Reginald Leigh Dugmore (20 November 189116 June 1967), known professionally as Reginald Denny, was an English

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aviator An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ...

, and UAV pioneer.

Acting career

Born Reginald Leigh Dugmore on 20 November 1891 in

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, Surrey, England (part of

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since 1965), he came from a theatrical family; his father was actor and opera singer

W.H. Denny W. H. Denny (22 October 1853 – 31 August 1915) was an English singer and actor in comic operas, operettas and musical theatre. He is best remembered for his portrayal of baritone roles in the Savoy operas. Life and career Early years Denny ...

. In 1899, he began his stage career in ''

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'' and starred in several London productions from age seven to twelve. He attended St. Francis Xavier College in Mayfield, Sussex, but, at 16, he ran away from school to train as a pugilist with Sir Harry Preston at the

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. He also appeared in several British stage productions touring the music halls of England of ''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' (german: Die lustige Witwe, links=no ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to ...

''. In 1911, he went to the United States to appear in

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's stage production of '' The Quaker Girl'', then joined the Bandmann Opera Company as a baritone touring

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and the

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where he performed for

Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar; 4 June 1884 – 3 August 1940) was the twenty-fourth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore, from 1902 until his death in 1940. He is popularly called '' Rajarshi'' ( sa, rājarṣi, l ...

. Although he worked in "flickers" during 1911 and 1912, Reginald officially began his film career in 1915 with the

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and made films both in the United States and Britain until the 1960s. Among the numerous stage productions in which he starred, Reginald appeared in

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's 1920 Broadway production of ''Richard III''; the two actors became friends and starred in several films together including ''Sherlock Holmes'' (1922), ''Hamlet'' (1933), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1936), and Paramount's ''

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'' series (1937–1938). Reginald Denny & Daughter - Dec 1922 UW

Denny was a well-known actor in silent films, and with the advent of

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he became a character actor. He played the lead role in a number of his earlier films, generally as a comedic Englishman in such works as ''

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'' (1931) and later had reasonably steady work as a supporting actor in dozens of films, including '' The Little Minister'' (1934) with

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, ''

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'' (1935) with

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's ''

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'' (1940) and the Frank Sinatra crime caper film ''

Assault on a Queen ''Assault on a Queen'' is a 1966 American action-adventure film directed by Jack Donohue and starring Frank Sinatra and Virna Lisi. Based on a 1959 novel by Jack Finney, it was adapted for the screen by Rod Serling and released by Paramount Pi ...

'' (1966). He made frequent appearances in television during the 1950s and 1960s. His last role was in ''

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'' (1966) as Commodore Schmidlapp. In 2020,

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released 4K restorations on DVD and Blu-ray of three of Denny's silent comedies: '' The Reckless Age, Skinner's Dress Suit'', and '' What Happened to Jones?'' in ''The Reginald Denny Collection.''

Aviation career

Denny served as an observer/gunner in the

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in the new wartime

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. In the 1920s he performed as a stunt pilot with the 13 Black Cats and loaned his WWI

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biplane to

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for use in ''Hell's Angels'' (1927). In the early 1930s, Denny became interested in free-flight model airplanes. In 1934, he and oil tycoon

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's son, Paul Whittier, formed Reginald Denny Industries and opened a model plane shop, which became a chain known as the Reginald Denny Hobby Shop, now California Hobby Distributors. He designed his "Dennyplane" with its signature model engine "Dennymite" developed by engineer

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, in addition to the "Denny Jr." which child actors would enter in model plane competitions at Mines Field, which later became

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. In 1935, Denny began developing his

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led "radioplane" for military use. In 1939, he and his partners won the first military

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contract for their radio-controlled target drone, the Radioplane OQ-2. In July 1940, they formed the Radioplane Company and manufactured nearly fifteen thousand drones for the

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during the

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. The company was purchased by Northrop in 1952. Denny had a great deal in common with

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, an older actor / Airman. They had been in a West End production together in 1902 in London, they were both veterans of the RFC (and its successor, the

) and were both still flying and making films in Hollywood in the 1930s.

Personal life

Denny married actress Irene Hilda Haismann on 28 January 1913 in

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; both were with the Bandmann Opera Company. They had one daughter but were divorced in 1928. Denny married actress Isabelle "Betsy Lee" Stiefel in 1928 and they had three children.

