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Richard Denning

1914–1998 · Actor

Biography

Richard Denning (March 27, 1914 – October 11, 1998) was an American actor who starred in such movies as Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and An Affair to Remember (1957), and on radio with Lucille Ball as her husband George Cooper in My Favorite Husband (1948–1951), the forerunner of television's I Love Lucy, for which Denning was replaced by Ball's real-life husband, Desi Arnaz.

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Notable Noir Roles

The Glass Key

1942Dir. Stuart Heisler · Taylor Henry

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

No Man of Her Own

1950Dir. Mitchell Leisen · Hugh Harkness

A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.

Insurance Investigator

1951Dir. George Blair · Tom Davison

When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover investigator to town to determine exactly what happened.

The Glass Web

1953Dir. Jack Arnold · Dave Markson

A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover sabotages him and suggests turning the case into a…

Full Noir Filmography

5 films · 1942–1955