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Alan Marshal (born Alan M Willey 29 January 1909 – 9 July 1961) was an Australian-born actor who performed on stage in the United States and in Hollywood films. He was sometimes billed as Alan Marshall or Alan Willey.
Alan Marshall AM, (2 May 1902 – 21 January 1984) was an Australian writer, story teller, humanist and social documenter. He received the Australian Literature Society Short Story Award three times, the first in 1933. [1]
Alan Marshall (1902-1984), writer and humanist, was born on 2 May 1902 at Noorat, in the Western District of Victoria, fourth surviving child and only son of Victorian-born parents William Bertred Marshall, storekeeper, and his wife Adameina Henrietta, née Leister. He was named William Allen.
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Alan Marshal was an Australian actor who starred in films such as House on Haunted Hill and The Garden of Allah. He was also a stage performer who toured the U.S. during World War II and was considered for the role of Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind.
- January 29, 1909
- July 13, 1961
The Complete Stories of Alan Marshall selected work short story autobiography. Author: Alan Marshall. First known date: 1977. The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access.
Alan Marshall may refer to: Alan Marshall (Australian writer) (1902–1984), Australian writer. Alan Marshall (cricketer) (1895–1973), India-born English cricketer. Alan Marshall (historian) (born 1949), British historian of printing. Alan Marshall (New Zealand author), New Zealand writer, scholar, and environmentalist.
A writer with an ear for the rhythms of Australian speech, Melbourne-based Alan Marshall published in the dominant social realist tradition of the 1940s and ‘50s. The author of short stories, journalism, children’s books, novels and advice columns, he is best remembered for the first book of his autobiography, I Can Jump Puddles (1955).
