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The
actor Reginald Denny was born as Reginald Leigh Dugmore.
He
inherited the acting by his father who was the actor and singer
W. H. Denny.
Therefore Reginald Denny came in
contact with the stage at an early age when he acted on stage
when he was six years old.
But at first acting was a hobby for
him. This changed when he finished shool and went to the USA in
1908.
There he took part in the play "The
Quaker Girl" and he joined a theater troupe who toured
through the USA, India and Far East.
Reginald Denny already appeared in
first British silent movies in 1912 but only from 1915 - when he
returned to the USA - he was able to launch his impressive film
career.
The number of movies in the first
years remained low, among others he appeared in "Niobe"
(15), "The Melting Pot" (15) and "The Red Lantern"
(19).
During World War I he served for
the Royal Flying Corps as a pilot. There he not only gained
experience in flying but also became the box champion of the
brigade.
After the war he returned to the
film business and Reginald Denny soon became a demanded actor in
popular movies. To his well-known movies of those years belong
"The Price of Posession" (21), "Disraeli"
(21), "The Iron Trail" (22), "Sherlock Holmes"
(22), "The Jaws of Steel" (22), "When Kane Met
Abel" (23), "The Wandering Two" (23), "The
Reckless Age" (24), "What Happened to Jones" (26),
"Fast and Furious" (27), "The Night Bird"
(28) and "Clear the Decks" (29).
The transition to the sound film
was no problem for him and he took part in numerous other movies.
To these movies belong "Madam
Satan" (30), "Hamlet" (33), "The Barbarian"
(33), "Of Human Bondage" (34), "Anna Karenina"
(35), "The Lady in Scarlet" (35), "Romeo and
Juliet" (36), "Bulldog Drummond Escapes" (37),
"Blockade" (38) and "Everybody's Baby" (39).
In 1940 he played in Alfred
Hitchcock's movie "Rebecca" (40). Other movies followed
with "Seven Sinners" (40), "Sherlock Holmes and
the Voice of Terror" (42), "Love Letters" (45),
"Tangier" (46), "The Macomber Affair" (47),
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (47) and "Escape
Me Never" (47).
Television became a more important
factor in his career from the 50s, still he continued to act in
well-known feature movies.
To Reginald Denny's last
cinematical works belong "The Iroquois Trail" (50),
"Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
(53), "Escape to Burma" (55), "Around the World in
Eighty Days" (56), an episode of the serial "Climax!:
The Hanging Judge" (56), "The Phantom" (61), "Cat
Ballou" (65) and "Batman" (66).
Besides the acting he developed
another ferventness - building of model aircrafts - a passion
which came from World War I.
Finally he even created a drone and
one of his model brought him an assignment with the US Army who
ordered 15'000 of his radio-controlled target drone (the RP-5A).
Furthermore he founded a shop for model airplanes in 1915
successfully.
Reginald Denny was married with the actresses Irene
Haisman and Betsy Lee verheiratet. His brother Malcolm Denny was
also an actor.
Other movies
with Reginald Denny:
Bringing
Up Betty (19) The Oakdale Affair (19) A Dark Lantern (20) 39 East
(20) Paying the Piper (21) Experience (21) Footlights (21) The
Beggar Maid (21) Tropical Love (21) Let's Go (22) Round Two (22)
Payment Through the Nose (22) The Leather Pushers (22) A Fool and
His Money (22) The Taming of the Shrewd (22) Whipsawed (22) Never
Let Go (22) Plain Grit (22) The Kentucky Derby (22) Young King
Cole (22) He Raised Kane (22) The Chickasha Bone Crusher (23)
Strike Father, Strike Son (23) Joan of Newark (23) Abysmal Brute
(23) The Widower's Mite (23) Don Coyote (23) Something for
Nothing (23) Columbia, the Gem, and the Ocean (23) Barnaby's
Grudge (23) The Thrill Chaser (23) Sporting Youth (24) The Fast
Worker (24) Oh, Doctor! (25) I'll Show You the Town (25) Where
Was I? (25) California Straight Ahead (25) Skinner's Dress Suit
(26) Rolling Home (26) Take It from Me (26) The Cheerful Fraud
