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Henry Wilson "Heck" Allen (September 12, 1912 – October 26, 1991) was an American author and screenwriter. He used several different pseudonyms for his works. His 50+ novels of the American West were published under the pen names Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen's screenplays and scripts for animated shorts were credited to Heck Allen and Henry Allen.
In 1937 Allen began working as a contract screenwriter for MGM animation division. While his early work was for Harman and Ising's Barney Bear series, his longest collaboration was with director Tex Avery. Allen was credited as story artist on many classic Avery shorts, included Swing Shift Cinderella, King-Size Canary, and The First Bad Man, among many others. Allen downplayed his contributions to the shorts, claiming that Avery merely used him as a sounding board for his own ideas.
Allen's career as a novelist began in 1952, with the publication of his first Western No Survivors. Allen, afraid that the studio would disapprove of his moonlighting, used a pen name to avoid trouble. He would go on to publish over 50 novels, eight of which were adapted for the screen. Most of these were published under one or the other of the pseudonyms Will Henry and Clay Fisher.
Allen was a five-time winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America and a recipient of the Levi Strauss Award for lifetime achievement.
Most Popular Heck Allen Trailers
Total trailers found: 56
14 September 1956
First Sergeant Emmett Bell faces off with Apache chieftain Kamiakin in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and white settlers in 1860s Oregon Country.
11 November 1959
A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s.
27 September 1952
Droopy is on his way to woo his lovely señorita when he is waylayed by Slick the Wolf intent on winning the fair lass.
12 May 1955
A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian territory.
04 December 1954
John Pettibone (Droopy), a dog whose love of Dixieland music is not appreciated by those around him, has a lucky meeting with Pee-Wee Runt and his All-Flea Dixieland band at the circus.
26 December 1953
In this variation on "The Three Little Pigs", Droopy and his brothers, Snoopy and Loopy, repeatedly outwit the big bad wolf, a dogcatcher who tries to find a way to get the pooches out of their house of bricks.
06 June 1953
A variety of fanciful innovations in "future" T.V. sets, including a model with a built-in stove, and a number of highly interactive models.
28 October 1955
Two outlaws are trying to steal a shipment of gold being guarded by Deputy Droopy, and have to keep quiet to avoid alerting the sheriff.
09 March 1946
Screwy Squirrel becomes the playmate of Lenny, a lonesome, dopey, but strong dog, in this broad parody of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".
30 September 1955
The first Texas bad man come running into town a million years B.C.
06 December 1947
A hungry cat has the idea of giving "Jumbo Gro" fertilizer to a scrawny canary to make him a bigger meal, which leads to a race between the cat, the canary, a dog, and a mouse to see who can grow the biggest.
20 June 1953
Barney, outraged by his neighbor William Wildcat spanking his son, borrows the lad to try applying child psychology.
25 August 1945
The big bad wolf starts out chasing Little Red Riding Hood but switches to Cinderella after seeing the film's title, and ends up being chased in turn by her fairy godmother.
07 April 1945
A dopey Pilgrim goes hunting a turkey who speaks in a Jimmy Durante impersonation and runs the local black market.
12 April 1947
George and Junior get a job as dog catchers and spend the picture trying to catch one measly little dog.
20 November 1948
A much-abused cat really hates living with people, so decides to go to the moon for some peace and quiet.
06 November 1954
In this animated comedic short, the entire entourage of a flea circus runs away to join a dog.
31 January 1953
Barney Bear heads to a national park for a vacation while another bear, native to the park, notices Barney's picnic lunch and makes various attempts to steal the food.
03 August 1946
The wolf escapes from Alka-Fizz prison, but persistent Sergeant McPoodle (Droopy) of the Canadian Mounties follows his trail wherever he goes.
31 December 1948
Woody Woodpecker gallops into a wild western town, which can't keep a sheriff very long due to the notorious outlaw (and sheriff-killer) Buzz Buzzard.
15 October 1969
A peace-loving man named Ben Kane takes a job as deputy marshal of Lords, in the old West. Kane is no lawman, but he accepts the badge because he has an old score to settle with the town's chief trouble-maker.
