Biography
Allyn Joslyn was an American stage, screen, and television actor.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Brothers O'Toole
1973
as Sheriff Ed Hatfield
The O'Toole Brothers are Eastern con men, exceptionally good at talking their way out of tight situations. When they ride into Molybdenum, Colorado, n...
Kilroy
1965
as Mr. Fuller
Just discharged from the Marine Corps, Oscar Kilroy arrives in the small town of Wilton Junction. Befriending the young Bill Fuller, he gets involved ...
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
as Rock Club leader
A hitchhiker sleeps with a rancher's wife and is hunted by the sheriff for her murder.
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957
as Harvey Baker
Swindlers con a lunchroom clerk into doing them a favor, supposedly on behalf of the FBI.
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
as Joe Gordon, Editor
A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Harvey Maxwell
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want...
Island in the Sky
1953
as J.H. Handy
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must ke...
Titanic
1953
as Earl Meeker
Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxu...
I Love Melvin
1953
as Frank Schneider
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk and ...
The Jazz Singer
1953
as George Miller
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
As Young as You Feel
1951
as George Hodges
Sixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He later impersonates the president of the parent company and arrives at his old plant...
Harriet Craig
1950
as Billy Birkmire
A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
as Ralph Whitcomb
Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters ...
Moonrise
1948
as Clem Otis
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persist...
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Mike Garrett
In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they...
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
as Leander Woolsey
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men ...
The Thrill of Brazil
1946
as John Habour
Steve, revue producer in Rio de Janeiro, is still in love with his ex-wife Vicki, his star Linda is in love with Steve and Tito is in love with Linda....
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1946
as Henry Barton
A pretty blonde with a Doberman pinscher walks into a bar on April Fool's Day and asks for a bag of bones. Thus begins a merry chase in which a newspa...
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946
as Earl Hoats
The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there i...
Junior Miss
1945
as Harry Graves
A Manhattan family's Christmas season turns topsy-turvy when 13-year-old Judy Graves mistakenly thinks her newly-arrived visiting uncle has just been ...
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
as Second Trumpeter / Osidro
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactl...
Strange Affair
1944
as Bill Harrison
Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up f...
Sweet and Low-Down
1944
as Lester Barnes
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid ...
Bride by Mistake
1944
as Phil Vernon
The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men. To attract a suitor whose ma...
The Impostor
1944
as Bouteau
The story concerns a condemned murderer named Clement (Jean Gabin), who is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his ...
Dangerous Blondes
1943
as Barry Craig
Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance wh...
Heaven Can Wait
1943
as Albert Van Cleve
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy...
Young Ideas
1943
as Adam Trent
A widow's grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor.
Immortal Sergeant
1943
as Cassidy
During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty about his strength as a leader.
My Sister Eileen
1942
as Chic Clark
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen ...
The Affairs of Martha
1942
as Joel Archer
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
as Major Zellfritz
Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as t...
Bedtime Story
1941
as William Dudley
A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worl...
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Larry Evans
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip co...
This Thing Called Love
1940
as Harry Bertrand
Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months to make sure they are truly compatible.
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Morgan Carrell
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
The Great McGinty
1940
as George
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this br...
If I Had My Way
1940
as Jarvis Johnson
Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, alon...
Fast and Furious
1939
as Ted Bentley
Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, ...
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
as Les Peters
A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a majo...
Cafe Society
1939
as Sonny De Witt
A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.
Sweethearts
1938
as Dink
The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.
The Shining Hour
1938
as Roger Q. Franklin
A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
Expensive Husbands
1937
as Joe Craig
Unable to get work in her home country, Laurine Lynne (Beverly Roberts) travels to Vienna where her press agent, Joe Craig (Allyn Joslyn), convinces h...
They Won't Forget
1937
as Bill Brock
A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with polit...