Person Open DS/UK/16676 Allen; Dave (6 July 1936-10 March 2005); Irish comedian Allen Dave 6 July 1936-10 March 2005 Irish comedian Male (cisgender) David Tynan O'Mahony Firhouse, Dublin, Ireland (born)

Kensington, London, England (died)

Irish Comedy White Physical disability - accident Agnostic / Atheist / Secular Son of Gerard "Cully" Tynan O'Mahony (managing editor of The Irish Times) and Jean Archer (English) Spouse of Karin Tynan Stark Former spouse of Judith Stott (actress) Heterosexual Dave Allen was an Irish observational comedian and satirist. Initially becoming known in Australia during 1963–64, Allen made regular television appearances in the United Kingdom from the later 1960s and until the mid-1980s. The BBC aired his Dave Allen Show 1972–1986, which was also exported to several other European countries. His career had a major resurgence during the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the height of his career he was Britain's most controversial comedian, regularly provoking indignation at his frequent highlighting of political hypocrisy and disregard for religious authority. His television shows were also broadcast in the United States, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, former Yugoslavia, Australia and New Zealand. Appearance and Attributes: Allen lost the top of his left forefinger above the middle knuckle after catching it in a machine cog. However, he enjoyed inventing stories to explain the loss, which became a minor part of his act. One version was that his brother John had surprised him by snapping his jaw shut when they were children, resulting in his biting it off. A further explanation he gave on his programme, Dave Allen at Large, was that he often stuck his finger in his whiskey glass, and it had been eaten away by strong drink. He also said it was worn away from repeatedly brushing the dust from his suit. One of his stand-up jokes was that, when he was a boy, he and his friends would go see a cowboy movie at the local cinema, then come out all ready to play Cowboys and Indians. Staring down at his truncated finger, he would mutter, "I had a sawn-off shotgun." On his show he told a long, elaborate ghost story, ending with "something evil" attacking Allen in a dark and haunted house. Allen grabbed and bit the attacker, the studio lights came back up, and it was his own left hand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Allen_(comedian) (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 5/27/2014 RAHAKIRKBRIDE 8/1/2024 71ff625a-b4bf-4bb7-b6b2-cffd5da838c2