John Dehner
Biography
John Dehner was an American actor known for smooth-talking villains across film, radio, and television. Born in Staten Island, he spent part of his childhood in Europe and studied fine arts before acting on the New York stage with a troupe tied to the Moscow Art Theatre. He later worked briefly as an assistant animator at Walt Disney Studios and became a radio actor, voicing Paladin in the radio version of Have Gun Will Travel for 106 episodes and starring as J. B. Kendall in Frontier Gentleman. In pictures he played Major Seth Bradner in Revolt at Fort Laramie (1957) and Sheriff Pat Garrett in The Left-Handed Gun (1958), among many villainous parts. His later films included Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), The Boys from Brazil (1978), and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982). On television he performed in numerous Westerns, The Twilight Zone, and Columbo.
76years old at death
- Born Staten Island
- Died Santa Barbara
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 28
- Career span
- 44 years1941 to 1985
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A change of course
Dehner spent a year at Disney before he became an actor, working as an in-betweener, an assistant artist who drew everything that went in between bits of action sketched by the animators.
Early training
Dehner became a member of a company tied to the Moscow Art Theatre, where he received intensive training in Konstantin Stanislavski's method acting system. He later gave that company credit for shaping his performance style and named Mikhail Chekov the most important man in his career.
Languages
Dehner was fluent in Norwegian and French and spoke some Swedish, Spanish, German, and Italian, a skill that helped him play characters with accents or foreign phrases.
Behind the camera
In 1966 Dehner founded his own production company, J. D. Productions, to buy story ideas and scripts for projects in which he would star.
John Dehner movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Alfred L. Werker directed two of these films. Rhys Williams appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Alfred L. WerkerDirector, 2 films, 1941 to 1949
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Also two films together10 more actors
- Lloyd BridgesAirplane II: The Sequel (1982) and Plymouth Adventure (1952)
- Raymond BurrAirplane II: The Sequel (1982) and Please Murder Me (1956)
- Monte BlueApache (1954) and Backfire (1950)
- Roy RobertsThe Chapman Report (1962) and He Walked by Night (1949)
- Marie WindsorSupport Your Local Gunfighter (1971) and The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
- Walter BaconThe Chapman Report (1962) and The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
- Jeanne CrainThe Fastest Gun Alive (1956) and State Fair (1945)
- William 'Bill' PhillipsRevolt at Fort Laramie (1957) and The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
- Chad EverettAirplane II: The Sequel (1982) and The Chapman Report (1962)
- Gordon MacRaeCarousel (1956) and Backfire (1950)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What John Dehner's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$70.2 million
5 of the 28 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 28 films: 5 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 17 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 17Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$27M38.7% of the total
- 2$19M27.0% of the total
- 3$14M19.4% of the total
- 4$6.7M9.6% of the total
- 5$3.8M5.3% of the total
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