John Dehner (born John Dehner Forkum; November 23, 1915 - February 4, 1992) was an American actor best known for The Boys from Brazil (1978), The Right Stuff (1983), and The Day Of The Dolphin (1973).
He was married to Roma Leonore Meyers and Evelyn Severance Elliott and had two children with Meyers.
Dehner died in 1992 at the age of 76 from complications of emphysema and diabetes.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1941: The Reluctant Dragon as Tall Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (Uncredited Role)
- 1943: Tarzans Desert Mystery as Prince Ameer (uncredited)
- 1944: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Lt. Commander (uncredited)
- 1944: Hollywood Canteen as Norwegian Sailor (uncredited)
- 1944: Lake Placid Serenade as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- 1945: The Corn Is Green as Miner with Pipe in Bar (uncredited)
- 1945: Twice Blessed as Contest Announcer (uncredited)
- 1945: Captain Eddie as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
- 1945: Christmas in Connecticut as State Trooper #2 (uncredited)
- 1945: State Fair as Hog Contest Announcer (uncredited)
- 1945: She Went To The Races as Winner's Announcer (uncredited)
- 1945: Club Havana as Jeffreys (uncredited)
- 1946: The Undercover Woman as Walter Hughes
- 1946: The Catman Of Paris as Georges
- 1946: Her Kind Of Man as Guest (uncredited)
- 1946: Rendezvous 24 as Harris (uncredited)
- 1946: OSS as German Radar Captain (uncredited)
- 1946: The Searching Wind as American Reporter in Paris (uncredited)
- 1946: The Last Crooked Mile as Jarvis
- 1946: Big Town as Willard Erskine (uncredited)
- 1946: Out California Way as Rod Mason
- 1946: Its A Joke Son as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1947: Vigilantes Of Boomtown as Bob Fitzsimmons
- 1947: Golden Earrings as SS Officer with Hoff (uncredited)
- 1947: Blonde Savage as Joe Comstock
- 1947: Bury Me Dead as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1948: Dream Girl as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- 1948: He Walked By Night as Assistant Bureau Chief (uncredited)
- 1948: Lets Live A Little as Dempster (uncredited)
- 1949: State Department File 649 as Third Oral Examiner (uncredited)
- 1949: I Cheated The Law as Newspaperman (uncredited)
- 1949: Tulsa as Oilman (uncredited)
- 1949: Riders Of The Pony Express as John Dakin
- 1949: Kazan as Henri Le Clerc
- 1949: The Secret Of St Ives as Cougelat
- 1949: Barbary Pirate as Murad Reis
- 1949: Prejudice as Bigot
- 1949: Bandits Of El Dorado as Charles Bruton
- 1949: Feudin Rhythm as Serious Actor (uncredited)
- 1949: Mary Ryan Detective as Belden (uncredited)
- 1949: Horsemen Of The Sierras as Duke Webster
- 1949: Bodyhold as Sir Raphael Brokenridge
- 1950: Backfire as Blake (uncredited)
- 1950: Dynamite Pass as Anson Thurber
- 1950: Captive Girl as Hakim
- 1950: Texas Dynamo as Stanton
- 1950: Destination Murder as Frank Niles
- 1950: Rogues of Sherwood Forest as Sir Baldric (uncredited)
- 1950: David Harding Counterspy as Frank Reynolds (uncredited)
- 1950: Three Secrets as Gordon Crossley (uncredited)
- 1950: Last Of The Buccaneers as Sgt. Belchue
- 1950: Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard as Agent Bob Reynolds
- 1950: The Flying Missile as Lt. Commander (uncredited)
- 1951: Al Jennings Of Oklahoma as Tom Marsden
- 1951: Fort Savages Raiders as Capt. Michael Craydon
- 1951: When The Redskins Rode as John Delmont
- 1951: Lorna Doone as Baron de Wichehalse
- 1951: The Texas Rangers as John Wesley 'Wes' Hardin
- 1951: China Corsair as Pedro
- 1951: Corky Of Gasoline Alley as Jefferson Jay (uncredited)
- 1951: Hot Lead as Turk Thorne/John H. Smith
