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Richard Denning (I) (1914–1998)

Actor

Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Louis Albert Denninger Jr. was the son of a garment manufacturer who relocated and set up shop in Los Angeles when Louis Jr. was 18 months old. After finishing school, Denninger enrolled at Woodbury Business College and majored in business and accounting, graduating cum laude with a master's in business administration... See full bio »

Born:

Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger Jr.
in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Died:

(age 84) in Escondido, California, USA
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1980 The Asphalt Cowboy (TV movie)
Charles Van Heuran
 
1968-1980 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Governor / The Governor / Gov. Paul Jameson / …
– The Moroville Covenant (1980) … Gov. Paul Jameson
– The Golden Noose (1980) … Gov. Paul Jameson
– Good Help Is Hard to Find (1979) … Gov. Paul Jameson
– A Lion in the Streets (1979) … Gov. Paul Jameson
– The Spirit Is Willie (1979) … Gov. paul jameson
See all 71 episodes »
 
1974 McCloud (TV series)
Edgar Hamilton
– A Cowboy in Paradise (1974) … Edgar Hamilton
 
1968 I Spy (TV series)
Delaney
– This Guy Smith (1968) … Delaney
 
1968 I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew
Commodore
 
1966 Alice Through the Looking Glass (TV movie)
Alice's Father
 
1964-1965 Karen (TV series)
Steve Scott
– Mimi's First Love (1965) … Steve Scott
– The Understudy (1965) … Steve Scott
– The Beverly Beat (1965) … Steve Scott
– Big Bad Jim (1965) … Steve Scott
– Substitute Father (1965) … Steve Scott
See all 27 episodes »
 
1963 Twice-Told Tales
Jonathan Maulle
 
1963 Going My Way (TV series)
Larry McMullen
– Don't Forget to Say Goodbye (1963) … Larry McMullen
 
1960-1961 Michael Shayne (TV series)
Michael Shayne
– Dead Air (1961) … Michael Shayne
– It Takes a Heap o' Dyin' (1961) … Michael Shayne
– No Shroud for Shayne (1961) … Michael Shayne
– The Trouble with Ernie (1961) … Michael Shayne
– Date with Death (1961) … Michael Shayne
See all 32 episodes »
 
1960 No Greater Love
 
1959 The Flying Doctor (TV series)
Dr. Greg Graham (the flying doctor) / Dr. Greg Graham
– A Call to London (1959) … Dr. Greg Graham (the flying doctor)
– A Circle in the Bush (1959) … Dr. Greg Graham (the flying doctor)
– A Pair of Eyes (1959) … Dr. Greg Graham (the flying doctor)
– A Race Against Time (1959) … Dr. Greg Graham (the flying doctor)
– A Stranger in Distress (1959) … Dr. Greg Graham (the flying doctor)
See all 39 episodes »
 
1958 Desert Hell
Sgt. Major Pierre Benet
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Jack Marshall
– The Laughing Willow (1958) … Jack Marshall
 
1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer
Al Reynolds
 
1957-1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Dr. Mark Andrews / Jim Kendall
– Letters from Cairo (1958) … Jim Kendall
– Eyes of a Stranger (1957) … Dr. Mark Andrews
 
1957 The Black Scorpion
Hank Scott
 
1957 The Buckskin Lady
Dr. Bruce Merritt
 
1957 An Affair to Remember
Kenneth Bradley
 
1953-1957 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Barney Maddock / Charlie Frye / Davy Jones / …
– The Idea Man (1957) … Charlie Frye
– On the Beach (1956) … Davy Jones
– Double Trouble (1956) … Barney Maddock
– All That Glitters (1955) … Tim Barker
– The Legal Beagles (1954) … George Beagle
See all 6 episodes »
 
1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Jeff
– The Undesirable (1957) … Jeff
 
1957 Naked Paradise
Duke Bradley
 
1956 Million Dollar Manhunt
Major Gregory Keen
 
1955-1956 Crossroads (TV series)
Dr. Ira Langston / Rev. George Bolton / Reverend Lloyd E. Williams
– The Pure White Orchid (1956) … Reverend Lloyd E. Williams
– The Bowery Bishop (1956) … Rev. George Bolton
– Chinese Checkers (1955) … Dr. Ira Langston
 
1956 Girls in Prison
Rev. Fulton
 
1956 The Oklahoma Woman
Steve Ward
 
1956 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
William Broder
– Bachelor Husband (1956) … William Broder
 
1956 Cheyenne (TV series)
Capt. Quinlan
– Decision (1956) … Capt. Quinlan
 
1955 Day the World Ended
Rick
 
1955 The Crooked Web
Frank Daniel
 
1955 The Gun That Won the West
'Dakota' Jack Gaines
 
1955 Creature with the Atom Brain
Dr. Chet Walker
 
1955 The Magnificent Matador
Mark Russell
 
1955 Air Strike
Cmdr. Stanley Blair
 
1955 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
Don Wilkerson
– I'll Pick More Daisies (1955) … Don Wilkerson
 
1954 Target Earth
Frank Brooks
 
1952-1954 Mr. & Mrs. North (TV series)
Jerry North
– Climax (1954) … Jerry North
– Mask of Hate (1954) … Jerry North
– The Suspected (1954) … Jerry North
– The Girl in Cell 13 (1954) … Jerry North
– The Placid Affair (1954) … Jerry North
See all 56 episodes »
 