Death

Denny died on 16 June 1967, aged 75, after suffering a stroke whilst visiting his sister in his home town of Richmond, England. He was interred at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery in

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, California.Pucci, Kimberly: ''Prince of Drones: The Reginald Denny Story'', October 2019. His four children and wife Isabelle (died 1996, aged 89) survived him.

Partial filmography

Silent

* ''Niobe'' (1915) as Cornelius Griffin * '' The Melting Pot'' (1915) as Undetermined Role (uncredited) * ''

The Red Lantern ''The Red Lantern'' is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Alla Nazimova, who plays dual roles, and directed by Albert Capellani. It is notable today for being Anna May Wong's screen debut. A single print survives in Europe with rumors o ...

'' (1919) * ''Bringing Up Betty'' (1919) as Tom Waring * '' The Oakdale Affair'' (1919) as Arthur Stockbridge * ''

A Dark Lantern ''A Dark Lantern'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film produced and released by Realart Pictures. It is based on a 1905 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Robins. John S. Robertson directed and Alice Brady and her then husband James ...

'' (1920) as Prince Anton * ''

39 East ''39 East'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film produced by the Realart Picture Company (headed by Paramount Pictures's Adolph Zukor), and starring Constance Binney reprising her role from the Broadway play. The film was directed by John S. ...

'' (1920) as Napoleon Gibbs Jr. * '' Paying the Piper'' (1921) as Keith Larne * ''

The Price of Possession ''The Price of Possession'' is a lost 1921 American silent romantic drama film directed by Hugh Ford and starring Ethel Clayton. It was produced by Jesse Lasky. Cast *Ethel Clayton as Helen Carston *Rockliffe Fellowes as Jim Barston, A Bushrid ...

'' (1921) as Robert Dawnay * ''

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'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1921) as Charles, Viscount Deeford * ''

Footlights Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as the Footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England, founded in 1883 and run by the students of Cambridge University. History Footlights' inaugural ...

'' (1921) as Brett Page * ''The Beggar Maid'' (1921, Short) as the Earl of Winston / King Cophetua * ''

Tropical Love ''Tropical Love'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Ruth Clifford, Reginald Denny and Huntley Gordon.Munden p.832 It was partly shot on location in Puerto Rico. Cast * Ruth Clifford as Rosario * F.A. Tu ...

'' (1921) as the Drifter * ''

The Iron Trail ''The Iron Trail'' is a 1921 American silent adventure film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Dorothy Farnum. The film stars Wyndham Standing, Thurston Hall, Reginald Denny, Alma Tell, and Harlan Knight. The film was released on Oct ...

'' (1921) as Dan Appleton * ''Let's Go'' (1922, Short) as Kane Halliday / 'Kid' Roberts * ''Round Two'' (1922, Short) as Kane 'Kid Roberts' Halliday * '' Sherlock Holmes'' (1922) as Prince Alexis * ''Payment Through the Nose'' (1922, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''

The Leather Pushers ''The Leather Pushers'' is a 1922 American film serial starring Reginald Denny (and Billy Sullivan in the fourth series), and based on boxing stories by H. C. Witwer originally published in ''Collier's Weekly''. The screenplays were written by ...

'' (1922) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''A Fool and His Money'' (1922, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''The Taming of the Shrewd'' (1922, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''Whipsawed'' (1922, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''Never Let Go'' (1922, Short) as Campbell - the Mountie * ''The Jaws of Steel'' (1922, Short) as Cpl. Haldene, N.W.M.P. * ''Plain Grit'' (1922, Short) * '' The Kentucky Derby'' (1922) as Donald Gordon * ''Young King Cole'' (1922, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''He Raised Kane'' (1922) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''The Chickasha Bone Crusher'' (1923, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''When Kane Met Abel'' (1923, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''Strike Father, Strike Son'' (1923, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''Joan of Newark'' (1923, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''

The Abysmal Brute ''The Abysmal Brute'' is a novel by American writer Jack London, published in book form in 1913. It is a short novel, and could be regarded as a novelette. It first appeared in September 1911 in ''Popular Magazine''. In the story, a man who wa ...

