Alan Wakeling
- Category : 1926-births
- Type : ME
- Profile : 6/2 - Role Model / Hermit
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Migration 1
Biography
American magician and inventor known in the magic world for devising classic illusions and routines used by some of the top performers in the business. Some of his most successful work was done in association with leading television magician Mark Wilson. They worked on the television show The Magic Land of Allakazam, which was sponsored by Kellogg's cereal, and aired on CBS every Saturday from 1 October 1960 then moved to ABC in 1962.
Among Wakeling's inventions is at least one distinctive version of the Sawing a woman in half effect, the "Double sawing in half" routine for Channing Pollock. Among the illusions he devised for Mark Wilson were Backstage, Girl Through Glass, The Spiker, and Excalibur. He was also responsible for Wilson's "Circus Act" routine, which involved the Gorilla crush illusion.
Wakeling died peacefully on 10 November 2004 at age 78 in hospital in his hometown of Westlake Village, California.