Other Television and Theatrical Work
Allen made several serious television documentaries, including Dave Allen in the Melting Pot (1969), In Search of the Great Eccentrics (1974) and Eccentrics at Play (1974), all made for ITV.
He also had a successful stage career. In 1972 he starred in The Royal Court's production of Edna O'Brien's play A Pagan Place, and appeared as both Mr Darling and Captain Hook in the London Coliseum's production of Peter Pan.
In 1979 he played a troubled property man suffering a mid-life crisis in Alan Bennett's television play One Fine Day.
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