John Dehner

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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

Airplane II: The Sequel

The Commissioner

The Twilight Zone

Jared Garrity

The Twilight Zone

Captain Allenby

The Right Stuff

Henry Luce

Columbo

Roland Pangborn

Columbo

Otis Swanson

Bonanza

Captain Pender

Bonanza

Jean Lafitte

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2002	Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1988	War and Remembrance TV	Self
1986	Help Wanted: Kids MOVIE	Cyrus
1985	The Colbys TV	Self
1985	Jagged Edge MOVIE	Judge Carrigan
1985	Creator MOVIE	Paul
1983	The Right Stuff MOVIE	Henry Luce
1983	Hardcastle and McCormick TV	Self
1983	Bare Essence TV	Hadden Marshall
1982	Airplane II: The Sequel MOVIE	The Commissioner
1982	Bare Essence TV	Hadden Marshall
1981	California Gold Rush MOVIE	Capt. John Sutter
1980	Enos TV	Lt. Joseph Broggi
1980	Nothing Personal MOVIE	Senator
1979	Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand MOVIE	Marshal Edge Troy
1979	Hart to Hart TV	Self
1978	The Boys from Brazil MOVIE	Henry Wheelock
1977	The Lincoln Conspiracy MOVIE	Col. Lafayette C. Baker
1977	Big Hawaii TV	Barrett Fears
1977	Danger in Paradise MOVIE	Barrett Fears
1977	Dead of Night MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1977	Fun with Dick and Jane MOVIE	Jane's Father
1977	How the West Was Won TV	Bishop Benjamin
1976	Guardian of the Wilderness MOVIE	John Muir
1976	Quincy, M.E. TV	Self
1976	The Killer Inside Me MOVIE	Bob Maples
1976	The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe MOVIE	Warden Mannering
1975	Ellery Queen TV	Self
1975	Switch TV	Mr. Simon
1975	Barbary Coast TV	Self
1975	S.W.A.T. TV	Self
1974	The Missiles of October MOVIE	Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson
1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV	Self
1974	The Rockford Files TV	Judge Lyman / Inspector DeMartonis
1974	Movin' On TV	Self
1974	Petrocelli TV	Dr. Leo Stegner
1974	Honky Tonk MOVIE	Brazos
1973	The Day of the Dolphin MOVIE	Wallingford
1973	The Magician TV	Simon Russell
1972	Temperatures Rising TV	Charles Claver
1972	Slaughterhouse-Five MOVIE	Rumfoord
1971	Columbo TV	Roland Pangborn
1971	Columbo TV	Otis Swanson
1971	Support Your Local Gunfighter MOVIE	Colonel Ames
1970	Dirty Dingus Magee MOVIE	Brig. Gen. George
1970	The Immortal TV	Self
1970	The Silent Force TV	Judge Caldwell
1970	Quarantined MOVIE	Dr. John Bedford
1970	Tiger by the Tail MOVIE	Sheriff Chancey Jones
1969	Then Came Bronson TV	Sid Casper
1969	Stiletto MOVIE	District Attorney Frank Simpson
1968	Something for a Lonely Man MOVIE	Sam Ball
1968	The Doris Day Show TV	Cy Bennett
1968	The Doris Day Show TV	Cyril Bennett
1968	The Outcasts TV	Self
1968	Land of the Giants TV	Lieutenant Grayson
1968	Hawaii Five-O TV	Anthony Del Vecchi
1968	The Helicopter Spies MOVIE	Dr. Kharmusi
1968	Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims MOVIE	Jason Gore
1967	Mannix TV	Self
1967	The High Chaparral TV	Captain Surtee
1967	The High Chaparral TV	Gar Burnett
1967	Judd for the Defense TV	Self
1967	The Flying Nun TV	Self
1967	Ironside TV	Self
1967	Winchester '73 MOVIE	High-Spade Johnny Dean
1967	Captain Nice TV	Self
1966	Mission: Impossible TV	Dan Whelan
1966	Jericho TV	Self
