Allan is a Las Vegas-based sleight-of-hand artist, entertainer, and educator.

He has been studying magic since childhood and is passionate about engaging and amazing his audience. He specializes in doing effects with cards, coins, and everyday objects. He is the creator of over 250 magical effects, the author of four books, twelve sets of lecture notes, and over twenty DVDs. Allan has performed in the U.S.A., Mexico, England, France, Italy, and Germany. He has worked with U.S.O., entertained on the Las Vegas strip, done tradeshows, T.V., and over 300 shows at the famed Hollywood Magic Castle.

When Allan was 18, he started studying under Ed Marlo, considered by many magicians the greatest sleight-of-hand artist with cards. He studied with Ed until January 1970, when he entered the USAF. When Allan left the service in 1973, Al decided to concentrate only on close-up magic, particularly card magic. He would get a master’s degree in mathematics to help with his shuffle work. Microcomputers came out in 1973-74, and he jumped on the bandwagon with shuffle simulators and gaming simulations. Those three disciplines have remained the love of his life to this day.

Allan taught at UNLV and the College of Southern Nevada for 34 years, teaching mathematics and computer science. He is often a keynote speaker at math conventions lecturing on using the art of amazement to inspire students to learn mathematics. Allan retired from the College of Southern Nevada in the summer of 2017 but will never stop creating and performing his first love – magic.