Crahan Denton (born Arthur Denton, March 20, 1914 - December 4, 1966) was an
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stage and television actor.
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Crahan Denton (born Arthur Denton, March 20, 1914 - December 4, 1966) was an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
stage and television actor.
He was born in
WashingtonWashington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the...
, USA.
From 1945 until his death in 1966, Denton starred in many films, including
The Great St. Louis Bank RobberyThe Great St. Louis Bank Robbery is a 1959 heist film shot in black and white. The noir film stars Steve McQueen as a college dropout hired to be the getaway driver in a bank robbery. The film is based on a . The film was shot on location in St. Louis and some of the men and woman from the St...
, The Parent Trap, Birdman of AlcatrazRobert Franklin Stroud , known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a Federal American prisoner who reared and sold birds and became an expert on the species...
, To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful and has become a classic of modern American literature...
, and
Bus Riley's Back in TownBus Riley's Back in Town is a movie written by William Inge, directed by Harvey Hart, and starring Ann-Margret and Michael Parks.The intense drama depicts a man returning home from three years in the Navy only to find that his girlfriend has married an older man...
. He was also a guest star on many television shows, including
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, Perry MasonPerry Mason is a fictional character, a defense attorney who originally was the main character in numerous pieces of detective fiction authored by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason was featured in more than 80 novels and short stories, most of which had a story line which involved his client being...
, GunsmokeGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
, Have Gun Will Travel, and
The Fugitive.
In 1960, he also co-starred in an unsold pilot titled, "Mountain Man" about a Rocky Mountain fur trading station in the 1840s.
In 1966, Denton died after suffering a heart attack in
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.
Filmogoraphy
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| The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery is a 1959 heist film shot in black and white. The noir film stars Steve McQueen as a college dropout hired to be the getaway driver in a bank robbery. The film is based on a . The film was shot on location in St. Louis and some of the men and woman from the St...
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1959 The year 1959 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters.*September 18 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx marries his second wife, Barbara Blakely....
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John Egan |
| The Parent Trap |
1961 The year 1961 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1961.shtml- Awards :Academy Awards:*Bridge to the Sun...
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Hecky |
| irdman of Alcatraz (1962) |
1962 The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the second longest-running motion picture franchise of all time , running more than 40 years.-Top grossing films :...
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Kramer |
| 1962 |
1962 The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the second longest-running motion picture franchise of all time , running more than 40 years.-Top grossing films :...
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Walter Cunningham Sr. |
| Bus Riley's Back in Town Bus Riley's Back in Town is a movie written by William Inge, directed by Harvey Hart, and starring Ann-Margret and Michael Parks.The intense drama depicts a man returning home from three years in the Navy only to find that his girlfriend has married an older man...
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1965 The year 1965 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1965.shtml- Awards :Academy Awards:*Boeing Boeing*Brainstorm...
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Spencer |
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