
John Dehner
Known for Acting · 248 credits
- Born
- 1915-11-23
- Died
- 1992-02-04
- Place of birth
- Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- John Dehner Forkum · Dehner Forkum
Biography
From Wikipedia
John Dehner (November 23, 1915 - February 4, 1992) was an American actor in radio, television, and films. Between 1941 and 1988, he appeared in over 260 films and television programs. Prior to acting, Dehner had worked as an animator at Walt Disney Studios, and later became a radio disc jockey. He was also a professional pianist.
Known For
TV Shows (111)

Ironside
1967

Perry Mason
1957
as Major Lewis

Columbo
1971
as Roland Pangborn / Otis Swanson

The Rifleman
1958
as Al Walker / Wood Bartell / Tom King

The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Colonel Harvey

Bonanza
1959
as Captain Pender / Jean Lafitte

Matinee Theater
1955

Wagon Train
1957
as Ned Rossiter

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962

Mission: Impossible
1966
as Dan Whelan

Hogan's Heroes
1965
as General von Platzen / Colonel Backscheider

Get Smart
1965
as Colonel Kyle K. Kirby

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Jared Garrity / Captain Allenby

Maverick
1957
as John Bates / Big Ed Murphy

The Wild Wild West
1965
as Torres / John Maxwell Avery

Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Anthony Del Vecchi

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Mannix
1967

The Rockford Files
1974
as Judge Lyman / Inspector DeMartonis

Lawman
1958
as Ben Wyatt

The Untouchables
1959
as Huey Barker

Hart to Hart
1979

Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Charles Quine / Capt. Bowns / Gen. Hatfield

Cheyenne
1955
as Nagel

The Virginian
1962
as Bleeck / Frank Sturgis / Morgan Starr / Marshall Eliazer Teague

The Real McCoys
1957
as Roger Brewster

Run for Your Life
1965
as Eliot Ponas

Gunsmoke
1955
as Cope Borden / Nip Cullers / Wayne Russell / Nate Springer / Tom Cassidy / Rack / Hardy Tate / Luke / Ben / Caleb / Paolo Scanzano / Sam Wall

The Big Valley
1965
as Daddy Cade

Rawhide
1959
as Jubal Wade / Ben Kerran / Capt. Francis Cabot / Straw Coleman / Arvid Lacey

Bat Masterson
1958
as Sheriff / Marshal Ben Holt

The High Chaparral
1967
as Captain Surtee / Gar Burnett

Zorro
1957

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Dr. Jim Randolph / Colonel Overton / Marshal Tom Harvey / Jim Brayden

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Abraham Saxon / Grant Mandeville / Sheriff Hayes

Combat!
1962
as Gen. Armand Bouchard

The Millionaire
1955
as Prof. Ridgely

The Rebel
1959
as John Sims

77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Roland Dumont / Robert McGill / John Dehner / Dr. Burke

The Doris Day Show
1968
as Cy Bennett / Cyril Bennett

Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Paul Jordan

Hardcastle and McCormick
1983

Land of the Giants
1968
as Lieutenant Grayson

Surfside 6
1960
as Francisco Hernandez
Morning Star
1965

Checkmate
1960
as George Shay

Stoney Burke
1962

Laramie
1959

Switch
1975
as Mr. Simon

Alcoa Theatre
1957

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Dr. Parviz Kharmusi

Ellery Queen
1975

The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951

The Texan
1958

How the West Was Won
1977
as Bishop Benjamin

Yancy Derringer
1958
as Col. Tate

Philip Marlowe
1959

Startime
1959
as Commentator
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Gilbert Simmone
Movies (137)

Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as The Commissioner

The Right Stuff
1983
as Henry Luce

Jagged Edge
1985
as Judge Carrigan

The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Henry Wheelock

Vice Raid
1959

Fun with Dick and Jane
1977
as Jane's Father

Scaramouche
1952
as Doutreval

Slaughterhouse-Five
1972
as Rumfoord

Captive Girl
1950
as Hakim

Man of the West
1958
as Claude Tobin

He Walked by Night
1949
as Assistant Bureau Chief (uncredited)

The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Taylor Swope

The Reluctant Dragon
1941
as Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (uncredited)

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
as Lieutenant Commander (uncredited)

Aquamania
1961
as Narrator (voice)

The Helicopter Spies
1968
as Dr. Kharmusi

The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as Narrator (uncredited)

Creator
1985
as Paul

Lorna Doone
1951
as Baron de Wichehalse

Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Colonel Ames

It's a Joke, Son!
1947
as Reporter (uncredited)

Seven Second Love Affair
1965
as Narration

Apache
1954
as Weddle

Dead of Night
1977
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Day of the Dolphin
1973
as Wallingford

Man on a Tightrope
1953
as The Chief

The Missiles of October
1974
as Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson

Carousel
1956
as Mr. Bascombe

Ten Tall Men
1951
as Jardine

Plymouth Adventure
1952
as Gilbert Winslow

The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
as Clay Carroll (uncredited)

Christmas in Connecticut
1945
as State Trooper #2 (uncredited)

Tall Man Riding
1955
as Ames Luddington

Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957
as Maj. Seth Bradner

Club Havana
1945
as Jeffreys (uncredited)

