Biography
Marty Allen
Real name: Morton David Alpern
Effective period / Period of releases: 1962 - 1976
American comedian and actor.Born March 23, 1922 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Died February 12, 2018 in Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Married to singer Karon Blackwell (June 17, 1984 - February 12, 2018, his death).
Allen often worked and toured with fellow comedian Steve Rossi. They starred in the 1966 film "The Last of the Secret Agents?", which Nancy Sinatra sang the title song to. The duo were brought together by singer Nat 'King' Cole in 1957, and went on to make more than 700 appearances on TV (44 of them on "The Ed Sullivan Show"), made 16 comedy albums and appeared in a failed movie spy spoof before splitting up in 1969. Allen & Rossi went on to reunite briefly on two occasions.