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John Dehner 11.23.1915 - 02.04.1992 (77 years old)

John Denner was a stage, television, film and radio actor born in New York who remained active for almost fifty years. He usually played the role of a mirthless villain. Also, Denner was a pianist and animator. Click here to read more about John Dehner

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This actor appeared in the following radio shows

Series	Episode title	Date
Haunting Hour	ep 01 murder wears a mask
Secret Agent K7	secret agent k7 (17) gold shipments
count of monte cristo, the	black widow
Amos And Andy Show	advice to the lovelorn	1945-01-26
mercury summer theatre 1946	a passenger to bali	1946-07-05
suspense	last letter of dr bronson	1946-08-15
escape	the man who would be king	1947-07-07
escape	diamond as big as the ritz	1948-08-29
alfred hitchcock show, the	malice aforethought	1948-09-21
NBC University Theater	nbc university theater (009) gulliver's travels	1948-09-24
NBC University Theater	nbc university theater (023) the grapes of wrath	1949-01-09
screen directors playhouse, the	lets live a little	1949-01-16
escape	the lost special	1949-02-12
NBC University Theater	nbc university theater (035) moby dick	1949-04-10
screen directors playhouse, the	hold back the dawn	1949-05-15
NBC University Theater	nbc university theater (049) point of no return	1949-07-16
NBC University Theater	nbc university theater (051) this side of paradise	1949-07-30
NBC University Theater	nbc university theater (064) babylon revisited	1949-11-13
screen directors playhouse, the	the uninvited	1949-11-18
NBC University Theater	nbc university theater (066) point of no return	1949-11-27
escape	two if by sea	1950-02-14
escape	the man who won the war	1950-02-28
whistler, the	fatal error	1950-05-07
escape	the cave	1950-12-24
whistler, the	treasure hunt	1951-01-21
escape	the killer mines	1951-02-11
suspense	the truth about jerry baxter	1951-06-14
whistler, the	the witness	1951-07-08
whistler, the	episode at thunder mountain	1952-01-06
whistler, the	ski master	1952-03-23
silent men, the	trouble at suez	1952-04-02
gunsmoke	tara	1952-11-07
suspense	the spencer brothers	1953-01-26
suspense	the man who cried wolf	1953-02-09
escape	the man with steel teeth	1953-03-15
gunsmoke	pussy cats	1953-03-21
escape	lily and the colonel	1953-05-03
Lux Radio Theater	lux radio theater (833) lady and the tumblers	1953-06-15
richard diamond private detective	the rifle case	1953-06-28
Lux Radio Theater	lux radio theater (843) the affairs of susan (repeat)	1953-08-24
Rogers Of The Gazette	rogers of the gazette (12) farm sale day	1953-09-23
escape	zero hour	1953-10-04
suspense	ordeal in donner pass	1953-11-02
suspense	mystery of the marie roget	1953-12-14
crime classics	madeline smith maid or murderess which	1954-01-20
crime classics	the tiger and brad ferguson	1954-03-10
suspense	the girl in car 32	1954-03-15
escape	the second shot	1954-03-25
crime classics	the generals daughter	1954-04-07
escape	the scarlet plague	1954-04-08
gunsmoke	feud	1954-05-29
crime classics	mr jonathon jewett he cheated the hangman	1954-06-02
escape	benchillina and the fisherman	1954-06-10
escape	the dark wall	1954-07-01
escape	the birds	1954-07-10
Romance	romance (334) the valiant lady	1954-07-17
escape	eye of evil	1954-07-17
suspense	telling	1954-07-20
suspense	destruction	1954-07-27
escape	night of the guns	1954-07-31
suspense	lost	1954-10-14
suspense	last letter of dr bronson	1954-11-04
suspense	shooting star	1954-11-25
suspense	the shot	1954-12-02
suspense	premonition	1954-12-23
suspense	the man with steel teeth	1955-02-17
suspense	screaming woman	1955-03-01
suspense	the game	1955-03-15
gunsmoke	the mistake	1955-03-19
suspense	zero hour	1955-04-05
whistler, the	the lovely look	1955-05-05
suspense	going going gone	1955-05-10
suspense	lili and the colonel	1955-05-17
suspense	kaleidoscope	1955-07-12
gunsmoke	tap day for kitty	1955-07-30
suspense	strange for a killer	1955-09-06
gunsmoke	alarm at pleasant valley	1955-09-10
gunsmoke	thoroughbreds	1955-09-17
suspense	the stool pigeon	1955-09-20
gunsmoke	indian white	1955-09-24
gunsmoke	good girl bad company	1955-10-08
suspense	heavens to betsy	1955-10-11
suspense	the cave	1955-12-20
CBS Radio Workshop	cbs radio workshop (04) season of disbelief and hail and farewell	1956-02-17
gunsmoke	who lives by the sword	1956-02-26
gunsmoke	hanging man	1956-03-25
suspense	the murderess	1956-03-27