'' (1923) as Pat Glendon, Jr * ''The Wandering Two'' (1923, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''The Widower's Mite'' (1923, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''Don Coyote'' (1923, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''Something for Nothing'' (1923, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''Columbia, the Gem, and the Ocean'' (1923, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''Barnaby's Grudge'' (1923, Short) as Kane Halliday / Kid Roberts * ''

The Thrill Chaser ''The Thrill Chaser'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and featuring Hoot Gibson. Plot As described in a film magazine, Omar K. Jenkins' (Gibson) only inheritance from an eccentric father is a copy of the ...

'' (1924) as Cameo appearance * ''

Sporting Youth ''Sporting Youth'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Reginald Denny. It was produced and distributed by the Universal Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jimmy Wood, chauffeur, i ...

'' (1924) as Jimmy Wood * '' The Reckless Age'' (1924) as Dick Minot * '' The Fast Worker'' (1924) as Terry Brock * '' Oh Doctor!'' (1925) as Rufus Billings Jr. * '' I'll Show You the Town'' (1925) as Alec Dupree * '' Where Was I?'' (1925) as Thomas S. Berford * '' California Straight Ahead'' (1925) as Tom Hayden * '' What Happened to Jones'' (1926) as Tom Jones * '' Skinner's Dress Suit'' (1926) as Skinner * '' Rolling Home'' (1926) as Nat Alden * '' Take It from Me'' (1926) as Tom Eggett * ''

The Cheerful Fraud ''The Cheerful Fraud'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny, Gertrude Olmstead, and Otis Harlan. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is based on a 1925 novel of ...

'' (1926) as Sir Michael Fairlie * ''

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'' (1927) as Tom Brown * ''

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'' (1927) as John Graham * ''

On Your Toes ''On Your Toes'' (1936) is a musical with a book by Richard Rodgers, George Abbott, and Lorenz Hart, music by Rodgers, and lyrics by Hart. It was adapted into a film in 1939. While teaching music at Knickerbocker University, Phil "Junior" Dolan ...

'' (1927) as Elliott Beresford * ''

That's My Daddy ''That's My Daddy'' is a 1928 American silent comedy starring Reginald Denny and Barbara Kent. The film's story is credited to Denny; though the direction is credited to Fred C. Newmeyer, Denny claimed to have directed most of the film himself. ...

'' (1927) as James 'Jimmy' Norton * '' Good Morning, Judge'' (1928) as Freddie Grey * '' The Night Bird'' (1928) as Kid Davis (his last silent film)

Sound

* ''

Red Hot Speed ''Red Hot Speed'' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Reginald Denny, Alice Day and Charles Byer. It was made during the conversion from silent to sound film, and had talking sequences using the Movietone re ...

'' (1929) as Darrow * ''

Clear the Decks ''Clear the Decks'' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery and written by Earle Snell, Gladys Lehman, Albert DeMond and Charles Henry Smith. It is based on the 1926 novel ''When the Devil Was Sick'' by E.J. Rath. The film ...

'' (1929) as Jack Armitage * '' His Lucky Day'' (1929) as Charles Blaydon * '' One Hysterical Night'' (1929) as William 'Napoleon' Judd * '' Embarrassing Moments'' (1930) as Thaddeus Cruikshank * '' What a Man!'' (1930) as Wade Rawlins * ''

Madam Satan ''Madam Satan'' or ''Madame Satan'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film in black and white with Multicolor sequences. It was produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starred Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth, and ...

'' (1930) as Bob Brooks * ''

Those Three French Girls ''Those Three French Girls '' is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Fifi D'Orsay, Reginald Denny, and Cliff Edwards. The dialogue was written by P. G. Wodehouse.A Lady's Morals ''A Lady's Morals'' is a 1930 American pre-Code film offering a highly fictionalized account of opera singer Jenny Lind. The movie features Grace Moore as Lind, Reginald Denny as a lover, and Wallace Beery as P. T. Barnum. The film contains some ...

'' (1930) as Paul Brandt * ''

Oh, for a Man! ''Oh, For a Man!'' is a 1930 American black-and-white musical comedy film based on a short story, "Stolen Thunder" by Mary F. Watkins. The original story appeared in The Saturday Evening Post June 7, 1930. Lugosi's character of Frescatti was lat ...

