Reginald Denny
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- born: 20/Nov/1891 (Richmond, Surrey, England, UK)
- died: 16/Jun/1967 - cancer
Biography
Reginald Denny, born Reginald Leigh Dugmore, was an English stage, film, and television actor.
Born in Richmond, Surrey, England, he began his film career in 1915 and made films both in the US and England until the 1960's. He came from a theatrical family who came to the US in 1912 to appear in the stage production "Quaker Girl". Denny was a well known actor in silent films and with the advent of talkies he became a character actor and later made frequent appearances in television during the 1950's and 60's. His last role was in "Batman: The Movie" (1966) as Commodore Schmidlapp.
Reginald Denny died June 16, 1967 of cancer and is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- Rebecca (1940) - cast: Frank Crawley
Other works of note...
- Of Human Bondage (1934) - cast: Harry Griffiths
- Anna Karenina (1935) - cast: Yashvin
- Love Letters (1945) - cast: Defense counsel Phillips
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) - cast: Colonel
- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) - cast: Henry Simms