Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

285

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-11-23

Deathday

1992-02-04 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Also Known As

John Dehner Forkum
Dehner Forkum

John Dehner

Biography

From Wikipedia

John Dehner (November 23, 1915 - February 4, 1992) was an American actor in radio, television, and films. Between 1941 and 1988, he appeared in over 260 films and television programs. Prior to acting, Dehner had worked as an animator at Walt Disney Studios, and later became a radio disc jockey. He was also a professional pianist.

Known For

6.1%

Airplane II: The Sequel

Dec 10, 1982

8.4%

The Twilight Zone

Oct 2, 1959

8.4%

The Twilight Zone

Oct 2, 1959

7.4%

The Right Stuff

Oct 20, 1983

8.1%

Columbo

Sep 15, 1971

8.1%

Columbo

Sep 15, 1971

7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

6.7%

The Boys from Brazil

Oct 5, 1978

7.9%

Get Smart

Sep 18, 1965

7.6%

Mission: Impossible

Sep 17, 1966

6.3%

Jagged Edge

Oct 4, 1985

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Acting

2002

Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy as Narrator

1988

War and Remembrance

1986

Help Wanted: Kids as Cyrus

1985		The Colbys
1985		Jagged Edge as Judge Carrigan
1985		Creator as Paul

1983		The Right Stuff as Henry Luce
1983		Hardcastle and McCormick
1983		Bare Essence as Hadden Marshall

1982		Airplane II: The Sequel as The Commissioner
1982		Bare Essence as Hadden Marshall

1981

California Gold Rush as Capt. John Sutter

1980		Enos as Lt. Joseph Broggi
1980		Nothing Personal as Senator

1979		Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand as Marshal Edge Troy
1979		Hart to Hart

1978

The Boys from Brazil as Henry Wheelock

1977		The Lincoln Conspiracy as Col. Lafayette C. Baker
1977		Big Hawaii as Barrett Fears
1977		Danger in Paradise as Barrett Fears
1977		Dead of Night as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1977		Fun with Dick and Jane as Jane's Father
1977		How the West Was Won as Bishop Benjamin

1976		Guardian of the Wilderness as John Muir
1976		Quincy, M.E.
1976		The Killer Inside Me as Bob Maples
1976		The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe as Warden Mannering

1975		Ellery Queen
1975		Switch as Mr. Simon
1975		Barbary Coast
1975		S.W.A.T.

1974		The Missiles of October as Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson
1974		The Rockford Files as Judge Lyman / Inspector DeMartonis
1974		Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974		Movin' On
1974		Petrocelli as Dr. Leo Stegner
1974		Honky Tonk as Brazos

1973		The Day of the Dolphin as Wallingford
1973		The Magician as Simon Russell

1972		Temperatures Rising as Charles Claver
1972		Slaughterhouse-Five as Rumfoord

1971		Columbo as Roland Pangborn
1971		Columbo as Otis Swanson
1971		Support Your Local Gunfighter as Colonel Ames

1970		Dirty Dingus Magee as Brig. Gen. George
1970		The Immortal
1970		The Silent Force as Judge Caldwell
1970		Quarantined as Dr. John Bedford
1970		Tiger by the Tail as Sheriff Chancey Jones

1969		Then Came Bronson
1969		Stiletto as District Attorney Frank Simpson

1968		Something for a Lonely Man as Sam Ball
1968		The Doris Day Show as Cy Bennett
1968		The Doris Day Show as Cyril Bennett
1968		The Outcasts
1968		Land of the Giants as Lieutenant Grayson
1968		Hawaii Five-O as Anthony Del Vecchi
1968		The Helicopter Spies as Dr. Kharmusi
1968		Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims as Jason Gore

1967		Mannix
1967		The High Chaparral as Captain Surtee
1967		The High Chaparral as Gar Burnett
1967		Judd for the Defense
1967		The Flying Nun
1967		Ironside
1967		Winchester '73 as High-Spade Johnny Dean
1967		Captain Nice

1966		Mission: Impossible as Dan Whelan
1966		Jericho
1966		Tarzan
1966		The Monroes

1965		Morning Star
1965		Get Smart
1965		Hogan's Heroes as General von Platzen
1965		Hogan's Heroes as Colonel Backscheider
1965		The Wild Wild West as Torres
1965		The Wild Wild West as John Maxwell Avery
1965		The Big Valley as Daddy Cade
1965		F Troop
1965		Run for Your Life as Eliot Ponas
1965		The Hallelujah Trail as Narrator (uncredited)
1965		Branded
1965		Seven Second Love Affair as Narration

