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Tex Allen(II)

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Tex Allen
Tex Allen is 78 in 2022 and lives in Columbia (Lancaster County) PA USA 17512.

He served as a U.S. Army Combat Medic soldier (Vietnam War), was decorated for heroic service, wartime valor.

He worked as a performing artist/ entertainer for 61 years starting in 1953 and ending in 2014 when he retired at age 70.

He is a retired SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Hollywood studio movie actor who acted in 24 major Hollywood studio movies between 2004 and 2014.

His earlier career as a paid movie actor began in Hollywood, California in 1970 when he was 26 years old.

He first appeared as a lead movie actor (unpaid) in a student made movie at Antioch College Ohio titled THE EASTER PARADE (1963) when he was 19 years old.

His career as an stage and movie entertainer began in 1953 when he was 9 years old and he appeared as a stage choral music singer in Baltimore, Maryland USA at Northwood Elementary School on Loch Raven Blvd. between Winford Road and Hartsdale Road.

He spends his time in retirement (2020) pursuing a variety of interests including listening to recorded nostalgia music daily (Classical and popular music), reading and listening to spoken word poetry, classic fiction and non-fiction books, watching (screening) classic fiction and documentary movies from his large video collection, hiking outdoors, riding his bicycle, and visiting/ communicating with / socializing with his many recent and long time friends.

He enjoys tasty food, gets 12 hours of rest/ sleep/ naps during every 24 hour day.

He believes it important to be well rested, that daytime naps and solid sleep at night (8 hours minimum nightly) are the keys to good health and longevity.

His education (20 years full time), ambitions, and experiences made him cultured, well informed, humane, and socially aware/ selective.

These were and are (2020) his primary life values.

He lives at Catholic Housing For The Elderly (St. Peter Apts.) located at 400 Union Street, Apartment 303, Columbia (Lancaster County) PA USA 17512.

Tex Allen (birth name: "David Roger Allen") was born in New York City NY USA, and raised since age 4 in Baltimore, MD USA.

Tex (David Roger) Allen is a retired public relations manager, library manager, and Screen Actors Guild accredited major Hollywood studio movie actor.

He completed college, graduate school, and military service, and worked in business and non-profit public relations jobs, govt. library manager and other govt. service jobs, and movie industry actor and sales/promotion jobs until he retired in 2014 at age 70.

He was married to the late Deborah Benson Woodroofe (1945 - 2013) and is the father of Timothy Nicholas Allen (1977 - ) who lives (2020) at 662 Bauder Park Drive, Alden (Erie County), New York USA 14004, and also is the grandfather of Timothy N. Allen's 2 children, Owen Allen (2011 - ) and Lucy Allen (2016 - ). Timothy N. Allen has been married to Kristin Marie Aducci Allen, a personal injury specialist lawyer in Erie County NY USA, since 2009. The couple are parents of two children (see above).

He was schooled in Baltimore MD Public Schools, University Of Virginia (1961-62), Antioch College Ohio (1962-66), the State University Of New York/ Buffalo (1987-88), and the University of Maryland (1988-89).

Awarded B.A. Degree (Education): Antioch College (1966), Master's Degree (Library Science): University of Maryland (1989).

Tex Allen is a US Army Vietnam War Combat Medic veteran promoted early for outstanding performance during US Army Basic Training, decorated for heroic service, wartime valor, and honorably discharged.

A photo biography of Tex Allen on WWW.FaceBook.Com (world's largest social network website) includes more than 250 personal photos and more than 400 additional images.

The Facebook Tex Allen site includes photos and images of 70 celebrity relatives (10 US Presidents, 5 Signers Of The US Declaration Of Independence, 2 US Supreme Court Justices, 12 Movie Stars, 10 Notable Scientists, 11 Notable Writers/ Authors, 2 Notable Artists, etc.).

Visit WWW.Facebook.Com/DavidRogerTexAllen for Tex Allen Photo History and Short Written Autobiography, or visit Google.Com and use "David Roger Tex Allen" as search terms for additional biographical details.

He spends most of his time screening (watching) classic movies and documentaries films and videos, and also reading history books.

His hobbies include bicycle riding, camping, and piano/ guitar/ ukulele playing and singing.

Visit google and use "David Roger Tex Allen" as search terms to learn about Internet websites which provide detailed information about him.
BornJanuary 18, 1944
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  • Known for

    The Secret Service
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Actor
    • 2004