1966	Tarzan TV	Self
1966	The Monroes TV	Self
1965	Morning Star TV	Self
1965	Get Smart TV	Colonel Kyle K. Kirby
1965	Hogan's Heroes TV	General von Platzen
1965	The Wild Wild West TV	Torres
1965	Hogan's Heroes TV	Colonel Backscheider
1965	The Wild Wild West TV	John Maxwell Avery
1965	The Big Valley TV	Daddy Cade
1965	F Troop TV	Self
1965	Run for Your Life TV	Eliot Ponas
1965	The Hallelujah Trail MOVIE	Narrator (uncredited)
1965	Branded TV	Self
1965	Seven Second Love Affair MOVIE	Narration
1964	Youngblood Hawke MOVIE	Scotty Hawke
1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV	Dr. Parviz Kharmusi
1964	The Baileys of Balboa TV	Commodore Cecil Wyntoon
1964	The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour MOVIE	Mr. Henderson
1963	The Great Adventure TV	President Thomas Jefferson
1963	Glynis TV	Self
1963	The Greatest Show on Earth TV	Self
1963	Critic's Choice MOVIE	S.P. Champlain
1962	The Chapman Report MOVIE	Geoffrey Harnish
1962	The Gallant Men TV	Self
1962	Combat! TV	Gen. Armand Bouchard
1962	Stoney Burke TV	Self
1962	The Beverly Hillbillies TV	Self
1962	The Virginian TV	Bleeck
1962	The Virginian TV	Frank Sturgis
1962	The Virginian TV	Morgan Starr
1962	The Virginian TV	Marshall Eliazer Teague
1961	Aquamania MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1961	The Litterbug MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1961	The Canadians MOVIE	Frank Boone
1960	The Roaring 20's TV	Duke Williams
1960	Surfside 6 TV	Self
1960	Surfside 6 TV	Francisco Hernandez
1960	Stagecoach West TV	Self
1960	The Andy Griffith Show TV	Colonel Harvey
1960	The Westerner TV	'Burgundy Smith'
1960	The Tom Ewell Show TV	Self
1960	The Brothers Brannagan TV	Frank Lucas
1960	Checkmate TV	George Shay
1959	Vice Raid MOVIE	Self
1959	The Untouchables TV	Huey Barker
1959	Philip Marlowe TV	Self
1959	Startime TV	Self
1959	Adventures in Paradise TV	Paul Jordan
1959	The Alaskans TV	Self
1959	The Rebel TV	John Sims
1959	The Twilight Zone TV	Jared Garrity
1959	The Twilight Zone TV	Captain Allenby
1959	Law of the Plainsman TV	Walter Shannon
1959	Wichita Town TV	Self
1959	Laramie TV	Self
1959	Bonanza TV	Captain Pender
1959	Bonanza TV	Jean Lafitte
1959	Cast a Long Shadow MOVIE	Chip Donahue
1959	The Killers of Mussolini MOVIE	Colonel Tedesco
1959	Black Saddle TV	Park Forrest
1959	Black Saddle TV	Aaron Robinson
1959	Rawhide TV	Jubal Wade
1959	Rawhide TV	Ben Kerran
1959	Rawhide TV	Capt. Francis Cabot
1959	Rawhide TV	Straw Coleman
1959	Rawhide TV	Arvid Lacey
1958	Timbuktu MOVIE	Emir Bhaki aka The Lion of the Desert
1958	The Sign of Zorro MOVIE	Viceroy
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	Self
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	Roland Dumont
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	Robert McGill
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	John Dehner
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	Dr. Burke
1958	Bat Masterson TV	Sheriff
1958	Bat Masterson TV	Marshal Ben Holt
1958	Lawman TV	Ben Wyatt
1958	Yancy Derringer TV	Col. Tate
1958	Man of the West MOVIE	Claude Tobin
1958	Hong Kong Confidential MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1958	The Rifleman TV	Al Walker
1958	The Rifleman TV	Wood Bartell
1958	The Rifleman TV	Tom King
1958	The Texan TV	Self
1958	Cimarron City TV	Self
