Allan Rich

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Allan Rich
Rich in 1984
Born	Benjamin Norman Schultz (1926-02-08)February 8, 1926
Died	August 22, 2020(2020-08-22) (aged 94) Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1963–2014
Spouse	Elaine Rich ​ ​ (m. 1951; died 2015)​
Children	2

Benjamin Norman Schultz (February 8, 1926 – August 22, 2020),^{[citation needed]} known professionally as Allan Rich, was an American character actor.

Career

Rich began his acting career when he was nine years old.^[1] He appeared in the Broadway productions I'll Take the High Road (1943), Career Angel (1944), Darkness at Noon (1951), and The Emperor's Clothes (1953).^[2] In 1948, Rich played the title role in a production of Ben Jonson's Volpone in Yellow Springs, Ohio.^[3]

Beginning in 1979, Rich was distributor and publisher of Hollywood portraits made by George Hurrell.^[1]

Personal life and death

Allan Rich was one of the many alleged communist sympathizers blacklisted in the 1950s Hollywood blacklist.^[4] He married Elaine in 1951, who would go on to be a personal manager to a number of actors after the couple moved to Los Angeles in 1976. The couple had two children together.^[5] Elaine Rich died in 2015, aged 81.^[5]

He mentored Rene Russo in acting.^{[citation needed]}

Rich spent the last five years of his life as a resident at the Lillian Booth Actors Home, run by the Actors Fund of America. He died from progressive dementia in Englewood, New Jersey, in August 2020, at the age of 94.^[6][7]

Activism

Rich was the co-founder of non-profit organization We Care About Kids, which produces educational short films for middle and high school youths.

Filmography

References