William Alland

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William Alland
Born	March 4, 1916 Delmar, Delaware, U.S.A
Died	November 11, 1997 Long Beach, California, U.S.A

William Alland (March 4, 1916 - November 11, 1997) was an actor, producer, writer and director of science fiction and western films. He is perhaps best known for his role as reporter Jerry Thompson, who investigates the life of newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane in Orson Welle's Citizen Kane. In his early 20's, he arrived in Manhattan and took courses at the Henry Street Settlement House, where he met Orson Welles. He acted in Welles' The War of the Worlds and Citizen Kane. Alland won a Peabody Award as producer of Doorway to Life.

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• Macbeth (1948) - Second Murderer
• The Lady from Shanghai (1947, uncredited) Reporter
• Riffraff (1947, uncredited) Trumpy, Man in Cell
• The Falcon Takes Over (1942, uncredited) Reporter
• The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941, uncredited) Guide (scenes deleted)
• Tom Dick and Harry (1941, uncredited) voice of Newsreel Announcer
• Citizen Kane (1941) Jerry Thompson