01 April 1944
A crazy squirrel provokes a dog into trying to catch him throughout the picture.
27 August 1948
Woody Woodpecker buys life insurance with the beneficiary being Buzz Buzzard who wants to collect early.
26 September 1953
Barney Bear sets out to capture the world's smallest horse.
14 March 1953
In this Barney Bear animated short, Barney is plagued by crows.
10 June 1939
Barney's settling in for the winter. But water leaks, a loose shutter, a noisy fire, a teakettle left on, and some stray embers all get in the way, and Barney also locks himself out.
18 September 1954
A series of gags showing how much more productive farms would be if farmers started crossbreeding their animals to create weird (but very useful) hybrids.
03 May 1947
Forest rangers George and Junior try to snuff out a frisky flame with a sparky personality that threatens to set the forest alight.
18 March 1969
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.
15 June 1946
In this triangle drama a country chicken chooses between a country rooster and a city rooster.
13 January 1945
The truant officer is after Screwy Squirrel for not going to school.
14 April 1945
Dangerous Dan McGoo (Droopy) faces the wolf, a dangerous outlaw who is trying to steal his girl Lou, during the Alaska gold rush.
20 December 1952
Barney gets involved in Good Neighbor Week by helping out the local beaver - help the beaver could do without.
22 September 1955
Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.
11 February 1949
For her birthday, Andy presents his sweetheart, Miranda, with her usual present, candy and flowers. Miranda complains she wants something decent for her birthday like a fur coat.
06 November 1942
Barney sets off in search of honey, but his various gadgets don't always work out they way they should.
19 June 1954
Barney Bear is forced to give hibernation lodgings in his home to his neighbor Jimmy Squirrel, who makes it impossible to get any sleep.
03 November 1945
Droopy chases the wolf, a dangerous outlaw, after he kidnaps Lou, a sexy female singer, from the saloon.
29 May 1953
Barney inherited a map to treasure buried in his backyard, but his digging doesn't square with the plans of the gopher sleeping on the treasure.
26 October 1946
George and Junior are two hungry bears who try to make a meal out of a not too bright barnyard chicken.
05 September 1988
A documentary about the life and career of legendary cartoon director Fred "Tex" Avery.
18 April 1953
A veteran B-29 propeller plane, struggling to find work after the war, is upset after his wife gives birth to a little jet.
20 September 1947
The king of the jungle, after a well spent day terrorising the rest of the animals, is petrified by a mouse.
30 April 1955
A collection of very brief cartoons, mostly revolving around sight gags and puns, on the subject of hunting and fishing, and the men who are addicted to them.
20 February 1954
An "absolutely authentic account of the grazing land battles of the sheep and cattle wars of the early west," pitting sheep rancher Droopy against a cattle ranching wolf.
12 July 1952
Spike gets a job running the house for a hibernating bear. Only problem is that same bear is VERY noise-sensitive, and Spike's got a rival that wants his job.
21 October 1944
To prove he's a true Indian Brave, Big Heel-Watha decides to catch a squirrel - but wouldn't you know it; Screwy Squirrel is the first one he sees.
14 February 1956
A European village lies close to a river, which is a boundary between two countries. A severe storm changes the course of the river, and the village is now in the boundary of the neighboring totalitarian country.
08 May 1954
A deep south farmer is initially delighted to get a baby goat, but this soon turns to apprehension when he discovers that it eats literally anything (including, at one point, the animation artwork).
25 November 1955
Spike has just finished the 20 year process of digging a tunnel from his prison cell but he picks the wrong place to hide.
10 May 1968
At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join the Confederate army.
19 February 1938
Mama has everyone working on spring cleaning, or so she thinks; in fact, everyone's slacking off in various ways.
07 August 1948
George and Junior hunt for the world's smallest pygmy.
19 July 1947
Uncle Tom tells the blood curdling story of how the evil Simon Legree tried to foreclose on Tom's simple log cabin.
24 July 1991
A bounty hunter searches the west for a wanted outlaw named Red Roundtree.
19 June 1943
A murder has occurred at Gruesome Gables, and the dog detective trying to find the killer has to deal with some suspicious suspects and a haunted house.