(26) Out All Night (27) On Your Toes (27) That's My Daddy (28)
Good Morning, Judge (28) Red Hot Speed (29) His Lucky Day (29)
One Hysterical Night (29) Embarassing Moments (30) What a Man
(30) Those Three French Girls (30) A Lady's Morals (30) Oh, for a
Man! (30) Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (31) Kiki (31) Stepping Out
(31) Private Lives (31) Strange Justice (32) The Iron Master (33)
The Big Bluff (33) Only Yesterday (33) Fog (33) The Lost Patrol
(34) Dancing Man (34) The World Moves On (34) Were Rich Again
(34) One More River (34) The Richest Girl in the World (34) The
Little Minister (34) The Lottery Lover (35) Without Children (35)
Vagabond Lady (35) No More Ladies (35) Here's to Romance (35)
Remember Last Night? (35) Mdnight Phantom (35) The Preview Murder
Mystery (36) It Couldn't Have Happenedn (But It Did) (36) Two in
a Crowd (36) More Than a Secretary (36) We're in the Legion Now
(36) Join the Marines (37) Women of Glamour (37) Let's Get
Married (37) The Great Gambini (37) Jungle Menace (37) Bulldog
Drummond Comes Back (37) Sunday Night at the Trocadero (37) Beg,
Borrow or Steal (37) Bulldog Drummond's Refenge (37) Bulldog
Drummond's Peril (38) Four Men and a Prayer (38) Bulldog Drummond
in Africa (38) Arrest Bulldog Drummond (39) Bulldog Drummond's
Secret Police (39) Bulldog Drummond's Bride (39) Spring Parade
(40) One Night in Lisbon (41) International Squadron (41)
Appointment for Love (41) Captains of the Clouds (42) Eyes in the
Night (42) Thunder Birds (Soldiers of the Air) (42) Over My Dead
Body (42) The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (43) Song of the Open
Road (44) The Locket (46) My Favorite Brunette (47) Christmas Eve
(47) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (48) Serie "Your
Show Time: The Invisible Wound" (49) Serie "Hollywood
Theatre Time: New York Story" (51) Serie "The Cavalcade
of America: All's Well with Lydia" (52) Serie "My Hero:
Movie Star" (52) Serie "Fireside Theatre: The Deauville
Bracelet" (53) Serie "Cavalcade of America: The Stolen
General" (53) Fort Vengeance (53) World for Ransom (54)
Sabaka (54) Serie "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show:
George Reading Play to Be Done in London" (54) Serie "The
Ford Television Theatre: The Mason-Dixon Line" (54) Serie
"The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater: The Hypochondriac"
(55) Serie "The Whistler: A Case for Mr. Carrington"
(55) Serie "The Colgate Comedy Hour: Roberta" (55)
Serie "Private Secretary: Anythiong Can Happen" (55)
Serie "Topper: The Neighbors" (55) Serie "Jane
Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre: The Sport" (55) Serie
"The Red Skelton Show: Queen of Mars" (55) Serie "The
Red Skelton Show: Love Thy Neighbor" (55) Serie "The
Red Skelton Show: The Smog Czar" (55) Serie "The Red
Skelton Show: Freddie on a Luxury Liner" (56) Serie
"Telephone Time: Grandpa Changes the World" (56) Serie
"General Electric Summer Originals: Alias Mike Hercules"
(56) Serie "Passport to Danger: Edinburgh" (56) Serie
"Matinee Theatre: Perfect Alibi" (56) Serie "Tales
of the 77th Bengal Lancers: Cecil of Kabul" (57) Serie "The
Red Skelton Show: Robinson Crusoe" (57) Serie "Playhouse
90: The Last Tycoon" (57) Serie "Playhouse 90: The
Helen Morgan Story" (57) Serie "Dow Hour of Great
Mysteries: The Dachet Diamonds" (60) Serie "The DuPont
Show of the Month: The Scarlet Pimpernel" (60) Serie
"Adventures in Paradise: A Penny a Day" (61) Serie
"Adventures in Paradise: Policeman's Holiday" (62)
Serie "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre: The Timothy
Heist" (64) Serie "Please Don't Eat the Daisies:
Somewhere George Is Calling" (65) Assault on a Queen (66)
Serie "Batman: A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away"
(66) Serie "Batman: When the Rat's Away, the Mice Will Play"
(66)
Writer:
The Beggar Maid (21)
Tropical Love (21) Fast and Furious (27) That's My Daddy (28) One
Hysterical Night (29) The Big Bluff (33)
Director:
That's My Daddy (28) The
Big Bluff (33)
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