Richard Denning

Deceased · Born: Mar 27, 1914 · Died: Oct 11, 1998

Personal Details

Born Mar 27, 1914 Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Spouse

Patricia Ann Sanders
( Apr 26, 1986 to Oct 11, 1998 )
Evelyn Ankers
( Sep 6, 1942 to Aug 29, 1985 )

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Denning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

1978

Hawaii Five-O as Governor

1968

I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew

I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew as Commodore

1966

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass as Alice's Father

1964

Karen as Steve Scott

1963

Twice-Told Tales

Twice-Told Tales as Jonathan Maulle

1960

Michael Shayne as Michael Shayne

1958

The Lady Takes a Flyer

The Lady Takes a Flyer as Al Reynolds

Desert Hell as Sgt. Major Pierre Benet

1957

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember as Kenneth Bradley

The Black Scorpion

The Black Scorpion as Hank Scott

The Buckskin Lady

The Buckskin Lady as Dr. Bruce Merritt

Naked Paradise as Duke Bradley

1956

The Oklahoma Woman

The Oklahoma Woman as Steve Ward

Million Dollar Manhunt

Million Dollar Manhunt as Major Gregory Keen

Girls in Prison

Girls in Prison as Rev. Fulton

1955

Air Strike as Stanley Blair

Creature with the Atom Brain

Creature with the Atom Brain as Dr. Chet Walker

Day the World Ended

Day the World Ended as Rick

The Crooked Web

The Crooked Web as Frank Daniel

The Magnificent Matador

The Magnificent Matador as Mark Russell

The Gun That Won the West

The Gun That Won the West as 'Dakota' Jack Gaines

1954

Battle of Rogue River

Battle of Rogue River as Stacey Wyatt

Jivaro as Jerry Russell

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Creature from the Black Lagoon as Dr. Mark Williams

Target Earth as Frank Brooks

1953

The Glass Web as Dave Markson

The 49th Man as Chief Investigator Paul Reagan

Target Hong Kong

Target Hong Kong as Mike Lassiter

1952

Scarlet Angel as Malcolm Bradley

Okinawa as Lt. Phillips

Hangman's Knot as Lee Kemper

1951

Week-End with Father

Week-End with Father as Don Adams

Insurance Investigator

Insurance Investigator as Tom Davison

Flame of Stamboul

Flame of Stamboul as Larry Wilson

Secrets of Beauty

Secrets of Beauty as Dr. John Waldron

1950

Harbor of Missing Men

Harbor of Missing Men as Jim 'Brooklyn' Gannon

Double Deal as Buzz Doyle

No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own as Hugh Harkness

1948

Caged Fury as Blaney Lewis

Unknown Island as John Fairbanks

Lady at Midnight

Lady at Midnight as Peter Wiggins

1947

Seven Were Saved

Seven Were Saved as Capt Allen Danton

1946

The Fabulous Suzanne

The Fabulous Suzanne as Rex

Black Beauty as Bill Dixon

1943

Quiet Please: Murder

Quiet Please: Murder as Hal McByrne

1942

The Glass Key as Taylor Henry

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Beyond the Blue Horizon as Jackra the Magnificent

1941

West Point Widow

West Point Widow as Lt. Rhody Graves

Adam Had Four Sons

Adam Had Four Sons as Jack Stoddard

1940

Parole Fixer as Bruce Eaton

Love Thy Neighbor

Love Thy Neighbor as Joe

Emergency Squad

Emergency Squad as Dan Barton

The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter as Dennis Crane

Queen of the Mob

Queen of the Mob as Charlie Webster

Those Were the Days!

Those Were the Days! as Briggs

Golden Gloves as Bill Crane

1939

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot as Mr. Weems

King of Chinatown

King of Chinatown as Interne

Television Spy as Dick Randolph

1938

Illegal Traffic

Illegal Traffic as Silk Patterson

King of Alcatraz

King of Alcatraz as Harry Vay