Allan McKeown

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Allan McKeown
McKeown at the 1990 Emmy Awards
Born	John Allan McKeown[1] (1946-05-21)21 May 1946 Ealing, London, England
Died	24 December 2013(2013-12-24) (aged 67) Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation	Producer
Years active	1979–2013
Spouse	Tracey Ullman ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	2

Allan McKeown (born John Allan McKeown; 21 May 1946 – 24 December 2013) was a British television and stage producer.^[1]

Early life

McKeown was born in

In 1969, he changed course and became a producer at James Garrett and Partners, at the time the largest TV commercials producer in the UK. He was appointed managing director shortly after joining. He left to form a production company Witzend with Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Initially making commercials, then the feature film Porridge (US: Doing Time, 1979). McKeown was the executive producer for Central Television's Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, with Clement and La Frenais as the show's main writers.^[2]

He was one of the first independent television producers in the UK. McKeown not only produced in Britain with his company, WitzEnd, but also produced in the US for all of the networks. In 1986, Witzend acquired Selectv, and in the process became a public company. The company grew as it added Alomo, a venture with writers

McKeown was responsible for all of Meridian's comedy programming. In 1994 Selectv (the cable channel) was launched its programming, mainly programs produced by McKeown. In March 1996, McKeown accepted £51 million for SelecTV, now a broadcaster and a major supplier of television programs, from Pearson, then owner of the Financial Times. McKeown returned to the US producing the HBO comedy series, Tracey Takes On... for wife, Tracey Ullman. The series won six Emmy Awards. McKeown invested in the media launching web site itstv.com, an international distribution web site. The company was sold in March 2000. In 2007, McKeown launched Allan McKeown Presents, Ltd. The company produced the Indian comedy series, Mumbai Calling as well as Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (2008–10).

Stage

McKeown was involved in the West End production of Anyone For Denis? (

McKeown and Tracey Ullman married in 1983. They had two children and lived in both England and the United States. In 2006, McKeown and Ullman topped the "Wealthiest British Comedians" list, with an estimated net worth of £75 million.[3]

Death

McKeown died of prostate cancer in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve 2013, at the age of 67.^[4]

Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre

References

External links

• Allan McKeown at
  IMDb
• Allan McKeown at the Internet Broadway Database
• Allan McKeown – obituary – The Telegraph
• Allan John McKeown Memorial Tribute Archived 13 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine