Allen Case grew up in Dallas, Texas, and attended
junior high (Highland Park Junior High)
and high school (Highland Park High School) in Dallas 1946-52 and then attended
Southern
Methodist University for two years.

Allen Case Year Book picture

Allen Case in class

Allen Case was a talented musician and
football player.

When he went into show business there was already a
famous Allen Jones, a singer,
hence the Case stage name.
He came to New York in 1954. A winner on the Arthur Godfrey Talent
Scouts program, he signed a contract as a singer with Columbia
Records. He appeared in a number of Broadway productions, including
''Once Upon a Mattress'' (1959) and ''Hallelujah, Baby!''
(1967), and in a City Center revival of ''South Pacific''
(1957). He also appeared on television in ''The Deputy,'' ''Gunsmoke,'' ''Wagon
Train,''
''The Rifleman'' and ''Have Gun, Will Travel.''
Allen Case made
more than thirty television appearances between 1958 and 1982, often
in cowboy roles.
"The Deputy" —
Allen Case as Deputy Marshal Clay McCord
- Universal/NBC series was created by Roland Kibbee and
Norman Lear.
"The Deputy" was based in Silver City.
Clay McCord was a storekeeper-turned-lawman
who preferred to settle problems without gunplay.
The series ran for
two seasons and was the
peak of Case's career. He spent most
of the '60s mostly working in
Westerns.
Henry Fonda was the official star of the show, playing the
territorial marshal, although he did not appear in every episode.
An album of songs sung by
Allen Case titled "The Deputy Sings" was released in 1960.
May you rest in peace Cowboy!
'A special thank you' to
Judge John Nelms for Allen's school pictures and some of Allen's
information.
Judge John Nelms attended
junior high (Highland Park Junior High) and high school
(Highland Park High School) in Dallas with Allen Case 1946-52.