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Graduating high school in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, John then decided to follow in his father's footsteps by studying art at the University of California…but by the time he had diploma in hand, he had set his sights on a career in acting instead. The problem for Dehner was that theatrical acting jobs were scarce as a result of the Depression. After having no luck finding work in the Big Apple, John decided to head back to sunny California on the principle that if he was going to starve, he'd be better off doing it in a more temperate climate. Dehner wasn't on the unemployment line for long: he found work as the musical director of a touring stock company and a bandleader, in addition to securing gigs as a professional pianist. His most impressive feat was being able to fall back on his art schooling by obtaining a position as an assistant animator at the Walt Disney studios. John worked on sequences for such feature film classics as Fantasia (the Beethoven sequence) and Bambi (the Owl), and sharp-eyed viewers can spot him as one of the men in the story department in the 1941 release The Reluctant Dragon (his feature film debut).
Dehner's regular roles were on such TV series as The Roaring 20's, The Baileys of Balboa, The Doris Day Show, The New Temperatures Rising Show, Big Hawaii, Young Maverick, Enos, and Bare Essence. On the silver screen, John notched up over one-hundred-and-fifty films, with favorites including Scaramouche, The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters, The Fastest Gun Alive, The Left Handed Gun, Man of the West, The Hallelujah Trail (John narrates this film), and Support Your Local Gunfighter. Dehner's rewarding acting career came to an end in 1992, when he passed away at the age of 76. Copyright 2015 Ivan G Shreve Jr and RSPT LLC. All rights reserved.
He wasn't well and everybody wanted him to go home but he insisted on finishing his part and staying around. It turned into pneumonia and he died Sunday morning. " Well-admired character actor John McIntire was hired to complete the sixth season. "After Charles passed on, we got John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan to run the ranch, who were actually husband and wife and often worked together. They did very well and John was perfect in every scene I ever saw him do. " The final (ninth) season saw major overhauls including a new name and theme, and Stewart Granger was brought in. "He was a disaster and I couldn't stand him, " admitted Drury. "He wanted everything changed to make him the star of the show. But guess what, the name of the show is 'The Virginian! ' He also fired the whole camera crew and hired a new crew for his episodes. " And then there was Doug McClure, playing fellow ranch hand Trampas. A villain in the original book and 1929 movie, the writers transformed him into a high-spirited and often comedic character in the series.
To "do his bit" for World War II, John Dehner enlisted in the Army…and again, his background in languages and media secured for him a position as a public relations officer during the conflict. Once mustered out, Dehner decided to try acting again—this time taking a job as an announcer and news editor at such California stations as KMPC and KFWB. His work in radio news won him a most prestigious accolade: a Peabody Award for his coverage of the first United Nations news conference. The news business, however, couldn't satisfy that acting itch, and so John found himself drifting back towards his first love. While the term "journeyman" is often used to describe an individual whose work is uninspired—in Dehner's case, it needs to be utilized to explain that he became a very, very busy actor in front of the mike. One of John's earliest acting jobs was for the station that also employed him as an announcer and news reporter. He played "the Hermit" on the horror anthology The Hermit's Cave when it aired on KMPC from 1942 to 1944.
Between 1955-1956, he was seen in the guest role of a US Army captain in the NBC comedy series 'The Soldiers'. IN 1956, he featured in an episode titled 'Crack-Up' in the popular television series, 'Western Gunsmoke'. He played the role of Nate Springer, a mentally disturbed man who shoots a dog on the street. Dehner was cast in four episodes of the dramedy series 'Maverick', starring James Garner and Jack Kelly. He played the role of a man who manages to convince people that he is Wyatt Earp. In the anthology television show 'The Twilight Zone', he played three different roles in three episodes. In an episode of the first season of the show, he was seen as Captain Allenby; then he appeared as an engineer in its third season; and finally, as Jared Garrity in the fifth and final season. He guest starred on the TV series 'Rawhide', wherein he portrayed the characters of Arvid Lacey in an episode in 1960, Jubal Wade in 1961 and Captain Francis Cabot in 1963. Dehner was seen in three episodes of the military-based sitcom 'Hogan's Heroes'.
Who was John Dehner? John Dehner can rightly be called the 'jack of all trades', as he was an animator, radio artist and actor. He started his career as an animator for the 'Walt Disney Studios' before becoming a radio announcer. Known for his deep and resonant voice, Dehner became part of numerous successful radio shows as a lead as well as a guest. He then became a movie actor, usually playing short or villainous roles. He has appeared in a total of 126 movies and short films, including 'The Left Handed Gun', 'Scaramouche', 'Aladdin and His Lamp', 'The Right Stuff' and 'War and Remembrance'. However, television was the medium that saw him giving his maximum output. The American actor mostly played character roles in shows, such as 'Gunsmoke', 'Columbo', 'The Twilight Zone' and 'The Doris Day Show'. He is known to have made as many as nine appearances in separate television shows airing in 1957. Earlier, he was seen in six different films released in a single year (1956). Recommended Lists: Recommended Lists: Childhood & Early Life John Forkum, more popular by his screen name John Dehner, was born on November 23, 1915 in Staten Island, New York.
"We had people like George C. Scott, Yvonne De Carlo, Vera Miles, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. " As foreman of the show's Shiloh Ranch set in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, Drury's character answered to the ranch's owner, played by several actors throughout the series. "Lee J. Cobb was the first, and left during the fourth season, " said Drury. "I enjoyed working with him — he brought all those years as a Hollywood star to the role, but he hated the show. He was making a ton of money from the series, then just quit. He did an interview saying he thought the show was terrible and wished he could buy up all the film and turn it into banjo picks! " Cobb was replaced by veteran supporting film actor Charles Bickford. "We had John Dehner for a short time then Charles came along and he did just a wonderful job, " recalled Drury. "He loved the show and told me he wished he had been on from the beginning. But he died unexpectedly (during season 6). We finished the show on a Friday night about midnight and it was a bitterly cold evening.