![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: 1918 in Brooklyn, NY Death: March 5, 2002 in New York, NY Biography:A popular Broadway actor who was blacklisted following his refusal to answer questions at the HUAC hearings, actor and World War II veteran "Alan Manson" rebuilt his career following the McCarthy witch hunts, though he is best remembered for his stage roles in such Broadway hits as Funny Girl and Neil Simon's Broadway Bound. A Brooklyn, NY, native, Manson made his stage debut at 16 before hitting the bright lights of Broadway with his performance in Journey to Jerusalem at 21. Joining a touring wartime acting troupe during World War II, Manson and company attempted to keep morale high in such productions as Three Men and a Horse and Brother Rat. After being noticed by famed composer "Irving Berlin", Manson made his film debut in the 1943 feature "This Is the Army". Returning to the United States shortly following the end of the war, the now-established actor returned to the Broadway stage with roles in... Full Biography
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