CBS Radio Workshop	cbs radio workshop (12) jacob's hands	1956-04-13
suspense	the seventh letter	1956-04-17
CBS Radio Workshop	cbs radio workshop (14) the record collectors	1956-04-27
gunsmoke	docs reward	1956-04-29
gunsmoke	passive resistance	1956-07-08
suspense	a friend to alexander	1956-08-15
suspense	the security agent	1956-09-05
gunsmoke	till death do us	1956-10-21
gunsmoke	dirty bills girl	1956-10-28
gunsmoke	pretty mama	1956-11-11
gunsmoke	tail to the wind	1956-11-25
suspense	eyewitness	1956-12-16
yours truly johnny dollar	the kirby will matter	1957-02-03
CBS Radio Workshop	cbs radio workshop (57) ballad of the iron horse	1957-03-03
gunsmoke	spring freshet	1957-03-17
CBS Radio Workshop	cbs radio workshop (60) harmonica solo	1957-03-24
suspense	vanishing lady	1957-04-07
gunsmoke	medicine man	1957-04-28
gunsmoke	how to kill a friend	1957-05-05
suspense	tarawa was tough	1957-05-12
suspense	crossing paris	1957-06-02
gunsmoke	buffalo hunter	1957-06-30
CBS Radio Workshop	cbs radio workshop (78) never bet the devil your head	1957-07-28
gunsmoke	the peace officer	1957-08-18
suspense	peanut brittle	1957-08-18
gunsmoke	grass	1957-08-25
CBS Radio Workshop	cbs radio workshop (84) people are no good	1957-09-08
CBS Radio Workshop	cbs radio workshop (85) young man axelbrod	1957-09-22
yours truly johnny dollar	the doubtful diary matter	1957-09-29
gunsmoke	ugly	1957-12-15
frontier gentleman	charlie meeker	1958-02-09
gunsmoke	yorky	1958-04-06
frontier gentleman	random notes	1958-04-27
frontier gentleman	the cannibal	1958-05-11
frontier gentleman	the bellboys prisoner	1958-06-08
suspense	the last kilometer	1958-06-22
yours truly johnny dollar	the wayward killer matter	1958-07-27
suspense	the voice of company a	1958-08-03
frontier gentleman	belle siddon strikes back	1958-08-31
suspense	the wait	1958-09-07
frontier gentleman	indian lover	1958-09-21
frontier gentleman	aces and eights	1958-10-12
frontier gentleman	the preacher	1958-10-19
gunsmoke	the tragedian	1958-10-26
suspense	misfire	1958-11-30
have gun will travel	the outlaw manfred holt	1958-12-14
have gun will travel	maggie obannon	1959-04-05
have gun will travel	birds of a feather	1959-04-19
have gun will travel	gun shy	1959-05-03
have gun will travel	silver queen	1959-05-17
have gun will travel	in an evil time	1959-05-24
have gun will travel	blind courage	1959-05-31
have gun will travel	homecoming	1959-06-28
have gun will travel	comanche	1959-07-05
have gun will travel	young gun	1959-07-12
have gun will travel	deliver the body	1959-07-19
have gun will travel	high wire	1959-08-02
have gun will travel	finn alley	1959-08-09
have gun will travel	the lady	1959-08-16
have gun will travel	all that glitters	1959-09-06
have gun will travel	stardust	1959-09-20
have gun will travel	stopover in tombstone	1959-10-11
have gun will travel	wedding day	1959-11-01
have gun will travel	assignement in stones crossing	1959-11-08
have gun will travel	out of evil	1959-12-13
have gun will travel	about face	1959-12-27
have gun will travel	return engagement	1960-01-03
have gun will travel	the lonely one	1960-01-10
have gun will travel	french leave	1960-01-17
have gun will travel	the boss	1960-02-07
have gun will travel	doll house in diamond spring	1960-02-28
have gun will travel	somebody out there hates me	1960-03-06
have gun will travel	montana vendetta	1960-03-13
have gun will travel	caesars wife	1960-03-20
have gun will travel	they told me you were dead	1960-03-27
have gun will travel	shanghai is a verb	1960-04-03
have gun will travel	irish luck	1960-04-24
have gun will travel	pat murphy	1960-05-08
have gun will travel	lina countrymen	1960-05-15
have gun will travel	the lucky penny mine	1960-05-22
have gun will travel	dusty and his uncle muncie	1960-05-29
have gun will travel	apache concerto	1960-06-05
have gun will travel	search for wylie dawson	1960-06-12
have gun will travel	too too solid town	1960-06-19
have gun will travel	doctor from vienna	1960-06-26
have gun will travel	dad blamed luck	1960-07-03
have gun will travel	five days to yuma	1960-07-10
have gun will travel	bounty hunter aka the warrant	1960-08-21
gunsmoke	kittys good neighboring	1960-12-04
gunsmoke	the cook	1960-12-11
gunsmoke	heros departure	1960-12-18
gunsmoke	minnie	1960-12-25
gunsmoke	old faces	1961-01-08
gunsmoke	hard virture	1961-01-22
gunsmoke	harriet	1961-01-29

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Great character actor, radio and television both.

