Person Details

Birthday: 1936-09-21 09:31:00

Death: 2003-05-26 09:31:00

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Seminole, Oklahoma, U.S.

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Movie Involvements: 20

TV Involvements: 18


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Burr DeBenning (September 21, 1936 – May 26, 2003) was an American character actor, who has done work in both film and television. DeBenning appeared in nearly 100 films and TV shows during his career. His credits include the television films The House on Greenapple Road, Wolfen, The Incredible Melting Man, A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child, St. Ives, Cruising, and Love Field. He appeared in such television programs as Custer, Matlock, Matt Houston, Mike Hammer, Magnum, P.I., Matt Helm, Medical Center, McCloud, Columbo and Medical Story. Co-starred with Robert Wagner in City Beneath the Sea (1971). His character was called "Aquila" and had gills. Other guest appearance was in a war movie Beach Red (1967). DeBenning's last media appearance was a cameo in a music video for The Avalanches' hit song "Frontier Psychiatrist" in 2000. He died in California at age 66 from undisclosed causes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burr DeBenning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Columbo
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8

Columbo

(1971) Capt. Loomis
The Name of the Game
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7

The Name of the Game

(1968) Harry Ward
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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7

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

(1995) Fool's Gold / Smelly Sulphur (voice)
The Rockford Files
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7

The Rockford Files

(1974) Harry Crown
Daniel Boone
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7

Daniel Boone

(1964) Tom Lincoln
Hawaii Five-O
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7

Hawaii Five-O

(1968) Roy Crawford
Run for Your Life
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7

Run for Your Life

(1965) J.B. Flowers
Switch
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7

Switch

(1975) Kevin Geschwin

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1995 Fool's Gold / Smelly Sulphur (voice)
1992 Announcer (voice)
1989 Mr. Jordan
1988 Dr. Serling
Federal Agent
1986 Lt. Sanderson
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1985 N/A
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1984 N/A
1982 N/A
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1981 N/A
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ESS Voice (voice)
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1980 N/A
Charles Kirkland
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1979 N/A
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Jim Grainger
N/A
1978 Growski
Lt. Jim Porter
1977 Dr. Ted Nelson
N/A
Xos / Chazz
1976 N/A
Ernie Heideman
Officer Fran
1975 Tom Baker
Frank
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Kevin Geschwin
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Ted Trevor
1974 Harry Crown
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1973 Cass
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1972 N/A
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Dan Martin
1971 Peter Sargent Fennington
Capt. Loomis
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Aguila
1970 N/A
Bill Foley
1969 N/A
1968 N/A
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Roy Crawford
Harry Ward
Clem Batchman
Emmet Lloyd(as Burr De Benning)
1967 N/A
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Pvt. Egan
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1965 Fred Peters
Jack Dale
Jack Collins
George Barrister
Dan Stahl
Bishop
J.B. Flowers
1964 Tom Lincoln
Year Character Movie/Tv

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