1958	The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen TV	Self
1958	Bronco TV	Self
1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive TV	Abraham Saxon
1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive TV	Grant Mandeville
1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive TV	Sheriff Hayes
1958	Apache Territory MOVIE	Grant Kimbrough
1958	The Left Handed Gun MOVIE	Pat Garrett
1957	Zorro TV	Self
1957	The Real McCoys TV	Roger Brewster
1957	Alcoa Theatre TV	Self
1957	The Girl in Black Stockings MOVIE	Sheriff Jess Holmes
1957	Maverick TV	Self
1957	Maverick TV	John Bates
1957	Maverick TV	Big Ed Murphy
1957	Perry Mason TV	Major Lewis
1957	Wagon Train TV	Ned Rossiter
1957	Have Gun, Will Travel TV	Self
1957	The Truth About Mother Goose MOVIE	Narrator
1957	Trooper Hook MOVIE	Fred Sutliff
1957	The Iron Sheriff MOVIE	Roger Pollack
1957	Revolt at Fort Laramie MOVIE	Maj. Seth Bradner
1956	Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers TV	Self
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV	Dr. Jim Randolph
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV	Colonel Overton
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV	Marshal Tom Harvey
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV	Jim Brayden
1956	Tension at Table Rock MOVIE	Hampton
1956	The Great Cat Family MOVIE	John Dehner
1956	The Fastest Gun Alive MOVIE	Taylor Swope
1956	A Day of Fury MOVIE	Preacher Jason
1956	Terror at Midnight MOVIE	Lew Hanlon
1956	Please Murder Me MOVIE	Dist. Atty. Ray Willis
1956	Carousel MOVIE	Mr. Bascombe
1955	Top Gun MOVIE	Tom Quentin
1955	Matinee Theater TV	Self
1955	Frontier TV	Yancy
1955	Cheyenne TV	Nagel
1955	Duel on the Mississippi MOVIE	Jules Tulane
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Cope Borden
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Nip Cullers
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Wayne Russell
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Tom Cassidy
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Nate Springer
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Rack
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Hardy Tate
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Ben
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Luke
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Caleb
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Paolo Scanzano
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Sam Wall
1955	The King's Thief MOVIE	Captain Herrick
1955	The Scarlet Coat MOVIE	Nathanael Greene
1955	Tall Man Riding MOVIE	Ames Luddington
1955	The Prodigal MOVIE	Joram
1955	The Man from Bitter Ridge MOVIE	Ranse Jackman
1955	The Millionaire TV	Prof. Ridgely
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Jason Gore
1954	The General's Boots MOVIE	Capt. Thomas Flynn
1954	Apache MOVIE	Weddle
1954	The Strauss Fantasy MOVIE	Announcer
1954	The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters MOVIE	Derek Gravesend
1954	Southwest Passage MOVIE	Matt Carroll
1953	The Steel Lady MOVIE	Sid Barlowe
1953	Vicki MOVIE	Police Capt. J. "Chief" Donald (uncredited)
1953	Fort Algiers MOVIE	Major Colle
1953	Gun Belt MOVIE	Matt Ringo
1953	Powder River MOVIE	Harvey Logan
1953	Man on a Tightrope MOVIE	The Chief