The Chapman Report
1962
as Geoffrey Harnish

The Prodigal
1955
as Joram

Apache Territory
1958
as Grant Kimbrough

The Steel Lady
1953
as Sid Barlowe

Kazan
1949
as Henri Le Clerc

The King's Thief
1955
as Captain Herrick

The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977
as Col. Lafayette C. Baker

The Left Handed Gun
1958
as Pat Garrett

The Girl in Black Stockings
1957
as Sheriff Jess Holmes

Please Murder Me
1956
as Dist. Atty. Ray Willis

Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Norwegian Sailor (uncredited)

The Killer Inside Me
1976
as Bob Maples

Youngblood Hawke
1964
as Scotty Hawke

Duel on the Mississippi
1955
as Jules Tulane

Dirty Dingus Magee
1970
as Brig. Gen. George

Nothing Personal
1980
as Senator

The Strauss Fantasy
1954
as Announcer

Corky of Gasoline Alley
1951
as Jefferson Jay

Gun Belt
1953
as Matt Ringo

State Fair
1945
as Hog Contest Announcer (uncredited)

Critic's Choice
1963
as S.P. Champlain

Tulsa
1949
as Oilman (uncredited)

Hong Kong Confidential
1958
as Narrator (voice)

Golden Earrings
1947
as SS Officer with Hoff (uncredited)

Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951
as Tom Marsden

O.S.S.
1946
as German Radar Captain (uncredited)

The Scarlet Coat
1955
as Nathanael Greene

The Texas Rangers
1951
as Wes Hardin

Tension at Table Rock
1956
as Hampton

Stiletto
1969
as District Attorney Frank Simpson

Tiger by the Tail
1970
as Sheriff Chancey Jones

The Sign of Zorro
1958
as Viceroy

The Killers of Mussolini
1959
as Colonel Tedesco

Cripple Creek
1952
as Emil Cabeau

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
1954
as Derek Gravesend

The Truth About Mother Goose
1957
as Narrator

Blonde Savage
1947
as Joe Comstock

The Corn Is Green
1945
as Miner in Bar (uncredited)

Hot Lead
1951
as Turk Thorne aka John H. Smith

The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Jarvis, Gang Leader

A Day of Fury
1956
as Preacher Jason

California Conquest
1952
as Fredo Brios

Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950
as Sir Baldric

The Man from Bitter Ridge
1955
as Ranse Jackman

Bury Me Dead
1947
as Reporter

Trooper Hook
1957
as Fred Sutliff

Guardian of the Wilderness
1976
as John Muir

Fort Algiers
1953
as Major Colle

Mary Ryan, Detective
1949
as Belden

The Green Glove
1952
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949
as Couguelat

Backfire
1950
as Blake - Plainclothes Cop (uncredited)

Vicki
1953
as Police Capt. J. "Chief" Donald (uncredited)

Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
2002
as Narrator (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Last of the Buccaneers
1950
as Sgt. Belchue

Cast a Long Shadow
1959
as Chip Donahue

Dynamite Pass
1950
as Anson Thurber

The Catman of Paris
1946
as Georges

Quarantined
1970
as Dr. John Bedford

The Flying Missile
1950
as Lieutenant Commander

The Iron Sheriff
1957
as Roger Pollack

Bandits of El Dorado
1949
as Charles Bruton

Timbuktu
1958
as Emir Bhaki aka The Lion of the Desert

Horsemen of the Sierras
1949
as Duke Webster

Aladdin and His Lamp
1952
as Prince Bokra

Powder River
1953
as Harvey Logan

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
as Warden Mannering
The General's Boots
1954
as Capt. Thomas Flynn

Winchester '73
1967
as High-Spade Johnny Dean

Honky Tonk
1974
as Brazos

Twice Blessed
1945
as Contest Announcer (uncredited)

Destination Murder
1950
as Frank Niles

Terror at Midnight
1956
as Lew Hanlon

The Canadians
1961
as Frank Boone

The Litterbug
1961
as Narrator (voice)

California Gold Rush
1981
as Capt. John Sutter

Three Secrets
1950
as Gordon Crossley (uncredited)

The Undercover Woman
1946
as Walter Hughes

Something for a Lonely Man
1968
as Sam Ball

Southwest Passage
1954
as Matt Carroll

Harem Girl
1952
as Khalil

Top Gun
1955
as Tom Quentin

Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
1950
as Bob Reynolds

Help Wanted: Kids
1986
as Cyrus

Barbary Pirate
1949
as Murad Reis
About John Dehner
From Wikipedia John Dehner (November 23, 1915 - February 4, 1992) was an American actor in radio, television, and films. Between 1941 and 1988, he appeared in over 260 films and television programs. Prior to acting, Dehner had worked as an animator at Walt Disney Studios, and later became a radio disc jockey. He was also a professional pianist. With 248 credits spanning from 1921 to 2002, John Dehner has appeared in 137 films and 111 TV shows.
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- Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) — as The Commissioner
- The Right Stuff (1983) — as Henry Luce
- Jagged Edge (1985) — as Judge Carrigan
- The Boys from Brazil (1978) — as Henry Wheelock
- Vice Raid (1959)
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