Dean Harens
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Dean Harens was an American
actor
. He appeared in several movies
and TV programs
over four decades.
Born in South Bend, Indiana
in 1924, Harens' first appearance in a film came at the age of 24, in the 1944 film Christmas Holiday
. He appeared in seven movies in all over his career, although never in a starring role. He was a cast member on three TV series, and played a recurring character on the ABC
series The F.B.I.. Among the television series in which Harens guest starred was the 1958-1959 docudrama
about the Cold War
, Behind Closed Doors
, hosted and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon
.
Harens died in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley
of Los Angeles
, California
at the age of seventy-five.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He appeared in several movies
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and TV programs
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
over four decades.
Born in South Bend, Indiana
South Bend, Indiana
The city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663...
in 1924, Harens' first appearance in a film came at the age of 24, in the 1944 film Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday is a 1944 American drama film directed by Robert Siodmak. The black-and-white film noir is loosely based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Producer Felix Jackson chose this project as a dramatic vehicle for Deanna Durbin. The screenplay was adapted by Herman J. Mankiewicz, who...
. He appeared in seven movies in all over his career, although never in a starring role. He was a cast member on three TV series, and played a recurring character on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
series The F.B.I.. Among the television series in which Harens guest starred was the 1958-1959 docudrama
Docudrama
In film, television programming and staged theatre, docudrama is a documentary-style genre that features dramatized re-enactments of actual historical events. As a neologism, the term is often confused with docufiction....
about the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
, Behind Closed Doors
Behind Closed Doors (1958 TV series)
Behind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon in the role of Commander Matson. The series, which aired on NBC from October 2, 1958, to April 9, 1959, focuses, among other themes, on how the former Soviet Union stole American...
, hosted and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon
Bruce Gordon (actor)
Bruce Gordon was an American actor best known for playing Frank Nitti in the ABC television series The Untouchables....
.
Harens died in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
at the age of seventy-five.
Filmography
- Paper ManPaper Man (1971 film)In Paper Man four college students take advantage of a credit card mistakenly issued to someone who doesn't exist and then use their university's computer to erase the charges they run up. But the computer seems to have some ideas of its own and starts murdering them.-Cast:Dean Stockwell, Stefanie...
(1971) - Bureaucrat (TV movie) - Double Jeopardy (1970) - Thomas Howard (TV movie)
- Murder One (1969) - Judge Skinner (TV movie)
- Rosie! (1967) - Willetts
- Cool Hands, Warm Heart (Sept. 26, 1964) with William Shatner (The Outer Limits)
- Crack Up (1946) - Reynolds
- The SuspectThe SuspectThe Suspect is a 1944 film noir directed by Robert Siodmak, set in Victorian times. It is based on the novel This Way Out, by James Ronald. Released by Universal Pictures, it tells the story of Philip Marshall , a kind but henpecked bank teller who strikes up an innocent friendship with a young...
(1944) - John Marshall - Christmas Holiday (1944) - Charles Mason