Richard Denning
Richard Denning (born March 27, 1914 in Poughkeepsie , New York as Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger , † October 11, 1998 in Escondido , California ) was an American actor .
life and career
Richard Denning studied economics at Woodbury Business College near Los Angeles . After winning a radio station talent competition, Denning got his first film role in Hold 'Em Navy from 1937. Only minor roles followed, but in the 1940s he was able to establish himself as a leading actor in B-Movies. During this time, Denning had a role as partner of Lucille Ball on the radio sitcom My Favorite Husband , which later became the model for the popular television series I Love Lucy . In the 1950s, he had major appearances in several horror and science fiction films, most of which were produced rather cheaply. The best-known film of these is The Terror of the Amazon from 1954. At the side of Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant he took on an important supporting role in the love drama The great love of my life in 1957 .
Denning has been on television regularly since the 1950s and has starred in television series such as Mr. and Mrs. North (1952-1954) alongside Barbara Britton , The Flying Doctor (1959) and Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1960 ). Denning later moved from Hollywood to Hawaii , where he also served as a pastor for the Protestant Church. He had actually already retired from acting, but finally agreed to the role that made him best known to the German audience: in the crime series Hawaii Fünf-Null , which was filmed between 1968 and 1980, he took on the role of Governor Paul Jameson . After that he finally retired from the acting business and spent his twilight years in Hawaii.
Denning had been married to actress Evelyn Ankers since 1942 , and the couple had a daughter named Diana. After Ankers died of cancer in 1985, Denning married Patricia Leffingwell the following year. The marriage lasted until Denning's death. He died of a heart attack in 1998 at the age of 84 while visiting relatives in California. In 1960 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his television work .
Filmography (selection)
- 1937: Hold 'Em Navy
- 1938: The Big Broadcast of 1938
- 1938: You and me (You and Me)
- 1938: The Buccaneer of Louisiana
- 1939: Union Pacific
- 1939: Geronimo, the scourge of the prairie (Geronimo)
- 1940: The Scarlet Horsemen (North West Mounted Police)
- 1941: Adam had four sons (Adam Had Four Sons)
- 1942: The Glass Key (The Glass Key)
- 1948: Isle of Horror (Unknown Island)
- 1950: Derailed (No Man of Her Own)
- 1952: Gold heist in Texas (Hangman's Knot)
- 1952–1954: Mr. & Mrs. North (TV series, 57 episodes)
- 1953: The glass network (The Glass Web)
- 1954: Creature from the Black Lagoon (Creature from the Black Lagoon)
- 1955: The last seven (Day the World Ended)
- 1955: Creature with the Atom Brain
- 1957: The great love of my life (An Affair to Remember)
- 1957: The Black Scorpion
- 1958: Always Trouble with Women (The Lady Takes a Flyer)
- 1959: The Flying Doctor (TV series, 39 episodes)
- 1960–1961: A Case for Michael Shayne ( Michael Shayne ; TV series, 32 episodes)
- 1963 Twice Told Tales
- 1964–1965: Karen (TV series, 27 episodes)
- 1966: Alice Through the Looking Glass (TV movie)
- 1968–1980: Hawaii Five-Zero ( Hawaii Five-0 ; TV series, 78 episodes)
- 1974: A Sheriff in New York (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1980: The Asphalt Cowboy (TV movie)
Web links
- Richard Denning in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Denning, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poughkeepsie , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1998 |
| Place of death | Escondido , California |