1964		Youngblood Hawke as Scotty Hawke
1964		The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Dr. Parviz Kharmusi
1964		The Baileys of Balboa as Commodore Cecil Wyntoon
1964		The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour as Mr. Henderson

1963		The Great Adventure as President Thomas Jefferson
1963		Glynis
1963		The Greatest Show on Earth
1963		Critic's Choice as S.P. Champlain

1962		The Chapman Report as Geoffrey Harnish
1962		The Gallant Men
1962		Combat! as Gen. Armand Bouchard
1962		Stoney Burke
1962		The Beverly Hillbillies
1962		The Virginian as Bleeck
1962		The Virginian as Frank Sturgis
1962		The Virginian as Morgan Starr
1962		The Virginian as Marshall Eliazer Teague

1961		Aquamania as Narrator (voice)
1961		The Litterbug as Narrator
1961		The Canadians as Frank Boone

1960		The Roaring 20's
1960		Surfside 6
1960		Surfside 6 as Francisco Hernandez
1960		Stagecoach West
1960		The Andy Griffith Show as Colonel Harvey
1960		The Westerner as 'Burgundy Smith'
1960		The Tom Ewell Show
1960		The Brothers Brannagan as Frank Lucas
1960		Checkmate as George Shay

1959		Vice Raid
1959		Timbuktu as Emir Bhaki aka The Lion of the Desert
1959		The Untouchables as Huey Barker
1959		Startime
1959		Philip Marlowe
1959		Adventures in Paradise as Paul Jordan
1959		The Rebel as John Sims
1959		The Alaskans
1959		The Twilight Zone as Jared Garrity
1959		The Twilight Zone as Captain Allenby
1959		Law of the Plainsman as Walter Shannon
1959		Wichita Town
1959		Laramie
1959		Bonanza as Captain Pender
1959		Bonanza as Jean Lafitte
1959		Cast a Long Shadow as Chip Donahue
1959		The Killers of Mussolini as Colonel Tedesco
1959		Black Saddle as Park Forrest
1959		Black Saddle as Aaron Robinson
1959		Rawhide as Jubal Wade
1959		Rawhide as Ben Kerran
1959		Rawhide as Capt. Francis Cabot
1959		Rawhide as Straw Coleman

1958		The Sign of Zorro as Viceroy
1958		77 Sunset Strip
1958		77 Sunset Strip as Roland Dumont
1958		77 Sunset Strip as Robert McGill
1958		77 Sunset Strip as John Dehner
1958		77 Sunset Strip as Dr. Burke
1958		Bat Masterson as Sheriff
1958		Bat Masterson as Marshal Ben Holt
1958		Lawman as Ben Wyatt
1958		Yancy Derringer as Col. Tate
1958		Hong Kong Confidential as Narrator (voice)
1958		The Rifleman as Al Walker
1958		The Rifleman as Wood Bartell
1958		The Texan
1958		Cimarron City
1958		The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958		Bronco
1958		Wanted: Dead or Alive as Abraham Saxon
1958		Wanted: Dead or Alive as Grant Mandeville
1958		Wanted: Dead or Alive as Sheriff Hayes
1958		Apache Territory as Grant Kimbrough
1958		Man of the West as Claude Tobin
1958		The Left Handed Gun as Pat Garrett

1957		Zorro
1957		The Real McCoys
1957		Alcoa Theatre
1957		The Girl in Black Stockings as Sheriff Jess Holmes
1957		Maverick
1957		Maverick as John Bates
1957		Maverick as Big Ed Murphy
1957		Perry Mason as Major Lewis
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel
1957		The Truth About Mother Goose as Narrator
1957		Trooper Hook as Fred Sutliff
1957		The Iron Sheriff as Roger Pollack
1957		Revolt at Fort Laramie as Maj. Seth Bradner

1956		Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Dr. Jim Randolph
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Colonel Overton
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Marshal Tom Harvey
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jim Brayden
1956		Tension at Table Rock as Hampton
1956		The Great Cat Family as John Dehner
1956		The Fastest Gun Alive as Taylor Swope
1956		A Day of Fury as Preacher Jason
1956		Terror at Midnight as Lew Hanlon
1956		Please Murder Me as Dist. Atty. Ray Willis
1956		Carousel as Mr. Bascombe