- 1951: Ten Tall Men as Jardine
- 1952: Harem Girl as Khalil
- 1952: The Green Glove as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1952: Aladdin And His Lamp as Prince Bokra
- 1952: Scaramouche as Doutreval
- 1952: Desert Passage as Bronson
- 1952: California Conquest as Fredo Brios
- 1952: Cripple Creek as Emil Cabeau
- 1952: Lady In The Iron Mask as Count de Fourrier
- 1952: Junction City as Emmett Sanderson
- 1952: Plymouth Adventure as Gilbert Winslow
- 1953: Man On A Tightrope as The Chief
- 1953: Powder River as Harvey Logan
- 1953: Gun Belt as Matt Ringo
- 1953: Fort Algiers as Maj. Colle
- 1953: Vicki as Police Capt. J. 'Chief' Donald (uncredited)
- 1953: The Steel Lady as Sid Barlowe
- 1954: Southwest Passage as Matt Carroll
- 1954: The Bowery Boys Meet The Monsters as Dr. Derek Gravesend
- 1954: Apache as Weddle
- 1955: The Prodigal as Joram
- 1955: The Man From Bitter Ridge as Ranse Jackman
- 1955: Tall Man Riding as Ames Luddington
- 1955: The Scarlet Coat as Nathanael Greene
- 1955: The Kings Thief as Capt. Herrick
- 1955: Duel On The Mississippi as Jules Tulane
- 1955: Top Gun as Tom Quentin
- 1956: Carousel as Mr. Bascombe
- 1956: Please Murder Me! as Ray Willis
- 1956: Terror At Midnight as Lew Hanlon
- 1956: A Day Of Fury as Preacher Jason
- 1956: The Fastest Gun Alive as Taylor Swope
- 1956: Tension At Table Rock as Hampton
- 1957: Revolt At Fort Laramie as Maj. Seth Bradner
- 1957: The Iron Sheriff as Roger Pollack
- 1957: The Girl In Black Stockings as Sheriff Jess Holmes
- 1957: Trooper Hook as Fred Sutliff
- 1958: The Left Handed Gun as Pat Garrett
- 1958: Apache Territory as Grant Kimbrough
- 1958: Man of the West as Claude
- 1958: Timbuktu as Emir Bhaki
- 1959: Invisible Invaders as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1959: Cast A Long Shadow as Chip Donohue
- 1959: Vice Raid as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1961: The Canadians as Frank Boone
- 1962: The Chapman Report as Geoffrey Harnish
- 1963: Critics Choice as S.P. Champlain
- 1964: Mr And Mrs as Mr. Henderson
- 1964: Youngblood Hawke as Scotty Hawke
- 1965: The Hallelujah Trail as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1967: Winchester '73 as High-Spade Johnny Dean
- 1968: Something For A Lonely Man as Sam Batt
- 1969: Stiletto as D.A;. Frank Simpson
- 1970: Tiger By The Tail as Sheriff Chancey Jones
- 1970: Quarantined as Dr. John Bedford
- 1970: The Cheyenne Social Club as Clay Carroll (uncredited)
- 1970: Dirty Dingus Magee as Brig. Gen. George
- 1971: Support Your Local Gunslinger as Col. Ames
- 1972: Slaughterhouse-Five as Prof. Rumfoord
- 1973: The Day Of The Dolphin as Wallingford
- 1974: Honky Tonk as Brazos
- 1974: The Missiles Of October as Dean Acheson
- 1976: The New Daughters Of Joshua Cabe as Warden Mannering
- 1976: The Killer Inside Me as Bob Maples
- 1976: Guardian Of The Wilderness as John Muir
- 1977: Fun with Dick and Jane as Jane's Father
- 1977: Dead of Night as Narrator
- 1977: Danger In Paradise as Barrett Fears
- 1977: The Lincoln Conspiracy as Col. Lafayette C. Baker
- 1978: The Boys from Brazil as Henry Wheelock
- 1980: Nothing Personal as Senator
- 1981: California Gold Rush as Capt. John Sutter
- 1982: Bare Essence as Hadden Marshall
- 1982: Airplane II: The Sequel as The Commissioner
- 1983: The Right Stuff as Henry Luce
- 1985: Jagged Edge as Judge Carrigan
- 1985: Creator as Paul
Television Roles
- 1952: Dangerous Assignment as Carson/Capt. Riki (2 episodes)
- 1953: The Adventures Of Kit Carson as George Graham
- 1953: Cavalcade Of America as Prof. Henry
- 1954: Stories Of The Century as Sheriff Henry Plummer
- 1954: Waterfront as Al Catania
- 1954-1955: Four Star Playhouse as Gen. Hatfield/Capt. Bowns/Charles Quine (3 episodes)