'' (1930) as Barney McGann * '' Parlor, Bedroom and Bath'' (1931) as Jeffrey Haywood * ''

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'' (1931) as Victor Randall * '' Stepping Out'' (1931) as Tom Martin * ''

'' (1931) as Victor * '' Strange Justice'' (1932) as Judson * ''The Iron Master'' (1933) as Steve Mason * '' The Barbarian'' (1933) as Gerald Hume - Diana's Fiancée * ''

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'' (1933) * '' Only Yesterday'' (1933) as Bob * ''

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'' (1933) as Dr. Winstay * '' The Lost Patrol'' (1934) as Brown * '' Dancing Man'' (1934) as Paul Drexel * ''

The World Moves On ''The World Moves On'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Ford and starring Madeleine Carroll and Franchot Tone. It was the first Hollywood code approved film. Plot The story opens in the year 1825, when two families, cotton mercha ...

'' (1934) as Erik von Gerhardt * ''

Of Human Bondage ''Of Human Bondage'' is a 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The novel is generally agreed to be Maugham's masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although he stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography; though much in ...

'' (1934) as Griffiths * ''

We're Rich Again ''We're Rich Again'' is a 1934 American comedy-drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke, and Marian Nixon. It is based on the play ''And Who Will Be Clever'' by Alden Nash. Plot In Santa Barbara, Califo ...

'' (1934) as Bookington 'Bookie' Wells * ''

One More River ''One More River'' is a 1934 American drama film mystery directed by James Whale. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and starred Colin Clive, Diana Wynyard and stage actress Mrs Patrick Campbell in one of her very few films. Th ...

'' (1934) as David Dornford * '' The Richest Girl in the World'' (1934) as Phillip Lockwood * '' The Little Minister'' (1934) as Captain Halliwell * ''

Lottery Lover ''Lottery Lover'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Franz Schulz and Billy Wilder. The film stars Lew Ayres, Pat Paterson, Peggy Fears, Sterling Holloway, Walter Woolf King and Alan Dinehart. The film was ...

'' (1935) as Capt. Payne * ''

Without Children ''Without Children'', also known as ''Penthouse Party'', is a 1935 American drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Marguerite Churchill, Bruce Cabot and Evelyn Brent.Pitts p.222 Cast * Marguerite Churchill as Sue Cole * Bruce Cab ...

'' (1935) as Phil Graham * '' Vagabond Lady'' (1935) as John 'Johnny' Spear * '' No More Ladies'' (1935) as Oliver * ''

Here's to Romance ''Here's to Romance'' is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Nino Martini, Genevieve Tobin and Anita Louise.Solomon p. 359 Synopsis The wife of a music teacher, who has been angered by her husband's ph ...

'' (1935) as Emery Gerard * ''

'' (1935) as Yashvin * '' The Lady in Scarlet'' (1935) as Oliver Keith * ''

Remember Last Night? ''Remember Last Night?'' is a 1935 American mystery comedy film directed by James Whale. The film, based on the novel ''The Hangover Murders'', is about the investigation of the murder of one of a group of friends. The survivors are unable to rec ...

'' (1935) as Jake Whitridge * ''

Midnight Phantom ''Midnight Phantom'' is a 1935 American film directed by Bernard B. Ray. Plot summary Cast * Reginald Denny as Prof. David Graham *Claudia Dell as Diana Sullivan (misspelled Diane Sullivan in opening credits) * Lloyd Hughes as Police Lt. ...

'' (1935) as Prof. David Graham * '' The Preview Murder Mystery'' (1936) as Johnny Morgan * ''

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'' (1936) as Greg Stone * ''

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Ham ...

'' (1936) as Benvolio - Nephew to Montgue and Friend to Romeo * ''

Two in a Crowd ''Two in a Crowd'' is a 1936 romantic comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Joan Bennett and Joel McCrea. It was released by Universal Pictures. The screenplay was written by Lewis R. Foster, Doris Malloy, and Earle Snell, based o ...

'' (1936) as James Stewart Anthony * ''

More Than a Secretary ''More Than a Secretary'' is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Dale Van Every and Lynn Starling. The story was adapted by Ethel Hill and Aben Kandel, based on the magazine story "Safari in Manhattan" ...

'' (1936) as Bill Houston * ''

We're in the Legion Now! ''We're in the Legion Now'' is a 1936 American adventure comedy film directed by Crane Wilbur and shot in Magnacolor. The film is also known as ''The Rest Cure'' (American reissue title), which was the title of the 1934 original J.D. Newsom st ...

