Allen Doone (Edward Allen) (3 September 1878 – 4 May 1948) was an American tenor and comic actor who specialised in Irish romantic dramas. Doone was born in

Amboy, Illinois Amboy is a city in Lee County, Illinois, United States, along the Green River. The population was 2,500 at the 2010 census. The chain of Carson Pirie Scott & Co. began in Amboy when Samuel Carson opened his first dry goods store there in 1854. T ...

, to Irish immigrants Kate and James Allen. From 1909 to 1938, Allen had his own theatre company in Australia. He moved back to the USA where he died. At the time of his death, he was married to actress Edna Keeley. He starred in the feature film '' The Rebel'' (1915).

Select theatre credits

*''The Rebel'' (1913) *''The Wearing of the Green'' (1914) *''Lucky O'Shea'' (1924) *''Sweet County Kerry'' *''Parish Priest'' *''In Old Donegal'' *''Molly Bawa''

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* * * 1878 births 1948 deaths American tenors 20th-century American male actors People from Amboy, Illinois American male stage actors {{US-theat-actor-1870s-stub