- 1954-1956: Schlitz Playhouse as Capt. Thomas Flynn (3 episodes)
- 1955: The Millionaire as Prof. Ridgely
- 1955: The Man Behind The Badge as Capt. Harold D. Smith
- 1955: The Soldiers as Captain
- 1955-1956: Lux Video Theatre as Baron DeBalbus/Lloyd/Gilbert Simmone (3 episodes)
- 1955-1957: Matinee Theatre as Capt. Miles Standish (3 episodes)
- 1955-1968: Gunsmoke as Sam Wall/Paolo Scanzano/Caleb/Ben/Luke/Hardy Tate/Rack/Tom Cassidy/Nate Springer/Wayne Russell/Nip Cullers/Cope Borden (12 episodes)
- 1955-1986: The Magical World Of Disney as Narrator/Jason Gore/Cyrus/Washington Irving (7 episodes)
- 1956: Adventures Of The Falcon as Vic Killeman
- 1956: Crusader as Wilson Foster
- 1956: Frontier as John Masterson/Yancy (2 episodes)
- 1956: The Sheriff Of Cochise as Bradford
- 1957: Tales Of The77th Bengal Lancers as Major Kevin McPherson
- 1957: Cheyenne as Nagel
- 1957: Have Gun – Will Travel as Ben Marquette
- 1957: Date With The Angels as Norman Dunbar
- 1957-1958: Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre as McDermott/Gen. Hugh Marley/Henry Latham (3 episodes)
- 1957-1959: Wagon Train as Cleve Colter/Ned Rossiter (2 episodes)
- 1957-1960: Zane Grey Theatre as Jim Brayden/Marshal Tom Harvey/Col. Overton/Dr. Jim Randolph (4 episodes)
- 1958: Zorro as Viceroy
- 1958: The Real Mc Coys as Roger Brewster
- 1958: Perry Mason as Major Lewis
- 1958: Cimarron City as Will Buckley
- 1958: Yancy Derringer as Col. Tate
- 1958-1959: The Restless Gun as Aaron Dixon/Sheriff Hack Partridge/George Temple (3 episodes)
- 1958-1962: Maverick as Luther Cannonbaugh/Archie Walker/Big Ed Murphy/John Bates (5 episodes)
- 1959: The David Niven Show as Tom Edwards
- 1959: Playhouse 90 as Col. Tedesco
- 1959: Goodyear Theatre as Walter Howey
- 1959: Wanted: Dead or Alive as Sheriff Hayes/Grant Mandeville/Abraham Saxon (3 episodes)
- 1959: Philip Marlowe as Brother Aaron
- 1959: Wichita Town as Lew Lowry
- 1959: Law Of The Plainsman as Walter Shannon
- 1959-1960: Black Saddle as Park Forrest/Aaron Robinson (2 episodes)
- 1959-1960: The Alaskans as Cornish/Soapy Smith (4 episodes)
- 1959-1961: Bat Masterson as Marshal Ben Holt/Sheriff (2 episodes)
- 1959-1961: The Rifleman as Maj. Aaron King/Wood Bartell/Al Walker/Tom King (4 episodes)
- 1959-1961: Tales Of Wells Fargo as Wade Cather/Big Willy Crane (4 episodes)
- 1959-1962: Bronco as Ben Cullen/Narrator/Otis Dameyer (3 episodes)
- 1959-1964: The Twilight Zone as Jared Garrity/Alan Richards/Capt. Allenby (3 episodes)
- 1960: The Texan as Major Randolph
- 1960: Laramie as Jack Slade
- 1960: Startime as Commentator
- 1960: The Brothers Brannagan as Frank Lucas
- 1960: Adventures In Paradise as Paul Jordan
- 1960: The Westerner as Burgundy Smith
- 1960-1961: The Rebel as John Sims (2 episodes)
- 1960-1962: The Roaring20s as Duke Williams (26 episodes)
- 1960-1963: 77 Sunset Strip as Robert McGill/John Dehner/Dr. Burke/Roland Dumont/Morton P. Franklin/Mark Hammet (6 episodes)
- 1960-1964: Bonanza as Jean Lafitte/Capt. Pender (2 episodes)
- 1960-1964: Rawhide as Straw Coleman/Capt. Francis Cabot/Ben Kerran/Jubal Wade/Arvid Lacey (5 episodes)
- 1961: The Tom Ewell Show as Newton Pickering
- 1961: Stagecoach West as Col. Sam Carlin/Sandy Campbell/'Henchard' (3 episodes)
- 1961: The Untouchables as Huey Barker
- 1961: The Aquanauts as Max
- 1961: Checkmate as George Shay
- 1961-1962: Surfside 6 as Francisco Hernandez/Dan Castle (2 episodes)
- 1962: Lawman as Ben Wyatt
- 1962: Hawaiian Eye as Ishmael Carmichael
- 1962: The Gallant Men as Capt. Rauch
- 1962: Empire as Dan Tabor
- 1963: Stoney Burke as Zach Mundorf
- 1963: The Andy Griffith Show as Col. Harvey
- 1963: Glynis as Willie the Fink