'' (1936) as Dan Linton * '' Bulldog Drummond Escapes'' (1937) as Algy Longworth * ''

Join the Marines ''Join the Marines'' is a 1937 American action film directed by Ralph Staub and written by Joseph Krumgold and Olive Cooper. The film stars Paul Kelly, June Travis, Purnell Pratt, Reginald Denny, Warren Hymer and Irving Pichel. It was release ...

'' (1937) as Steve Lodge * ''

Women of Glamour ''Women of Glamour'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Gordon Wiles and starring Virginia Bruce, Melvyn Douglas and Reginald Denny.Goble p.1022 It is a remake of the 1930 film '' Ladies of Leisure'', which was itself based on the 1926 s ...

'' (1937) as Fritz 'Frederick' Eagan * '' Let's Get Married'' (1937) as George Willoughby * '' The Great Gambini'' (1937) as William Randall * '' Jungle Menace'' (1937, Serial) as Ralph Marshall hs.1-3* '' Bulldog Drummond Comes Back'' (1937) as Algy Longworth * '' Beg, Borrow or Steal'' (1937) as Clifton Summitt * '' Bulldog Drummond's Revenge'' (1937) as Algy Longworth * ''

Bulldog Drummond's Peril ''Bulldog Drummond's Peril'' is a 1938 American adventure crime mystery film directed by James P. Hogan and starring John Barrymore and John Howard. The film is based on Herman C. McNeile's novel ''The Third Round''. Plot The intended wedd ...

'' (1938) as Algy Longworth * ''

Four Men and a Prayer ''Four Men and a Prayer'' is a 1938 American adventure film directed by John Ford and starring Loretta Young, Richard Greene and George Sanders. Plot After Loring Leigh ( C. Aubrey Smith), a British Army Officer, is cashiered in India followi ...

'' (1938) as Capt. Douglas Loveland * ''

Blockade A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force. A blockade differs from an embargo or sanction, which ar ...

'' (1938) as Edward Grant * ''

Bulldog Drummond in Africa ''Bulldog Drummond in Africa'' is a 1938 American adventure crime film. This was the 13th of 25 in the Bulldog Drummond film series from 1922 to 1969. Plot summary Again on the eve of his wedding, Captain Hugh Drummond (John Howard) has more pre ...

'' (1938) as Algy Longworth * ''

Arrest Bulldog Drummond ''Arrest Bulldog Drummond'' is a 1938 American crime thriller film directed by James P. Hogan. Plot Bulldog (John Howard) and Algy ( Reginald Denny), in the midst of preparations for the former's wedding in London, are summoned to more import ...

'' (1938) as Algy Longworth * '' Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police'' (1939) as Algy Longworth * ''

Everybody's Baby ''Everybody's Baby'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington. It was part of Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series of films.Drew p.180 The film's art direction ...

'' (1939) as Dr. Pilcoff * '' Bulldog Drummond's Bride'' (1939) as Algy Longworth * ''

'' (1940) as Frank Crawley * ''

Spring Parade ''Spring Parade'' is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin. It is a remake of the 1934 film. Plot Based on a story by Ernst Marischka, the film is about a Hungarian woman who attends a Viennese ...

'' (1940) as the Major * '' Seven Sinners'' (1940) as Captain Church * ''

One Night in Lisbon ''One Night in Lisbon'' is a 1941 American thriller film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll and Patricia Morison. It was one of a cycle of pro-British films produced in Hollywood before the United States ...

'' (1941) as Erich Strasser * '' International Squadron'' (1941) as Wing Commander Severn * ''

Appointment for Love ''Appointment for Love'' is a 1941 romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan. It was made by Universal Pictures. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound, Recording (Bernar ...

'' (1941) as Michael Dailey * ''

Captains of the Clouds ''Captains of the Clouds'' ( ''Shadows of Their Wings'') is a 1942 American war film in Technicolor, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney. It was produced by William Cagney (Cagney's brother), with Hal B. Wallis as executive pro ...

'' (1942) as Commanding Officer * ''

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror ''Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror'' is a 1942 American mystery thriller film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. The film combines elements of Doyle's short story " His Last Bow", to which it is credit ...

