Biografi
Tex Allen is 78 in 2022 and lives in Columbia (Lancaster County) PA USA 17512.
He served as a U.S. Army Combat Medic soldier (Vietnam War), was decorated for heroic service, wartime valor.
He worked as a performing artist/ entertainer for 61 years starting in 1953 and ending in 2014 when he retired at age 70.
He is a retired SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Hollywood studio movie actor who acted in 24 major Hollywood studio movies between 2004 and 2014.
His earlier career as a paid movie actor began in Hollywood, California in 1970 when he was 26 years old.
He first appeared as a lead movie actor (unpaid) in a student made movie at Antioch College Ohio titled THE EASTER PARADE (1963) when he was 19 years old.
His career as an stage and movie entertainer began in 1953 when he was 9 years old and he appeared as a stage choral music singer in Baltimore, Maryland USA at Northwood Elementary School on Loch Raven Blvd. between Winford Road and Hartsdale Road.
He spends his time in retirement (2020) pursuing a variety of interests including listening to recorded nostalgia music daily (Classical and popular music), reading and listening to spoken word poetry, classic fiction and non-fiction books, watching (screening) classic fiction and documentary movies from his large video collection, hiking outdoors, riding his bicycle, and visiting/ communicating with / socializing with his many recent and long time friends.
He enjoys tasty food, gets 12 hours of rest/ sleep/ naps during every 24 hour day.
He believes it important to be well rested, that daytime naps and solid sleep at night (8 hours minimum nightly) are the keys to good health and longevity.
His education (20 years full time), ambitions, and experiences made him cultured, well informed, humane, and socially aware/ selective.
These were and are (2020) his primary life values.
He lives at Catholic Housing For The Elderly (St. Peter Apts.) located at 400 Union Street, Apartment 303, Columbia (Lancaster County) PA USA 17512.
Tex Allen (birth name: "David Roger Allen") was born in New York City NY USA, and raised since age 4 in Baltimore, MD USA.
Tex (David Roger) Allen is a retired public relations manager, library manager, and Screen Actors Guild accredited major Hollywood studio movie actor.
He completed college, graduate school, and military service, and worked in business and non-profit public relations jobs, govt. library manager and other govt. service jobs, and movie industry actor and sales/promotion jobs until he retired in 2014 at age 70.
He was married to the late Deborah Benson Woodroofe (1945 - 2013) and is the father of Timothy Nicholas Allen (1977 - ) who lives (2020) at 662 Bauder Park Drive, Alden (Erie County), New York USA 14004, and also is the grandfather of Timothy N. Allen's 2 children, Owen Allen (2011 - ) and Lucy Allen (2016 - ). Timothy N. Allen has been married to Kristin Marie Aducci Allen, a personal injury specialist lawyer in Erie County NY USA, since 2009. The couple are parents of two children (see above).
He was schooled in Baltimore MD Public Schools, University Of Virginia (1961-62), Antioch College Ohio (1962-66), the State University Of New York/ Buffalo (1987-88), and the University of Maryland (1988-89).
Awarded B.A. Degree (Education): Antioch College (1966), Master's Degree (Library Science): University of Maryland (1989).
Tex Allen is a US Army Vietnam War Combat Medic veteran promoted early for outstanding performance during US Army Basic Training, decorated for heroic service, wartime valor, and honorably discharged.
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The Facebook Tex Allen site includes photos and images of 70 celebrity relatives (10 US Presidents, 5 Signers Of The US Declaration Of Independence, 2 US Supreme Court Justices, 12 Movie Stars, 10 Notable Scientists, 11 Notable Writers/ Authors, 2 Notable Artists, etc.).
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He spends most of his time screening (watching) classic movies and documentaries films and videos, and also reading history books.
His hobbies include bicycle riding, camping, and piano/ guitar/ ukulele playing and singing.
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