Walt

Good actor, voice or otherwise.

Steve

Regular performer on radio programs including Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang for NBC (1944- 1953); The Voyage Of The Scarlet Queen for Mutual (1947-1948); The Count Of Monte Cristo for Mutual (1947-1952); California Caravan for Mutual (1947-1952); Escape for CBS (1947-1954); The Adventures Of Phillip Marlowe for CBS (1948-1950); The NBC University Theater for NBC (1948- 1951); Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar for CBS (1949-1962); Romance for CBS (1950-1957); NBC Present Short Story for NBC (1951-1952); The Silent Men for NBC (1951-1952); The Black Book for CBS (1952); Gunsmoke for CBS (1952-1961); On Stage for CBS (1953-1954); Crime Classic for CBS (1953-1954); Rogers Of The Gazette for CBS (1953-1954); syndicated and Mutual program, The Zero Hour (1973); The Sears Radio Theater (The Mutual Radio Theater) for CBS and Mutual (1979-1981).

Jack

One of my favorites.

Larry

What a voice and talent.

Charlie

Great actor.

Bill

At the top of the radio actors list of greatness.

Bob

I remember him from Gunsmoke ! He was always the leader of the gang !

Jerry

Great character actor!

Neil

Always liked him in everything he did.

Dan

This guy is a great actor, radio and television. Hearing his voice gives instant credibility to the quality of the production for me.

Sam

Great actor. Could do just about anything from comedy to drama to narration. One of his best performances on radio was Escape's "Earth Abides".

Bobby

Love. Him.

Julie

Great voice. Great actor.

Beverly

I enjoyed his performance in the Suspense episode "The Man with the Steel Teeth" that aired yesterday (and every year around this time). ......."Oh no!...It's Inspector Golovine!" kiki emoticon

Marc

He was very handsome, even without the mustache. Love the tie, makes me want to go out and get a hostess cupcake

Virginia

Talented guy..

Randy

It seemed like John Dehner was in everything! Radio, TV, main character, supporting cast... I would know that voice anywhere

Teresa

Loved his voice.

Cathy

One of my favorite radio stars.

Larry

John Dehner made ever show he was in special.

Eric

wonderful actor, on radio and television

Tonya

Happy birthday, John Dehner! Dehner roamed the Old West like a knight of old as the man called Paladin on the radio version of "Have Gun - Will Travel" (which made its debut on 23 Nov in 1958)!

Gail

Always a good show when Mr Dehner was in it. He’s the “John Wayne” of Classic Radio.

William

His chameleon voice still fools me occasionally. He's the male counterpart of Jeanette Nolan as far as master of dialects.

Corlyss

Dehner, John (birth name was John Forkum) Born on Staten Island, New York 11/23/1915; died 5/4/1992 of emphysema and diabetes in Santa Barbara, California. Once was an animator at Walt Disney Studios for their animated features including Fantasia and Bambi. Screen debut in Captain Eddie (1945).

Jack

The Hermit on The Hermit's Cave originating at KMPC-Los Angeles (1942-1944). Peter Black on Pursuit for CBS-Radio (1951-1952). Elmer Truitt on The Truitts for NBC-Radio (1950). The Judge on the CBS-Radio series, The Judge (1952). J.B. Kendall on Frontier Gentleman for CBS-Radio (1958). Paladin on Have Gun Will Travel for CBS-Radio (1958-1960).

Jack

Guest star on most all dramatic television programs beginning in the the late 1940's until his death. Burgundy Smith on The Westerners for NBC-TV (1960). Jim Duke Williams on The Roaring Twenties for ABC-TV (1960-1962). Commodore Cecil Wyntoon on The Baileys of Balboa for CBS-TV (1964-1965). Starr on The Virginian for NBC-TV (1965-1966). Regular on The Don Knotts Show for NBC-TV (1970-1971). Cy Bennett on The Doris Day Show for CBS-TV (1971-1973). Doctor Charles Cleveland Claver on Temperatures Rising for ABC-TV (1972-74). Barrett Fears on Big Hawaii for NBC-TV (1977). Marshall Edge Troy on Young Maverick for CBS-TV (1979-1980). Lieutenant Jacob Broggi on Enos for CBS-TV (1980). Hadden Marshall on Bare Essence for NBC-TV (1983).

Jack

Excellent voice character, In the same class of the late, great Frank Muller. Excellent actor especially when he does The radio version of Gunsmoke. Just a great talent.

Darion L Tapscott Sr

One of my favorite performances of his is as "Aunt Bee's Medicine Man" in the 1963 Andy Griffith Show.

Pete

What a talent...what a voice..and even a TV actor!

Helen

Love all your old time radio shows. The only station I listen to anymore.

Diane

Remembering John Dehner on his birthday.

Mike

John Dehner 11.23.1915 - 02.04.1992 (77 years old)

This actor appeared in the following radio shows

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