- 1963-1964: Temple Houston as Jed Dobbs/Mayor Benedict Williams (2 episodes)
- 1963-1969: The Virginian as Morgan Starr/Marshall Eliazer Teague/Frank Sturgis/Bleeck (7 episodes)
- 1964: The Greatest Show On Earth as Aubrey
- 1964: Combat as Gen. Armand Bouchard
- 1964: The Great Adventure as Pres. Thomas Jefferson
- 1964: East Side West Side as John Mahulis
- 1964: The Rogues as Taylor C. Grant
- 1964-1965: The Baileys Of Balboa as Commodore Cecil Wyntoon
- 1965: Branded as Joshua Murdock
- 1965: Morning Star as Stan Manning
- 1965: OK Crackerby as Ol' Sam
- 1965: F Troop as Prof. Cornelius Clyde
- 1965: A Man Called Shenandoah as Moberly
- 1965: The Big Valley as Daddy Cade
- 1965-1966: The Wild Wild West as Torres/John Maxwell Avery (2 episodes)
- 1965-1966: Hogan's Heroes as Col. Backscheider/Gen. von Platzen (3 episodes)
- 1965-1970: Insight as Jeffrey Chronister/Real Self/Max (2 episodes)
- 1966: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Borgman
- 1966: Run For Your Life as Eliot Ponas
- 1966: Jericho as Oberlieutenant Werner Hobst
- 1966: THE Cat as El Ganso
- 1966: The Road West as Dr. Kruger
- 1967: The Monroes as Pete Lamson
- 1967: Captain Nice as Medula
- 1967: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Dr. Parviz Khamrusi
- 1967: Tarzan as Crosby
- 1967-1969: Judd For The Defense as Byron Shellenbach (3 episodes)
- 1968: The Beverly Hillbillies as Rex Goodbody
- 1968: The Flying Nun as Capt. Daniel J. Dolger
- 1968: Mission: Impossible as Dan Whelan
- 1968: The Outcasts as Col. Romulus
- 1968: Ironside as The Colonel
- 1969: Mannix as Jim Claman
- 1969: The Queen And I as Moose Mitchell
- 1969: Get Smart as Col. Kyle K. Kirby
- 1969: The High Chaparral as Gar Burnett/Capt. Surtee (2 episodes)
- 1970: Then Came Bronson as Sid Casper
- 1970: Land of the Giants as Lt. Grayson
- 1970: The Silent Force as Judge Caldwell
- 1970: The Immortal as George Allison
- 1971-1973: The Doris Day Show as Cyril Bennett (48 episodes)
- 1973: Love, American Style as Judge
- 1973-1974: The New Temperatures Rising Show as Dr. Charles Cleveland Claver (13 episodes)
- 1974: The Magician as Simon Russell
- 1974-1976: Columbo as Commodore Otis Swanson/Roland Pangborn (2 episodes)
- 1975: Petrocelli as Dr. Leo Stegner
- 1975: Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Capt. Vernon Rausch
- 1975: Mc Coy as Bishop
- 1975: Switch as Mr. Simon
- 1975: SWAT as Gen. Woodward
- 1975: Movin' On as Mr. Lanier
- 1975: Ellery Queen as George Tisdale
- 1975: Barbary Coast as Gen. Everett Barton
- 1977: The Rockford Files as Judge Lyman/Insp. DeMartonis
- 1977: How The West Was Won as Bishop Benjamin
- 1977: Big Hawaii as Barrett Fears
- 1978: Greatest Heroes Of The Bible as Debuknar
- 1979: Quincy, M.E. as Dr. Ronald Shafer
- 1979-1980: Young Maverick as Marshal Edge Troy
- 1980: Hawaii Five-O as Anthony Del Vecchi
- 1980-1981: Enos as Lt. Joseph Broggi
- 1981: Hart to Hart as Dodsworth Nash
- 1983: The Winds Of War as Adm. Ernest King
- 1983: Bare Essence as Hadden Marshall
- 1985: Hardcastle and McCormick as Guenther Rieseman
- 1986-1987: The Colbys as Billy Joe Erskine/Sam Erskine (4 episodes)
- 1988-1989: War And Remembrance as Adm. Ernest King (4 episodes)
Shorts
- 1942: Bellboy Donald as Various (uncredited)
- 1954: Strauss Fantasy as Announcer (uncredited)
- 1954: MGM Jubilee Overture as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1956: The Forest Ranger as Frank Jennings
- 1957: Niok as Narrator
- 1957: Big Foot Wallace as Capt. Degas
- 1961: The Litterbug as Narrator
- 1961: Aquamania as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1971: My Wives Jane as Vic Semple
Theatre Roles
- 1938: The Bridal Crown as Mats