'' (1942) as Sir Evan Barham * ''

Eyes in the Night ''Eyes in the Night'' is a 1942 American crime mystery directed by Fred Zinnemann, based on Baynard Kendrick's 1941 novel ''The Odor of Violets'' and starring Edward Arnold, Ann Harding and Donna Reed. The film was followed by a sequel (also ...

'' (1942) as Stephen Lawry * '' Thunder Birds'' (1942) as Barrett * '' Over My Dead Body'' (1942) as Richard 'Dick' Brenner * ''

The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case ''The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case'' is a 1943 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Warner Baxter, Lynn Merrick and Gloria Dickson.Erickson p.203 It is the second in a series of Crime Doctor films made by Columbia Picture ...

'' (1943) as Paul Ashley * ''

Song of the Open Road ''Song of the Open Road'' is a 1944 musical comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon, from a screenplay by Irving Phillips and Edward Verdier. It was the debut film of teenage singer Jane Powell. Powell's real name was Suzanne Burce, but prior ...

'' (1944) as Director Curtis * ''

Love Letters A love letter is an expression of love in written form. However delivered, the letter may be anything from a short and simple message of love to a lengthy explanation and description of feelings. History One of the oldest references to a lo ...

'' (1945) as Defense Counsel Phillips * ''

Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the ca ...

'' (1946) as Fernandez * ''

The Locket The Locket may refer to: * The Locket (1946 film), an American film directed by John Brahm * ''The Locket'' (1970 film), a Spanish film directed by Rafael Gil * ''The Locket'' (2002 film), an American television film directed by Karen Arthur * "The ...

'' (1946) as Mr. Wendell * ''

My Favorite Brunette ''My Favorite Brunette'' is a 1947 American romantic comedy film and film noir parody, directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about a baby photographer on death r ...

'' (1947) as James Collins * '' The Macomber Affair'' (1947) as Police Inspector * ''

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, it first appeared in ''The New Yorker'' on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book '' My World and Welcome to It'' (Har ...

'' (1947) as Colonel * ''

Christmas Eve Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world, and Christmas Eve is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipati ...

'' (1947) as Phillip Hastings * '' Escape Me Never'' (1947) as Mr. MacLean * '' Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House'' (1948) as Simms * ''

The Iroquois Trail ''The Iroquois Trail'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Phil Karlson starring George Montgomery and Brenda Marshall. It is set during the French-Indian War. It is an adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 work ''The Last of the M ...

'' (1950) as Capt. Edward Brownell * ''

Fort Vengeance ''Fort Vengeance'' (aka ''Royal Mounted Police'') is a 1953 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring James Craig, Rita Moreno and Keith Larsen.Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1953) as Inspector * ''

World for Ransom ''World for Ransom'' is a 1954 American film noir drama directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Dan Duryea, Patric Knowles, Gene Lockhart, Reginald Denny, and Nigel Bruce (in his final film role). Many of the actors and sets used in the film wer ...

'' (1954) as Maj. Ian Bone * ''

Sabaka ''Sabaka'' (originally to be called ''Gunga Ram'') is a 1953 American adventure film written, directed and co-produced by Frank Ferrin, filmed partially on location in India. The film also starred Victor Jory, Boris Karloff, Peter Coe, Reginald ...

'' (1954) as Sir Cedric * ''

Escape to Burma ''Escape to Burma'' is a 1955 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Allan Dwan starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan and David Farrar. The film was based on the short story "Bow Tamely to Me" by Kenneth Perkins, originally publishe ...

'' (1955) as Commissioner * ''

The Donald O'Connor Show ''The Donald O'Connor Show'' (also known as ''Here Comes Donald'') is an American musical situation comedy television series starring singer/dancer Donald O'Connor. It appeared on NBC from October 9, 1954, to September 10, 1955, alternating on t ...

'' (NBC) (1955) as Himself * ''

Around the World in 80 Days ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' (french: link=no, Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employ ...

'' (1956) as Bombay Police Inspector * ''

Cat Ballou ''Cat Ballou'' is a 1965 American western comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and ...

'' (1965) as Sir Harry Percival * ''

'' Series TV (1966, episodes 11 and 12) as King Boris * ''

'' (1966) as Master-at-Arms * ''

'' (1966) as Commodore Schmidlapp (final acting role)

References

External links

*Prince of Drones: The Reginald Denny Story by Kimberly Pucci (Bearmanor Media, 2019

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