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Chet Allen

Chet Allen

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Born May 6, 1939 in Chillicothe, Ohio, USA

Died June 17, 1984

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Best known as TV's first Amahl in Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951), Chet Allen was also part of the renowned Columbus Boychoir (now the American Boychoir) at that time. Although he appeared in a few other notable roles over the years—most prominently in the film Meet Me at the Fair (1953) alongside Dan Dailey and Scatman Crothers, and as one of Ezio Pinza's sons on the TV series Bonino (1953)—his life took a downward turn as his voice changed. Like many former child stars, he drifted between jobs and spent time in and out of psychiatric hospitals. When Menotti visited him in Columbus about a year before his death, he found a deeply unhappy young man whose life had been marked by disappointment. "No one could have helped him enough," Menotti later remarked. In 1984, at age 44, Chet Allen died by suicide, taking five times the lethal dose of his prescribed anti-depressant medication.

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Troubleshooters Poster

Troubleshooters TV Series1959Slats

Bonino TV Series195311

Meet Me at the Fair Poster

Meet Me at the Fair Feature Film1953Tad Bayliss

Amahl and the Night Visitors TV Movie1952Amahl

America's Singing Boys Poster

America's Singing Boys Short Film1951Narrator

Hallmark Hall of Fame Poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Series1951Amahl

All Star Revue Poster

All Star Revue TV Series1950Child Actor

NBC Television Opera Theatre Poster

NBC Television Opera Theatre TV Series1949Amahl

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