John Dehner (a.k.a. - Col. Harvey)


The following is a fairly extensive bio on a great character actor, John Dehner. This Biography was prepared for us by Dale Robinson. He and I hope all of you enjoy it :

John Dehner was born in NYC in 1915. He began as an animator for Walt Disney, then worked as a disc jockey and pianist. He also was a publicist for General Patton during WW II. He made his movie debut in " Captain Eddie " in 1945.

He has appeared in many movies, including :
" Plymouth Adventure " in 1952; " The Left-Handed Gun " ( 1958 ); " Critic's Choice " ( 1963 ); " The Cheyenne Social Club " and " Dirty Dingus Magee " ( 1970 ); " Support Your Local Gunfighter " ( 1971 ); " Slaughterhouse Five " ( 1972 ); " The Day Of The Dolphin " ( 1973 ); " Fun With Dick And Jane " ( 1977 ) and " The Boys From Brazil " ( 1978 ).

On radio, he was a newsman and a regular on " Frontier Gentleman " and " Have Gun, Will Travel " ( in the role later made famous on tv by Richard Boone ).

On TV, Mr. Dehner was a regular in the following shows :

" The Westerner " ( 1960 ) as Burgundy Smith; " The Roaring Twenties " ( 1960 - 1962 ) as Jim Duke Williams; " The Baileys Of Balboa " ( 1964 - 1965 ); He was a regular on " The Don Knotts Show " ( 1970 - 1971 ); " The Doris Day Show " ( 1971 -1973 ) as Cy Bennett; " Temperatures Rising " ( 1973 - 1974 ) as Dr. Charles Cleveland Claver; " Big Hawaii " ( 1977 ) as Barrett Fears; " Young Maverick " ( 1979 - 1980 ) as Marshall Edge Troy; " Enos " ( 1980 -1981 ) as Lt. Jacob Broggi; " Bare Essance " ( 1983 ) as Hadden Marshall.

He appeared in such miniseries' as :

" The Missiles Of October " as Sec. Of State Dean Acheson, " The Winds Of War " as Admiral King and " How The West Was Won " as Bishop Benjamin.

His countless guest appearances on TV include the following shows and specials :

" The Alaskans "; " The Andy Griffith Show "; " The Betty White Show "; " The Beverly Hillbillies "; " The Bill Cosby Special, Or? "; " Captain Nice "; " Combat "; " Danger In Paradise "; " The David Niven Theater "; " F Troop "; " Forest Ranger "; " Frontier "; " Get Smart "; " Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theater "; ' Love American Style ";" The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour ";" My Wives Jane "; " The New Daughters Of Joshua Cabe "; " The Rebel "; " The Soldiers "; " Tennessee Ernie Ford Meets King Arthur "; " The Tom Ewell Show "; and " The Virginian."

As you can tell, this man was a very busy actor. I'm sure their are many more credits, but this is what I could find. As far as I know, he is still living.

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Dale Robinson


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