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Richard Denning

Acting

Born March 27, 1914 · Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Died October 11, 1998

Also known as Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger Jr.

Biography

Richard Denning was an American actor who starred in science fiction films of the 1950s, including Unknown Island (1948), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Target Earth (1954), Day the World Ended (1955), Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), and The Black Scorpion (1957). Denning also appeared in the film An Affair to Remember (1957) with Cary Grant and on radio with Lucille Ball in My Favorite Husband (1948–1951), the forerunner of I Love Lucy. He's more well-known as Governor Paul Jameson in late 1968-1980 police procedural TV series Hawaii Five-O.

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography32 titles

An Affair to Remember

1957as Kenneth Bradley

McCloud

1970

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Govenor

Quiet Please, Murder

1943as Hal McByrne

No Man of Her Own

1950as Hugh Harkness

Crossroads

1955as Dr. Ira Langston

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954as Dr. Mark Williams

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971as Francis, King of France

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Jeff

Union Pacific

1939as Reporter (uncredited)

Hangman's Knot

1952as Lee Kemper

The Glass Key

1942as Taylor Henry

You and Me

1938as Salesman (uncredited)

Seven Were Saved

1947as Capt Allen Danton

The Buccaneer

1938as Captain Reid

Twice-Told Tales

1963as Jonathan Maulle

Cheyenne

1955

The Magnificent Matador

1955as Mark Russell

Adam Had Four Sons

1941as Jack Stoddard

Black Beauty

1946as Bill Dixon

Okinawa

1952as Lt. Phillips

King of Chinatown

1939as Jeff, Protective Association Henchman

Wells Fargo

1937as Minor Role

Jivaro

1954as Jerry Russell

The Black Scorpion

1957as Hank Scott

Assignment Redhead

1956as Major Gregory Keen

Unknown Island

1948as John Fairbanks

Day the World Ended

1955as Rick

Mr. & Mrs. North

1952as Jerry North

Cavalcade of America

1952as Col. Patterson

Girls in Prison

1956as Rev. Fulton

The Buckskin Lady

1957as Dr. Bruce Merritt