Sheldon Allman (June 8, 1924 â€" January 22, 2002) was an
American-Canadian actor, singer, and songwriter.Allman was born in
Chicago, Illinois. He began his singing career with the Royal National
Guard during his World War II service with the Royal Canadian Air
Force. He moved to Los Angeles in 1949, in order to attend the Los
Angeles Conservatory of Music. After it, he appeared in 12 films,
including such notable films as Nevada Smith, The Sons of Katie Elder,
Hud and In Cold Blood. His co-stars included, respectively, Steve
McQueen, John Wayne and Paul Newman. He also made appearances in
numerous TV series during the 1960s and 1970s.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.:436 He provided music on the game
show Three for the Money on NBC,:1077 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, an
album of novelty songs all revolving around science-fiction themes.
The tongue-in-cheek material, which Allman wrote and arranged himself,
included titles such as "Crawl Out Through The Fallout" and
"Radioactive Mama." "Crawl Out Through The Fallout" is used in the
video game Fallout 4.
American-Canadian actor, singer, and songwriter.Allman was born in
Chicago, Illinois. He began his singing career with the Royal National
Guard during his World War II service with the Royal Canadian Air
Force. He moved to Los Angeles in 1949, in order to attend the Los
Angeles Conservatory of Music. After it, he appeared in 12 films,
including such notable films as Nevada Smith, The Sons of Katie Elder,
Hud and In Cold Blood. His co-stars included, respectively, Steve
McQueen, John Wayne and Paul Newman. He also made appearances in
numerous TV series during the 1960s and 1970s.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.:436 He provided music on the game
show Three for the Money on NBC,:1077 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, an
album of novelty songs all revolving around science-fiction themes.
The tongue-in-cheek material, which Allman wrote and arranged himself,
included titles such as "Crawl Out Through The Fallout" and
"Radioactive Mama." "Crawl Out Through The Fallout" is used in the
video game Fallout 4.
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