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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918
- Died
- 2002
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Starman (1984)
- Blue thunder (1983)
- Coogan's bluff
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Film & TV
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Dean Riesner (November 3, 1918, New Rochelle, New York – August 18, 2002, Encino, California) was an American film and television writer. Riesner's father, Charles Reisner, was a German American silent film director, and Dean began acting in films at the age of five as "Dinky Dean". His most notable role was in Charlie Chaplin's 1923 film The Pilgrim. His career at this young age ended because…
Known for
- Play It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me' — Self2001
- Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow1987
- The Chaplin Revue — Various (archive footage)1959
- The Traveling Saleswoman — Tom1950
- Gunfire — Outlaw Mack1950
- The Cobra Strikes — Detective Brody1948
- Assigned to Danger — Dr. Michael Kelly (uncredited)1948
- Everybody Dance — Tommy Spurgeon1936
- It's in the Air — Brave (uncredited)1935
- Square Shoulders — Cadet (uncredited)1929
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1920-01-06
- Active to
- 2004-12-17
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Encino
- Spouse
- Maila Nurmi
- Father
- Charles Reisner
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- screenplay
- Image
- Silent film juvenile Dinky Dean (SAYRE 22186).jpg
- Work location
- United States
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- date of death
- 2002-08-18
- date of birth
- 1918-11-03
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
- Commons category
- Dean Riesner
- writing language
- English language
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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