Allen Baron (born April 14, 1927)[1] is an American television and film director, actor, and comic book artist.
[2] Baron was born and raised in the Brooklyn borough of New York City to Polish and Russian immigrant parents.
Upon visiting a Paramount sound stage in the mid-1950s, he decided he wanted to work in films, and he became involved in theatrical acting.
Baron is best known for writing and directing the 1961 film noir Blast of Silence, in which he also plays the lead role of the hitman.
Baron directed over 200 episodes of television shows, including multiple episodes of The Love Boat,[6] Charlie's Angels, Arnie, Love, American Style, Room 222, The New Temperatures Rising Show, House Calls, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, and Run, Joe, Run.