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Possibly his attitude toward his own children is conditioned by the fact that his doctor-father, to whom he is devoted, had predetermined Casey's life for him. Casey was to be a doctor and follow in his father's practice. "Although, as a kid, I used to help my father during our summers at Lake Minnetonka — he was the only doctor and all the accidents came his way — I didn't think I would be a good doctor," Casey explains, "and I proved it by flunking my pre-med course at the University of Minnesota. Then and there, I made up my mind that, if I ever had any kids, I would let them decide what they wanted to do. And I'm going to keep that promise." Casey and his attractive wife, radio actress Fran Carlon, have created a warm atmosphere in the huge New York apartment where they live with their two children. It is homelike even to the tiger cat which curls up on the sofa. l^asey's acting versatility is just a reflection of his own many-sided talents. Although acting is his first love, he says: "I got my first experience at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1936 — and have been at it ever since — but I have done lots of other things." The other things include a hitch in the Merchant Marine (a bad back condition kept him out of military service) , teaching aeronautics to a glider detachment of the U.S. Air Force, heading the same sort of program for Naval ground forces at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, serving in the U.S. Maritime Service in the Atlantic and the Caribbean, directing and producing student plays at Chapel Hill, and working as assistant head of the radio "and TV department in an advertising agency. Casey's mind is quick and inquiring, and his energy is prodigious. It's typical that, when he was offered the job of teaching the glider detachment, he knew little about aeronautics. But, by the time the course started, he had learned more than enough. He is curious about everything and, if he comes across something he doesn't know about, he'll dig and study until he has a working knowledge. Fran, whose temperament is much more placid, laughingly says that she doesn't try to keep up with it all. "I never know what he's going to do next," she says. "But the morning I woke up and found the whole apartment wired for hi-fi— his latest enthusiasm — I must confess I was astonished. I had gone to bed early and there wasn't a magnifier in sight. When I got up, music came from everywhere. The whole apartment was wired for sound." But Fran likes the unexpected things Casey does. "You could never be bored living with Casey," she says, smiling. "Why, he can do almost anything, and he is interested in everything from chess to electronics. It's a wonderful education for the children — and for me, too," she adds. Proof of her words is that Kerry and Kim have learned to play chess. Often in the mornings, before Fran and Casey are awake, the two youngsters will play a game together. Casey sees nothing remarkable in this at all. Sports have always been part of Casey Allen's life. At the age of ten, he used to go on hunting trips in the Minnesota woods. He rides, plays polo, had a try at freshman football, is good at tennis, skis well and particularly loves to swim. Casey has no patience with people who get bored. To him, life is like a book with something new and exciting on every page. When he was convalescing after a strep throat, for instance, he learned to ski and, lest he waste a minute, he also studied graphology, the science of handwriting analysis. Mention anything and it is apt to be something that Casey has either done or explored. He's a good photographer and has taken some remarkable pictures of the kids. "I also studied movie photography," he says. "I have shot complete movies and TV shows experimentally to learn about lighting and directing." None of which is a waste of time. For Casey has produced and directed radio, TV and stage shows, as well as acting in them. Casey started his career at the Pasadena Playhouse, arriving there just a month after his future wife Fran Carlon — who also studied there — had left. By this quirk of fate, they didn't meet for another ten years. Even during the war, while teaching aeronautics, Casey kept one hand in the theater by directing student plays at Chapel Hill and at the University of Minnesota. Then came New York and a stint at Station WNEW. Acting is Casey's life, and he doesn't care whether it's radio, TV or the Broadway stage. Fran feels the same way about it. She, too, has acted for years and loves radio. "It's the best medium for an actress who is also a wife and mother," she says. "Radio gives you the time at home you have to have, if you are going to have the right sort of family life." The Aliens try to run their careers so that one or the other is always home with the children. They have a wonderful maid, but they believe so deeply in family life that they make it their first consideration always. And because of their unity as a family, the kids are just as happy with one parent as the other. Casey has always taken an active part in bringing up Kerry and Kim. He has helped care for them from the time they were tiny babies and he's just as apt to put them to bed with a good-night story as Fran is. Because Casey and Fran cannot always be at home nor spend as many evenings together as they would like, they frequently have lunch dates. These luncheons are part of their daily lives and it gives them a chance to catch up. Although they love parties and people, they like best the evenings they can spend at home with the children. And Sundays, when neither Casey nor Fran has a show to do, the whole family picnics in Central Park. Both the children like TV and radio, but they are learning that books are important, too. Casey tries to read a story a day to them. Sometimes he does it so dramatically, Kerry and Kim get carried away by it and it's up to Fran to calm them down. Casey likes to read. He is particularly fond of science-fiction and has a library filled with such adventure tales. In fact, the built-in cabinet in the huge bedroom he shares with Fran is an index to the character and interests of this dynamic young man, who is never still but paces the floor as he talks or makes broad, sweeping gestures with his arms. Side by side are volumes of science-fiction, tomes on chess, books on photography. The bottom of the cabinet holds the manuscripts he has adapted for radio and TV. For Casey writes, too. In fact he has had articles on photography in several magazines. "I just