Allan Warren
| Allan Warren | |
|---|---|
 Warren in 2012 | |
| Born | Michael Allan Warren 26 October 1948 Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Warren, Michael Allan |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Michael Allan Warren (born 26 October 1948) is an English portrait photographer, primarily known for his images of members of high society.
Early life[edit]
After growing up in post-war London with his mother, Warren attended Terry's Juveniles, a stage school based in the Drury Lane Theatre. It was during this period that he attended auditions through which he received several assignments. one such piece of work was as a child presenter in "The Five O'clock Club", which afforded him the opportunity to associate with a variety of people, including a young Marc Bolan (then performing as "Toby Tyler") who would later employ Warren as his first manager.[2][3]
Career[edit]
Warren started his photographic career at the age of 17 when he was acting in Alan Bennett's play Forty Years on with John Gielgud in the West End at the Apollo Theatre.[1] Around this time Warren bought his first second-hand camera and began to take photographs of his fellow actors. His first major assignment was when his friend Mickey Deans asked him to cover his wedding to Judy Garland, which marked the beginning of Warren's work as a professional photographer.[4] When in New York for personal reasons, he attended an audition for the Broadway production of Minnie's Boys. However, he later declined the role offered to him in favour of returning to London and pursuing photography as his vocation.
After this decisive event Warren embarked on his photography career, throughout which he took portraits of personalities including many actors, writers, musicians, politicians and members of the British Royal Family.[5][6] In the early 1980s Warren embarked on a quest to photograph all 26 non-royal and four royal dukes.[7] Together with the 12th Duke of Manchester he set up the Duke's Trust, a charity for children in need.[8][9][10] Warren has uploaded many pictures from his archive to Wikimedia Commons.
Miscellaneous[edit]
In the early 1990s, Warren embarked on writing plays. one of his works, The Lady of Phillimore Walk,[11] was directed by Frank Dunlop and critics went as far as comparing it to Sleuth, a thriller written by Anthony Shaffer. The cast of "The Lady of Phillimore Walk" consisted of Zena Walker and Philip Lowrie;[12] and saw productions in the United States.[13]
Warren invented the Hankybreathe, a handkerchief which allows the user to inhale air through a carbon filter at the mouth, to filter out the noxious effects of exhaust emissions. The invention, which is meant to be dabbed in eucalyptus oil, harks back to the nosegay and stems from Warren's experience with asthma in heavily polluted London.[14][15][16]. In January 2018, Allan Warren was used as a clue in the Times Daily Quiz.[17]
Gallery[edit]
Salvador Dalí, 1972
Gloria Swanson, 1972
Noël Coward, 1972
Donald Pleasence, 1973
Sir Alec Guinness, 1973
Sir Roger Moore, 1973
George Cukor, 1973
Cary Grant, 1973
Liberace, 1973
Laurence Olivier, 1973
Peter Sellers, 1973
David Niven, 1973
Claudio Arrau, 1974
Paul Scofield, 1975
Sir Peter Ustinov, 1986
Sophia Loren, 1986
Sir Peter Ustinov, 1986
Sammy Davis Jr., 1986
Prince Michael of Kent, 2014
Bibliography[edit]
- Nobs & Nosh – Eating with the Beautiful People, 1975
- Confessions of a Society Photographer, 1976
- The Dukes of Britain, 1986
- The Lady of Phillimore Walk (play), 1991
- Dukes, Queens and Other Stories, 1999
- Strangers in the Buff, August 2007
- Carpet Dwellers, October 2007
- Nein Camp, December 2012
- Stand By To Repel All Boarders, December 2014
References[edit]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Pride Life, No.03 Autumn 2008
- Jump up ^ Paytress, Mark (2006). Bolan: The Rise and Fall of a 20th Century Superstar. Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84609-147-0. Google books
- Jump up ^ The Hollywood Reporter, Vol. CCLI, No. 43 Friday, 2 June 1978
- Jump up ^ Washington Times, November 2012
- Jump up ^ The Confessions of a Society Photographer – Allan Warren (Jupiter, London, 1976) ISBN 0-904041-68-9 ISBN 978-0-904041-68-2
- Jump up ^ Nobs & Nosh : Eating with the Beautiful People – Allan Warren (Leslie Frewin, London, 1974) ISBN 0-85632-100-1 ISBN 978-0-85632-100-9
- Jump up ^ The Spectator, 3 April 1999
- Jump up ^ Daily Express, 25 March 1988
- Jump up ^ Marcus Scriven – Splendour and Squalor: The Disgrace and Disintegration of Three Aristocratic Dynasties, Atlantic Books, Limited, 2010 ISBN 978-1-84354-125-7 Google Books
- Jump up ^ Washington Times November 2012
- Jump up ^ "University of Glasgow". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- Jump up ^ Allen Wright The Scotsman, 20 January.1992
- Jump up ^ "Francis Wilson Playhouse, Florida".
- Jump up ^ "Inventor Tries to Clear the Air, one Car at a Time", Los Angeles Times, 16 August 1999
- Jump up ^ "The fume-fighting handkerchief that makes good scents", Evening Standard, 15 June 1998
- Jump up ^ Natasha Narayan "Handy 'Hanky' may ease smog effects", Time Out, 17–24 June 1999
- Jump up ^ The Times, Wednesday January 3 2018 No 72422
External links[edit]
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Photographs by Allan Warren. |
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