Biography
Dehner began his career as an animation assistant at Walt Disney Studios, worked as an Army publicist during WWII and, as a Los Angeles radio news reporter, editor and announcer, netted his station a Peabody Award for his coverage of the first UN conference in San Francisco in the late 1940s. Dehner started acting in films in the mid-1940s, eventually appearing in over 100 features, mostly westerns or action films. As sheriff Pat Garrett, he …
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Career Milestones
| Turned to TV in the 1960s | ||
| Became radio actor in the late 1940s; starred in series "Frontier Gentleman" and "Have Gun Will Travel" and was featured for nine years in "Gunsmoke" | ||
| Joined Los Angeles radio station KFWB as an announcer, news editor and commentator; helped cover the first UN conference in San Francisco; the coverage won the station a Peabody Award | ||
| Became a publicist for the US Army during WWI | ||
1944 | Film acting debut in "Lake Placid Serenade" | |
| Stage directing debut, "Alien Summer" | ||
| New York stage debut, Strindberg's "Bridal Crown" | ||
| Moved to California and worked briefly as an animator for Walt Disney | ||
| Returned to USA in the 1930s to work as a stage actor | ||
| Lived in Europe for most of his youth | ||