1955		Top Gun as Tom Quentin
1955		Matinee Theater
1955		Frontier
1955		Cheyenne as Nagel
1955		Duel on the Mississippi as Jules Tulane
1955		Gunsmoke as Cope Borden
1955		Gunsmoke as Nip Cullers
1955		Gunsmoke as Wayne Russell
1955		Gunsmoke as Nate Springer
1955		Gunsmoke as Tom Cassidy
1955		Gunsmoke as Rack
1955		Gunsmoke as Hardy Tate
1955		Gunsmoke as Luke
1955		Gunsmoke as Ben
1955		Gunsmoke as Caleb
1955		Gunsmoke as Paolo Scanzano
1955		Gunsmoke as Sam Wall
1955		The King's Thief as Captain Herrick
1955		The Scarlet Coat as Nathanael Greene
1955		Tall Man Riding as Ames Luddington
1955		The Prodigal as Joram
1955		The Man from Bitter Ridge as Ranse Jackman
1955		The Millionaire as Prof. Ridgely

1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as Jason Gore
1954		The General's Boots as Capt. Thomas Flynn
1954		Apache as Weddle
1954		The Strauss Fantasy as Announcer
1954		The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters as Derek Gravesend
1954		Southwest Passage as Matt Carroll

1953		The Steel Lady as Sid Barlowe
1953		Vicki as Police Capt. J. "Chief" Donald (uncredited)
1953		Fort Algiers as Major Colle
1953		Gun Belt as Matt Ringo
1953		Powder River as Harvey Logan
1953		Man on a Tightrope as The Chief

1952		Plymouth Adventure as Gilbert Winslow
1952		Four Star Playhouse as Charles Quine
1952		Four Star Playhouse as Capt. Bowns
1952		Four Star Playhouse as Gen. Hatfield
1952		Junction City as Emmett Sanderson
1952		California Conquest as Fredo Brios
1952		Lady in the Iron Mask as Count de Fourrier
1952		Cripple Creek as Emil Cabeau
1952		Desert Passage as Bronson
1952		Scaramouche as Doutreval
1952		The Green Glove as Narrator (uncredited)
1952		Aladdin and His Lamp as Prince Bokra
1952		Harem Girl as Khalil
1952		Chevron Theatre
1952		Dangerous Assignment
1952		The Lady and the Rocket as Mr. Hadley

1951		Ten Tall Men as Jardine
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Capt. Thomas Flynn
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951		Hot Lead as Turk Thorne aka John H. Smith
1951		Corky of Gasoline Alley as Jefferson Jay
1951		The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951		China Corsair as Pedro
1951		The Texas Rangers as Wes Hardin
1951		Lorna Doone as Baron de Wichehalse
1951		When the Redskins Rode as John Delmont
1951		Fort Savage Raiders as Capt. Michael Craydon
1951		Al Jennings of Oklahoma as Tom Marsden

1950		The Flying Missile as Lieutenant Commander
1950		Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard as Bob Reynolds
1950		Last of the Buccaneers as Sgt. Belchue
1950		Three Secrets as Gordon Crossley (uncredited)
1950		Lux Video Theatre as Gilbert Simmone
1950		David Harding, Counterspy as Frank Reynolds
1950		Captive Girl as Hakim
1950		Rogues of Sherwood Forest as Sir Baldric
1950		Destination Murder as Frank Niles
1950		Texas Dynamo as Stanton
1950		Dynamite Pass as Anson Thurber
1950		Backfire as Blake - Plainclothes Cop (uncredited)

1949		Horsemen of the Sierras as Duke Webster
1949		Barbary Pirate as Murad Reis
1949		Mary Ryan, Detective as Belden
1949		Bandits of El Dorado as Charles Bruton
1949		Kazan as Henri Le Clerc
1949		The Secret Of St. Ives as Couguelat
1949		Tulsa as Oilman (uncredited)
1949		He Walked by Night as Assistant Bureau Chief (uncredited)

1947		Blonde Savage as Joe Comstock
1947		Bury Me Dead as Reporter
1947		Golden Earrings as SS Officer (uncredited)
1947		Vigilantes of Boomtown as Bob Fitzsimmons
1947		It's a Joke, Son! as Reporter (uncredited)

1946		Out California Way as Rod Mason
1946		Big Town as Willard Erskine (uncredited)
1946		The Last Crooked Mile as Jarvis, Gang Leader
1946		O.S.S. as German Radar Captain (uncredited)
1946		The Catman of Paris as Georges
1946		The Undercover Woman as Walter Hughes

1945		Club Havana as Jeffreys (uncredited)
1945		State Fair as Hog Contest Announcer (uncredited)
1945		Christmas in Connecticut as State Trooper #2 (uncredited)
1945		Twice Blessed as Contest Announcer (uncredited)
1945		The Corn Is Green as Miner in Bar (uncredited)

1944		Hollywood Canteen as Norwegian Sailor (uncredited)
1944		Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Lieutenant Commander (uncredited)

1941

The Reluctant Dragon as Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (uncredited)