1952	Plymouth Adventure MOVIE	Gilbert Winslow
1952	Four Star Playhouse TV	Charles Quine
1952	Four Star Playhouse TV	Capt. Bowns
1952	Four Star Playhouse TV	Gen. Hatfield
1952	Junction City MOVIE	Emmett Sanderson
1952	California Conquest MOVIE	Fredo Brios
1952	Lady in the Iron Mask MOVIE	Count de Fourrier
1952	Cripple Creek MOVIE	Emil Cabeau
1952	Desert Passage MOVIE	Bronson
1952	Scaramouche MOVIE	Doutreval
1952	The Green Glove MOVIE	Narrator (uncredited)
1952	Aladdin and His Lamp MOVIE	Prince Bokra
1952	Harem Girl MOVIE	Khalil
1952	Chevron Theatre TV	Self
1952	The Lady and the Rocket MOVIE	Mr. Hadley
1952	Dangerous Assignment TV	Self
1951	Ten Tall Men MOVIE	Jardine
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Capt. Thomas Flynn
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Self
1951	Hot Lead MOVIE	Turk Thorne aka John H. Smith
1951	Corky of Gasoline Alley MOVIE	Jefferson Jay
1951	The Adventures of Kit Carson TV	Self
1951	China Corsair MOVIE	Pedro
1951	The Texas Rangers MOVIE	Wes Hardin
1951	Lorna Doone MOVIE	Baron de Wichehalse
1951	When the Redskins Rode MOVIE	John Delmont
1951	Fort Savage Raiders MOVIE	Capt. Michael Craydon
1951	Al Jennings of Oklahoma MOVIE	Tom Marsden
1950	The Flying Missile MOVIE	Lieutenant Commander
1950	Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard MOVIE	Bob Reynolds
1950	Last of the Buccaneers MOVIE	Sgt. Belchue
1950	Three Secrets MOVIE	Gordon Crossley (uncredited)
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Gilbert Simmone
1950	David Harding, Counterspy MOVIE	Frank Reynolds
1950	Captive Girl MOVIE	Hakim
1950	Rogues of Sherwood Forest MOVIE	Sir Baldric
1950	Destination Murder MOVIE	Frank Niles
1950	Texas Dynamo MOVIE	Stanton
1950	Dynamite Pass MOVIE	Anson Thurber
1950	Backfire MOVIE	Blake - Plainclothes Cop (uncredited)
1949	Horsemen of the Sierras MOVIE	Duke Webster
1949	Barbary Pirate MOVIE	Murad Reis
1949	Mary Ryan, Detective MOVIE	Belden
1949	Bandits of El Dorado MOVIE	Charles Bruton
1949	Kazan MOVIE	Henri Le Clerc
1949	The Secret Of St. Ives MOVIE	Couguelat
1949	Tulsa MOVIE	Oilman (uncredited)
1949	He Walked by Night MOVIE	Assistant Bureau Chief (uncredited)
1947	Blonde Savage MOVIE	Joe Comstock
1947	Bury Me Dead MOVIE	Reporter
1947	Golden Earrings MOVIE	SS Officer with Hoff (uncredited)
1947	Vigilantes of Boomtown MOVIE	Bob Fitzsimmons
1947	It's a Joke, Son! MOVIE	Reporter (uncredited)
1946	Out California Way MOVIE	Rod Mason
1946	Big Town MOVIE	Willard Erskine (uncredited)
1946	The Last Crooked Mile MOVIE	Jarvis, Gang Leader
1946	O.S.S. MOVIE	German Radar Captain (uncredited)
1946	The Catman of Paris MOVIE	Georges
1946	The Undercover Woman MOVIE	Walter Hughes
1945	Club Havana MOVIE	Jeffreys (uncredited)
1945	State Fair MOVIE	Hog Contest Announcer (uncredited)
1945	Christmas in Connecticut MOVIE	State Trooper #2 (uncredited)
1945	Twice Blessed MOVIE	Contest Announcer (uncredited)
1945	The Corn Is Green MOVIE	Miner in Bar (uncredited)
1944	Hollywood Canteen MOVIE	Norwegian Sailor (uncredited)
1944	Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo MOVIE	Lieutenant Commander (uncredited)
1941	The Reluctant Dragon MOVIE	Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (uncredited)

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