1954 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Tapu (1954)
 
1954 Creature from the Black Lagoon
Mark Williams
 
1954 Battle of Rogue River
Stacey Wyatt
 
1954 Jivaro
Jerry Russell
 
1953 The Glass Web
Dave Markson
 
1953 The 49th Man
Chief Investigator Paul Reagan
 
1953 Target Hong Kong
Mike Lassiter
 
1952 Hangman's Knot
Lee Kemper
 
1952 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
– The Man Who Took a Chance (1952)
 
1952 Scarlet Angel
Malcolm Bradley
 
1952 Okinawa
Lt. Phillips
 
1951 Week-End with Father
Don Adams
 
1951 The Bigelow Theatre (TV series)
– The Hot Welcome (1951)
 
1951 Secrets of Beauty
Dr. John Waldron
 
1951 Insurance Investigator
Tom Davison
 
1951 Flame of Stamboul
Larry Wilson
 
1950 Double Deal
Buzz Doyle
 
1950 Harbor of Missing Men
Jim 'Brooklyn' Gannon
 
1950 No Man of Her Own
Hugh Harkness
 
1948 Disaster
Bill Wyatt
 
1948 Unknown Island
John Fairbanks
 
1948 Lady at Midnight
Peter Wiggins
 
1948 Caged Fury
Blaney Lewis
 
1947 Seven Were Saved
Captain Allen Danton
 
1946 The Fabulous Suzanne
Rex
 
1946 Black Beauty
Bill Dixon
 
1944 Golden Gloves (short)
 
1942 Ice-Capades Revue
Jeff Stewart
 
1942 Quiet Please: Murder
Hal McByrne
 
1942 The Glass Key
Taylor Henry
 
1942 Beyond the Blue Horizon
Jackra the Magnificent
 
1941 West Point Widow
Lt. Rhody Graves
 
1941 Adam Had Four Sons
Jack Stoddard (older)
 
1940 Love Thy Neighbor
Joe
 
1940 North West Mounted Police
Constable Thornton
 
1940 Golden Gloves
Bill Crane
 
1940 Those Were the Days!
Briggs
 
1940 Queen of the Mob
Charlie Webster
 
1940 Seventeen
Jack
 
1940 The Farmer's Daughter
Dennis Crane
 
1940 Parole Fixer
Bruce Eaton
 
1940 Emergency Squad
Dan Barton
 
1939 The Night of Nights
Call Boy (uncredited)
 
1939 Geronimo
Lt. Larned (uncredited)
 
1939 Our Neighbors - The Carters
Pilot (uncredited)
 
1939 Disputed Passage
Student (uncredited)
 
1939 Television Spy
Dick Randolph
 
1939 The Star Maker
Assistant Dance Director
 
1939 Million Dollar Legs
Hunk Jordan
 
1939 Grand Jury Secrets
Murph
 
1939 The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Fred
 
1939 Undercover Doctor
Frank Oliver
 
1939 Some Like It Hot
Mr. Weems
 
1939 Hotel Imperial (uncredited)
 
1939 Union Pacific
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1939 Sudden Money
Johnny Jordan
 
1939 I'm from Missouri
Plane Pilot (uncredited)
 
1939 King of Chinatown
Protective Association Henchman
 
1939 Persons in Hiding
Powder, Henchman
 
1939 Ambush
Police Garage Mechanic
 
1938 Say It in French
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
 
1938 Illegal Traffic
Silk Patterson
 
1938 The Arkansas Traveler
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1938 Touchdown, Army
Cadet (uncredited)
 
1938 King of Alcatraz
Harry Vay
 
1938 Campus Confessions
Buck Hogan
 
1938 Give Me a Sailor
Sailor (uncredited)
 
1938 The Texans
Cpl. Parker CSA (uncredited)
 
1938 You and Me
Salesman
 
1938 College Swing
Student (uncredited)
 
1938 Her Jungle Love
Pilot
 
1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938
Officer of The S.S. Gigantic (uncredited)
 
1938 The Buccaneer
Captain Reid
 
1937 Wells Fargo
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1937 Night Club Scandal
Vera's Naval Fiancé (scenes deleted)
 
1937 Hold 'Em Navy
Midshipman Jepson
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
1996 100 Years of Horror: Aliens (video documentary short)
Himself - Star, 'Target Earth'
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Ghosts (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Giants (video documentary)
Himself - Actor, 'Black Scorpion'
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Gory Gimmicks (video documentary short)
Himself - Star, 'Unknown Island'
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Mutants (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Scream Queens (video documentary short)
Himself - Husband of Evelyn Ankers
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: The Double Demons (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: The Evil Unseeable (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: The Walking Dead (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Werewolves (video documentary short)
Himself - Husband of Evelyn Ankers
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Zombies (video documentary short)
Himself - Star, 'Creature with the Atom Brain'
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1999 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

"The Fabulous Suzanne" starring, in addition to Richard Denning, also Barbara Britten and Rudy Vallee. See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Official Sites:

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Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I'm very grateful for a career that wasn't spectacular, but always made a living or filled in in-between. I have wonderful memories of it, but I don't miss it. (from a 1991 interview) See more »

Trivia:

His character's name on CBS Radio's "My Favorite Husband" was changed from George Cugat to George Cooper later in 1948. See more »

Star Sign:

Aries