American 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, The Creature from the Black Lagoon and its two sequels. He worked frequently with director Jack Arnold. Alland is also remembered for his acting role as reporter Thompson who investigates the meaning of "Rosebud" in Orson Welles's Citizen Kane.
