John Dehner

Career timeline

1. 1915 · Born

   Born in Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA

2. 1941 · Screen debut

   The Reluctant Dragon (Movie)

3. 1959 · Breakthrough

   Bonanza (TV)

4. 1985 · Latest release

   Creator (Movie)

5. 1992 · Died

   February 4, 1992

Career in numbers

3 1940s

30 1950s

19 1960s

7 1970s

5 1980s

• Drama39
• Western22
• Crime16
• Action & Adventure15
• Comedy14
• Mystery11

Highest-rated title Columbo 1971 8.1 Most popular title Columbo 1971 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside John Dehner in our catalogue.

Ted Post

6 titles together

Abner Biberman

6 titles together

Robert Douglas

6 titles together

R.G. Springsteen

5 titles together

Lawrence Dobkin

5 titles together

Bruce Geller

5 titles together

Gary Nelson

4 titles together

James Komack

4 titles together

Barry Shear

4 titles together

Jack Arnold

4 titles together

1. 1985 Creator as Paul 6.2 Movie
2. 1983 Bare Essence as Hadden Marshall TV
3. 1982 Airplane II: The Sequel as The Commissioner 6.1 Movie
4. 1982 Bare Essence as Hadden Marshall TV
5. 1980 Enos as Lt. Joseph Broggi TV
6. 1979 Hart to Hart 6.9 TV
7. 1976 Quincy, M.E. 7.5 TV
8. 1975 Ellery Queen 7.5 TV
9. 1975 Archer as Gen. James Stonehurst TV
10. 1974 The Rockford Files as Judge Lyman / Inspector DeMartonis 7.6 TV
11. 1972 Slaughterhouse-Five as Rumfoord 6.5 Movie
12. 1971 Columbo as Roland Pangborn 8.1 TV
13. 1969 Stiletto as District Attorney Frank Simpson Movie
14. 1969 Hawaii Five-O as Anthony Del Vecchi 7.2 TV
15. 1968 The Outcasts TV
16. 1967 Mannix 6.9 TV
17. 1967 The High Chaparral as Captain Surtee 6.7 TV
18. 1967 Ironside 6.8 TV
19. 1967 Captain Nice TV
20. 1966 Mission: Impossible as Dan Whelan 7.6 TV
21. 1966 Jericho TV
22. 1966 Tarzan 6.9 TV
23. 1966 The Monroes TV
24. 1965 Get Smart as Colonel Kyle K. Kirby 8.0 TV
25. 1965 The Wild Wild West as Torres 7.6 TV
26. 1965 The Big Valley as Daddy Cade 6.2 TV
27. 1965 Run for Your Life as Eliot Ponas TV
28. 1963 Glynis TV
29. 1962 Combat! as Gen. Armand Bouchard 8.0 TV
30. 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies 6.9 TV
31. 1960 Stagecoach West TV
32. 1959 Vice Raid Movie
33. 1959 The Untouchables as Huey Barker 8.1 TV
34. 1959 Bonanza as Captain Pender 7.5 TV
35. 1959 Rawhide as Jubal Wade 7.3 TV
36. 1958 77 Sunset Strip 7.2 TV
37. 1958 Bat Masterson as Sheriff TV
38. 1958 The Rifleman as Al Walker 7.1 TV
39. 1958 Cimarron City TV
40. 1958 The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen TV
41. 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive as Abraham Saxon 7.1 TV
42. 1957 Zorro 7.6 TV
43. 1957 The Real McCoys as Roger Brewster TV
44. 1957 Maverick 7.1 TV
45. 1957 Perry Mason as Major Lewis 7.7 TV
46. 1957 Wagon Train as Ned Rossiter 6.6 TV
47. 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel 7.3 TV
48. 1957 Trooper Hook as Fred Sutliff 6.7 Movie
49. 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jim Randolph TV
50. 1956 The Fastest Gun Alive as Taylor Swope 6.9 Movie
51. 1956 Carousel as Mr. Bascombe 5.3 Movie
52. 1955 Matinee Theater TV
53. 1955 Cheyenne as Nagel 6.2 TV
54. 1954 Apache as Weddle 6.1 Movie
55. 1953 Vicki as Police Capt. J. "Chief" Donald (uncredited) 5.5 Movie
56. 1952 Four Star Playhouse as Charles Quine TV
57. 1952 Dangerous Assignment TV
58. 1950 Three Secrets as Gordon Crossley (uncredited) Movie
59. 1950 David Harding, Counterspy as Frank Reynolds Movie
60. 1950 Dynamite Pass as Anson Thurber Movie
61. 1950 Backfire as Blake - Plainclothes Cop (uncredited) 5.9 Movie
62. 1945 State Fair as Hog Contest Announcer (uncredited) 6.6 Movie
63. 1945 Twice Blessed as Contest Announcer (uncredited) Movie
64. 1941 The Reluctant Dragon as Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (uncredited) 6.6 Movie

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