Editing Irving Allen (section)

===Matt Helm===
Some years later, Allen cast about for his own spy series. He acquired the rights to [[Donald Hamilton]]'s Matt Helm series. Allen was responsible for the [[Matt Helm]] series, ''[[The Silencers (film)|The Silencers]]'' (1966), ''[[Murderers' Row (film)|Murderers' Row]]'' (1966), ''[[The Ambushers (film)|The Ambushers]]'' (1967), and ''[[The Wrecking Crew (1969 film)|The Wrecking Crew]]'' (1969).

In July 1967, Allen said "At this stage I"m only interested in making money. I'm not interested in kudos or getting good reviews - I've had all that. I'm just concerned with getting the greatest number of people into theatres."<ref name="allen">Allen at Helm of Production Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 6 July 1967: e14.</ref> "I've done practically everything," he said. "There's no place I haven't been in the business. The only thing I can't do is write."<ref name="allen"/>

Allen's Helm series had one major effect on Broccoli's Bond movies (produced at the time in partnership with [[Harry Saltzman]]). To get [[Dean Martin]] on board as Matt Helm, Allen had to make the actor a partner in the enterprise. Dean Martin ended up making more money on ''The Silencers'' (1966) than [[Sean Connery]] made on ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' (1965). This did not go unnoticed by Connery.

Other Allen films included ''The Desperadoes''.

Allen was buried at the [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] in Hollywood, California.