    Credits

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    • Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and Sebastian Stan in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
      Captain America: The Winter Soldier
      7.7
      • Diplomat (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (2013)
      House of Cards
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
      • 2013
    • Jason Statham and Catherine Chan in Safe (2012)
      Safe
      6.5
      • Casino Manager (uncredited)
      • 2012
    • Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, and Ed Harris in Game Change (2012)
      Game Change
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Republican Convention VIP (uncredited)
      • 2012
    • Angelina Jolie in Salt (2010)
      Salt
      6.5
      • CIA Division Chief (uncredited)
      • 2010
    • Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, and Rachel McAdams in State of Play (2009)
      State of Play
      7.1
      • Investigative Reporter (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • Renée Zellweger in My One and Only (2009)
      My One and Only
      6.5
      • Socialite (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio in Body of Lies (2008)
      Body of Lies
      7.0
      • Amsterdam Flower Mart Customer (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher in What Happens in Vegas (2008)
      What Happens in Vegas
      6.1
      • Wall Street Banker (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • Paul Giamatti and Jeffrey Mowery in John Adams (2008)
      John Adams
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • U. S. Senator (Unite Or Die) (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • Dominic West in The Wire (2002)
      The Wire
      9.3
      TV Series
      • Newspaper Copy Editor (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, and Amy Adams in Enchanted (2007)
      Enchanted
      7.1
      • New York City Socialite (uncredited)
      • 2007
    • Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig in The Invasion (2007)
      The Invasion
      5.9
      • Washington DC Psychiatrist (uncredited)
      • 2007
    • Sofía Vergara, Donal Logue, Maz Jobrani, Kevin Michael Richardson, Lenny Venito, and Josh Grisetti in The Knights of Prosperity (2007)
      The Knights of Prosperity
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Comedy Club Patron (uncredited)
      • 2007
    • Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
      Flags of Our Fathers
      7.1
      • Retired Iwo Jima Marine Corps Captain (uncredited)
      • 2006

    Personal details

    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • January 18, 1944
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Spouses
        Deborah Benson Woodroofe SarsgardMay 25, 1999 - November 11, 2001 (divorced)

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      Tex Allen taught college at three schools: Community College Of Baltimore County (MD), Towson University, and Durham College (Canada). Tex Allen taught movie history at both the Community College Of Baltimore (Maryland USA) and Towson University (Maryland USA) part time for 5 years from 2004 - 2009 for college level senior citizen classes at both the Community College Of Baltimore County Maryland and also Towson University, Towson (Baltimore) Maryland. During this period, he wrote an unpublished book about Maryland movie history from 1898 - 2004 titled "Maryland Movies, Maryland History" (2004) mostly about Hollywood feature movies shot on location in Maryland from silent movie days through the modern era during the 20th century, and famous people part of that. Tex (David) Allen also taught both Public Relations and Journalism at Durham College (Ontario, Canada) in 1976. In addition, he taught special needs students in Washington DC USA public school system (Syphax Elementary School in SW Washington DC) from 1965 - 66. He also taught religious education at St. Joseph's R.C. Church in Lutherville - Timonium, Maryland USA in the early 1990's (Grade Seven level "CCD" or "Confraternity Of Christian Doctrine" Roman Catholic students).
    • Quotes
      [About how movies are made]:

      Movies are all about photography, and for an actor, about getting your picture taken. Who does it and how makes a lot of difference.

      A two hour feature movie intended for presentation in a movie theater or on a TV screen is made up of roughly 1,000 fragments. The average fragment lasts 6 seconds. A "long take" shot averages about 12 seconds, and a short "reaction shot" type fragment lasts about 2 seconds. Fragments are most often shot out of sequence, and require physical travel to different locations and different movie set shot in movie studios. "Re-takes" of fragments occurs often. Movie directors shoot various scenes and fragments several times, and then choose the "take" which will be included in the released movie. Much more film and/or video tape is shot than is actually used for the finally released "print." Actors and off camera movie production professionals must endure the exhausting process of "re-takes" which are a common and inevitable part of movie making.

      Unlike stage actors, movie actors almost never perform a movie story from start to end as the movie audience eventually sees it and experiences. The last part of a movie story is often shot first, the first part may be shot only after the final part is shot, and the middle of the story may be shot after both the end and beginning parts of the story are already shot.

      Stage actors who are used to performing a continuous story in real time often find movie actor work difficult, unpleasant, and unsatisfying.

      The selection of shot scenes is decided in the editing room, and the presented final movie reflects choices the movie editor makes based on a variety of shots the movie director provides the editor. Not all scenes shot make it to the final movie. Completed scenes and fragments of those scenes (sometimes well acted and important to the story) often end up "on the cutting room floor" and are not used.

      The actual production of movies is a process of shooting short fragments which are later "glued" end to end to end until a two hour story made up of roughly 1,000 separately shot fragments makes its way to theater and TV screens.

      The movie production experience for actors and others is always made up of shooting short fragments, averaging 6 seconds, sometimes as long as 12 seconds, and sometimes as short as 2 seconds. This is very hard work and movie actors must trust the judgment of the movie directors and editors. Good actor performances may not make it into the final movie.

      Movies are a bunch of still pictures run at 24 frames per second, and adding up to roughly 150,000 still photos in a standard 2 hour feature movie.

      What's in each of those still photos, and how they are arranged and connected, end to end, makes all the difference between a terrible flop and a great classic.

      Actors who do a good job make a big difference, but ultimately, it's all about input from and by many other people.

      Movies are a group effort, and if a movie is victorious, it's always a group effort (very, very rare, statistically, over movie history....less than 1% of all released feature movies are classics or even simply good movies).
    • Nicknames
      • Dave Allen
      • Yazz Cudd
      • Yazz Allen
      • David R. Allen
      • David Allen

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