Fred Allen (set designer)

For other people named Fred Allen, see Fred Allen (disambiguation).

Fred Allen (1942 – December 6, 2007) was a Canadian set designer, art director, artist and model maker, from Stewiacke, Nova Scotia.^[1]

Fred Allen
Born	1942 Stewiacke, Nova Scotia
Died	December 6, 2007(2007-12-06) (aged 64–65) Truro, Nova Scotia
Other names	Fed Allen
Occupations	Set designer art director artist model maker
Years active	1962–2007

Early life

Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada, Allen never knew his birth mother, but was adopted and raised by Gwendolyn Poole of Wolfville, Nova Scotia until her death when Allen was 11. Allen was then raised by Poole's daughter in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia.^[2]

Career

Allen began his career in 1962 as a set designer for Neptune Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He designed and built sets for many television shows, such as Coco, Streets Cents, and Blizzard Island, as well as for feature films and for Parks Canada and the Nova Scotia International Tattoo. He is best known as the creator of the models and sets for the popular children's television series Theodore Tugboat, as well as the vessel Theodore Too.^[3][4]

Death

Allen died in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia on December 6, 2007, at the age of 64 or 65.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Position	Notes
1982	Baker County, U.S.A.	Art director, set designer	Credited as Fed Allen
1985	DEFCON-4
1988–1989	Coco
1990	Street Cents
1988–1989	Blizzard Island	Prop builder	6 episodes
1993–2001	Theodore Tugboat	Master props builder, model maker	130 episodes