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Acting

John Dehner

Career: Active from 1946 to 2002, with a break from 1987 to 2001, busiest in 1952 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 27
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Man of the West
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 153 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Dehner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.5, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.1, average 2.5
Psychological
4.2, average 5.5
Coming of Age
1.8, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Western 8
Classic Western 7
Moral Dilemma 5
Historical Setting 5
Frontier Justice 4
Classic Hollywood 4
Social Commentary 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Family-Friendly 4
American West 3
Historical Adventure 3
Good vs. Evil 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

248

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy

as Narrator (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

1980s

14 titles · average score 64

War and Remembrance

80

TV show · as Ernest King

Help Wanted: Kids

as Cyrus

Creator

51

as Paul

The Colbys

62

TV show

Jagged Edge

66

as Judge Carrigan

Hardcastle and McCormick

65

TV show

The Right Stuff

86

as Henry Luce

The Winds of War

78

TV show · as Ernest King

Bare Essence

55

TV show · as Hadden Marshall

Airplane II: The Sequel

52

as The Commissioner

California Gold Rush

as Capt. John Sutter

Enos

63

TV show · as Lt. Joseph Broggi

1970s

37 titles · average score 67

Hart to Hart

60

TV show

Big Hawaii

TV show · as Barrett Fears

Fun with Dick and Jane

63

as Jane's Father

The Lincoln Conspiracy

59

as Col. Lafayette C. Baker

Guardian of the Wilderness

as John Muir

Quincy, M.E.

74

TV show

The Rockford Files

82

TV show · as Judge Lyman / Inspector DeMartonis

The Day of the Dolphin

40

as Wallingford

Columbo

83

TV show · as Otis Swanson / Roland Pangborn

Support Your Local Gunfighter

63

as Colonel Ames

Quarantined

as Dr. John Bedford

Dirty Dingus Magee

50

as Brig. Gen. George

1960s

56 titles · average score 64

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Anthony Del Vecchi

Something for a Lonely Man

72

as Sam Ball

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show · as Dan Whelan

TV show

Get Smart

84

TV show · as Colonel Kyle K. Kirby

Hogan's Heroes

82

TV show · as Colonel Backscheider / General von Platzen

The Baileys of Balboa

TV show · as Commodore Cecil Wyntoon

Critic's Choice

49

as S.P. Champlain

Aquamania

65

as Narrator (voice)

The Canadians

62

as Frank Boone

The Litterbug

65

as Narrator (voice)

The Andy Griffith Show

81

TV show · as Colonel Harvey

1950s

113 titles · average score 62

Cast a Long Shadow

63

as Chip Donahue

The Left Handed Gun

71

as Pat Garrett

Apache Territory

55

as Grant Kimbrough

Man of the West

83

as Claude Tobin

Revolt at Fort Laramie

60

as Maj. Seth Bradner

The Truth About Mother Goose

71

as Narrator

The Girl in Black Stockings

54

as Sheriff Jess Holmes

The Fastest Gun Alive

70

as Taylor Swope

Please Murder Me

56

as Dist. Atty. Ray Willis

The Strauss Fantasy

as Announcer

Apache

62

as Weddle

The Steel Lady

65

as Sid Barlowe

1940s

27 titles · average score 63

Kazan

as Henri Le Clerc

Bandits of El Dorado

as Charles Bruton

Barbary Pirate

as Murad Reis

He Walked by Night

74

as Assistant Bureau Chief (uncredited)

The Secret Of St. Ives

as Couguelat

Horsemen of the Sierras

as Duke Webster

Out California Way

as Rod Mason

The Undercover Woman

as Walter Hughes

Christmas in Connecticut

74

as State Trooper #2 (uncredited)

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

70

as Lieutenant Commander (uncredited)

Hollywood Canteen

69

as Norwegian Sailor (uncredited)

The Reluctant Dragon

83

as Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (uncredited)