Biography

William Alland was an American actor, film producer and writer, mainly of Western and science-fiction/monster films, including This Island Earth, It Came From Outer Space, Tarantula!, The Deadly Mantis, The Mole People, The Colossus of New York, The Space Children, and the three Creature from the Black Lagoon films.

Known For

Citizen Kane

Jerry Thompson/Narrator

The Lady from Shanghai

Reporter (uncredited)

Macbeth

Second Murderer

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Self - Actor (archive footage)

F for Fake

Self

Riff-Raff

Trumpy - Man in Cell (uncredited)

Tom, Dick and Harry

Newsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Self