William Alland

Biography

William Alland was an American actor, film producer and writer, mainly of Western and science-fiction/monster films, including This Island Earth, It Came From Outer Space, Tarantula!, The Deadly Mantis, The Mole People, The Colossus of New York, The Space Children, and the three Creature from the Black Lagoon films.

Known For

Citizen Kane

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

The Lady from Shanghai

Macbeth

F for Fake

Acting

1941

Citizen Kane

as

Jerry Thompson/Narrator

1996

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

as

Self

1947

The Lady from Shanghai

as

Reporter (uncredited)

1948

Macbeth

as

Second Murderer

1973

F for Fake

as

Self

1941

Tom, Dick and Harry

as

Newsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

2014

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

as

Self - Actor (archive footage)

1991

The Complete 'Citizen Kane'

as

"News on the March" narrator

1942

The Falcon Takes Over

as

Reporter (Uncredited)

Production

1955

This Island Earth

as

1952

The Black Castle

as

1954

Creature from the Black Lagoon

as

1955

Tarantula

as

1961

Look in Any Window

as

1956

The Mole People

as

1954

Dawn at Socorro

as

1966

The Rare Breed

as

1957

The Deadly Mantis

as

1958

The Colossus of New York

as

1958

The Space Children

as

1954

Johnny Dark

as

1958

The Party Crashers

as

1955

Chief Crazy Horse

as

1954

Four Guns to the Border

as

1958

Raw Wind in Eden

as

1951

Cave of Outlaws

as

1952

The Raiders

as

1953

The Stand at Apache River

as

1955

Revenge of the Creature

as

1957

The Land Unknown

as

1956

The Creature Walks Among Us

as

1956

Gun for a Coward

as

1953

It Came from Outer Space

as

1958

The Lady Takes a Flyer

as

1952

The Lawless Breed

as

Crew

Directing

1961

Look in Any Window

as