| rdfs:comment | - His work on Disney included animation on Fantasia, The Reluctant Dragon and Bambi, as well as the voices of the narrator in The Truth About Mother Goose, Aquamania, The Litterbug and the Disneyland episodes "The Great Cat Family" and "How to Relax" and the Walt Disney Presents episode "A Salute to Father", Jason Gore in the two-part Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color episode "The Mystery of Edward Sims", Cyrus in the Disney Sunday Movie episode "Help Wanted: Kids" and Viceroy Don Esteban in the Zorro episode "The Fall of Monastario".
- Born in Staten Island, New York, Dehner was the son of an artist, spending most of his youth in Europe before returning to the United States in his teens. After returning, he began working as a stage actor. During World War II, he served in the Army as a publicist, mainly covering General Patton. Unlike other actors, Dehner did not begin his career on the stage or on radio, but as an animator for Walt Disney Studios, then as a disc jockey and a professional pianist. He made his film debut in 1944, in Hollywood Canteen, in an uncredited role as a Norwegian seaman.
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| abstract | - His work on Disney included animation on Fantasia, The Reluctant Dragon and Bambi, as well as the voices of the narrator in The Truth About Mother Goose, Aquamania, The Litterbug and the Disneyland episodes "The Great Cat Family" and "How to Relax" and the Walt Disney Presents episode "A Salute to Father", Jason Gore in the two-part Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color episode "The Mystery of Edward Sims", Cyrus in the Disney Sunday Movie episode "Help Wanted: Kids" and Viceroy Don Esteban in the Zorro episode "The Fall of Monastario".
- Born in Staten Island, New York, Dehner was the son of an artist, spending most of his youth in Europe before returning to the United States in his teens. After returning, he began working as a stage actor. During World War II, he served in the Army as a publicist, mainly covering General Patton. Unlike other actors, Dehner did not begin his career on the stage or on radio, but as an animator for Walt Disney Studios, then as a disc jockey and a professional pianist. He made his film debut in 1944, in Hollywood Canteen, in an uncredited role as a Norwegian seaman. Dehner was a tall and distinguished looking man with a rich voice and a flamboyant demeanor, which lead to him usually being cast as either an outlaw leader, crooked banker or saloon owner in Westerns and Adventure films. He also appeared in comedy films, going against type, as well as playing reporter Duke Williams in the The Roaring 20s television series. He was regularily cast as villains in the radio version of Gunsmoke, before he started playing the The Times journalist in the CBS radio show, Frontier Gentleman. He later played Paladin in the radio version of Have Gun — Will Travel, the first and only time that a television show was turned into a radio show. Dehner was originally considered for the television version, but wasn't because of his contract with Warner Bros.. Dehner once appeared in as many as seven films in one year (1956). Some of those roles were small but very important to the film (i.e. Mr. Bascombe in Carousel (1956)). His guest appearances on television were as frequent as his film appearances. In 1959, he made nine television guest appearances in several television shows of the time. Two memorable appearances were on the television series Maverick opposite James Garner in the episodes "Shady Deal At Sunny Acres" ("...If you can't trust your banker, whom can you trust?") and "Greenbacks, Unlimited". Dehner also played Pat Garrett in Gore Vidal's Left-Handed Gun, with Paul Newman as Billy the Kid. Dehner's credits include The Undercover Woman, Dream Girl, Riders of the Pony Express, The Texas Rangers, The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters, Tall Man Riding, Crusader, Cheyenne, Wagon Train, Playhouse 90, The Rebel, The Rifleman, Laramie, Lawman, Combat!, F Troop, Tarzan, The Cheyenne Social Club, Mission: Impossible, The Missiles of October, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, S.W.A.T., The Boys from Brazil, Fun with Dick and Jane, Hart to Hart, Airplane II: The Sequel, The Winds of War, The Right Stuff, The Colbys and War and Remembrance. Dehner died on February 4, 1992, in Santa Barbara, California, from emphysema and diabetes.
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