...