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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-03-27 (111 years old)

Place of Birth

Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Richard Denning

Biography:

Richard Denning (March 27, 1914 – October 11, 1998) was an American actor who starred in such movies as Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and An Affair to Remember (1957), and on radio with Lucille Ball as her husband George Cooper in My Favorite Husband (1948–1951), the forerunner of television's I Love Lucy, for which Denning was replaced by Ball's real-life husband, Desi Arnaz.

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Known For

Acting

1971

Mary, Queen of Scots as Francis, King of France

1970

1968

The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
Hawaii Five-O as Governor
Hawaii Five-O as The Governor

1966

1964

Karen as Steve Scott

1963

Twice-Told Tales as Jonathan Maulle

1962

1960

No Greater Love as Dr. George Lund
Michael Shayne as Michael Shayne

1959

1958

The Lady Takes a Flyer as Al Reynolds
Desert Hell as Sgt. Major Pierre Benet

1957

An Affair to Remember as Kenneth Bradley
Naked Paradise as Duke Bradley
The Black Scorpion as Hank Scott
The Buckskin Lady as Dr. Bruce Merritt

1956

The Oklahoma Woman as Steve Ward
Girls in Prison as Rev. Fulton
Assignment Redhead as Major Gregory Keen

1955

Creature with the Atom Brain as Dr. Chet Walker
The Crooked Web as Frank Daniel
The Gun That Won the West as 'Dakota' Jack Gaines
Air Strike as Stanley Blair
The Magnificent Matador as Mark Russell

1954

Creature from the Black Lagoon as Dr. Mark Williams
Target Earth as Frank Brooks
Jivaro as Jerry Russell
Battle of Rogue River as Stacey Wyatt

1953

The Glass Web as Dave Markson
Target Hong Kong as Mike Lassiter
The 49th Man as Chief Investigator Paul Reagan
General Electric Theater as Dr. Mark Andrews

1952

Hangman's Knot as Lee Kemper
Scarlet Angel as Malcolm Bradley
Okinawa as Lt. Phillips
Cavalcade of America as Col. Patterson

1951

Insurance Investigator as Tom Davison
Flame Of Stamboul as Larry Wilson
Why Men Leave Home as Dr. John Waldron

1950

No Man of Her Own as Hugh Harkness
Double Deal as Buzz Doyle
Harbor of Missing Men as Jim 'Brooklyn' Gannon

1948

Disaster as Bill Wyatt
Caged Fury as Blaney Lewis
Lady at Midnight as Peter Wiggins
Unknown Island as John Fairbanks
Studio One as Jack Marshall

1947

Seven Were Saved as Capt Allen Danton

1946

Black Beauty as Bill Dixon

1943

Quiet Please, Murder as Hal McByrne

1942

The Glass Key as Taylor Henry
Beyond the Blue Horizon as Jackra the Magnificent
Ice Capades Revue as Jeff Stewart

1941

Adam Had Four Sons as Jack Stoddard
West Point Widow as Lt. Rhody Graves

1940

Golden Gloves as Bill Crane
Queen of the Mob as Charlie Webster
Parole Fixer as Bruce Eaton
The Farmer's Daughter as Dennis Crane
Emergency Squad as Dan Barton
North West Mounted Police as Constable Thornton

1939

Undercover Doctor as Frank Oliver
The Night of Nights as Call Boy (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot as Mr. Weems
Union Pacific as Reporter (uncredited)
Television Spy as Dick Randolph
Geronimo as Lt. Larned
Hotel Imperial as (uncredited)
Persons in Hiding as Powder, Henchman
Sudden Money as Johnny Jordan
Million Dollar Legs as Hunk Jordan
Ambush as Police Garage Mechanic

1938

Illegal Traffic as Silk Patterson
Say It in French as Elevator Passenger
Campus Confessions as Buck Hogan
The Buccaneer as Captain Reid
King of Alcatraz as Harry Vay
You and Me as Salesman (uncredited)

1937

Wells Fargo as Minor Role
Hold 'Em Navy as Midshipman Jepson