Sheldon Allman

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::summary American-Canadian actor, singer, and songwriter ::

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Field	Value
image	SheldonAllmanPic.jpg
resting_place	Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
birth_date	June 8, 1924
birth_place	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Culver City, California, U.S.
occupation	{{flatlist
yearsactive	1958–1995
alma_mater	Los Angeles Conservatory of Music
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• singer
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Sheldon Allman (June 8, 1924 – January 22, 2002) was an American-Canadian actor, singer, and songwriter.

Early life and career

Allman was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began his singing career with the Royal National Guard

On television, Allman provided the voice of Big H in CB Bears on CBS and played Norm Miller in Harris Against the World on NBC. He provided music on the game show Three for the Money on NBC, and he was the singing voice for TV's Mister Ed, for which he also wrote and recorded "The Pretty Little Filly with the Ponytail" and "The Empty Feedbag Blues". Mr. Allman wrote longer versions of these songs, but never recorded the longer versions. He was the lyricist for the theme song to George of the Jungle. Additionally, Allman worked with Stan Worth, co-writer of the "George of the Jungle" theme, to create music for a number of game shows by Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall Productions, including the 1970s versions of Let's Make a Deal, Masquerade Party and It Pays to be Ignorant.

In 1960, Allman released Folk Songs for the 21st Century, "Crawl Out Through The Fallout" is used in the video game Fallout 4 and the 2024 TV adaptation Fallout during the closing credits of season 1 episode one.

In addition, Allman co-wrote two comedy horror-themed stage musicals with Bobby Pickett, composer of the hit novelty song, "Monster Mash." The musicals were I'm Sorry the Bridge Is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night and its sequel, Frankenstein Unbound, the former of which was made into the 1995 film, Monster Mash.

Death

On January 22, 2002, Allman died of heart failure at his home in Culver City, California, at age 77. His interment is in Culver City's Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery.

Filmography

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	Inside the Mafia	Dyer	Uncredited
1959	Gunsmoke	Bill	"The Coward" (S4E26)
1960	The Twilight Zone	First Alien
1963	Hud	Mr. Thompson
1964	Good Neighbor Sam	Hotel Desk Clerk	Uncredited
1965	The Sons of Katie Elder	Harry Evers
1966	Nevada Smith	Sheriff
1967	In Cold Blood	Rev. Jim Post
1969	Joniko and the Kush Ta Ka	Narrator
1970	I Dream of Jeannie		Uncredited
1971	Dirty Harry		Uncredited
1974	Little House on the Prairie		Uncredited
1976	All the President's Men		Uncredited
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References

References

1. (February 3, 2002). "Sheldon Allman, 77, the Voice Of a Singing Mr. Ed on Television". [[The New York Times]].
2. "Sheldon Allman – Biography & History – AllMusic".
3. Terrace, Vincent. (2011). "Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010". [[McFarland & Company]].
4. Oliver, Myrna. (February 8, 2002). "Sheldon Allman, 77; Actor, Songwriter, Cartoon Voice". The Los Angeles Times.
5. Lentz III, Harris M.. (2003). "Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture". McFarland & Company.

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