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Updated 2026-05-12 17:04

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Dave Allen - Biography - IMDb

Dave Allen. Writer: Dave Allen at Large. Born of a prominent Irish journalist in Dublin, Ireland, Dave Allen started out working and touring through English theatres and night clubs. Only occasionally working on radio, he made his first TV appearance on the BBC's "New Faces." He managed to tour with The Beatles while they were still starting out and soon managed to get an eight-month TV engagement called Tonight with...

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Dave Allen, comedian, dies aged 68. May his god go with him

Of the many tributes paid to Dave Allen yesterday, following his death at the age of 68, the shrewdest came from another Irish comic, Dylan Moran: "When he adjusted his waistcoat or shot his cuffs, dragons of unreason gasped and died at his feet."

www.independent.co.uk

Comedian Dave Allen has died, aged 68

The cause of his death is unknown, his agent said. He had suffered a mild illness over Christmas but appeared to have recovered. He leaves a wife, Karin, and three children.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Dave Allen(1936-2005)

Known for: Dave Allen at Large, The Dave Allen Show, Tonight with Dave Allen

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