Portrait of Burr DeBenning

Burr DeBenning

Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Burr DeBenning (September 21, 1936 – May 26, 2003) was an American character actor, who has done work in both film and television. DeBenning appeared in nearly 100 films and TV shows during his career. His credits include the television films The House on Greenapple Road, Wolfen, The Incredible Melting Man, A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child, St. Ives, Cruising, and Love Field. He appeared in such television programs as Custer, Matlock, Matt Houston, Mike Hammer, Magnum, P.I., Matt Helm, Medical Center, McCloud, Columbo and Medical Story. Co-starred with Robert Wagner in City Beneath the Sea (1971). His character was called "Aquila" and had gills. Other guest appearance was in a war movie Beach Red (1967). DeBenning's last media appearance was a cameo in a music video for The Avalanches' hit song "Frontier Psychiatrist" in 2000. He died in California at age 66 from undisclosed causes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burr DeBenning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: September 21, 1936

Place of Birth: Seminole, Oklahoma, U.S.

Filmography

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Fool's Gold / Smelly Sulphur (voice)

1992
Love Field

as Announcer (voice)

1988
Freddy's Nightmares

as Dr. Serling

1988
The Game

as Federal Agent

1986
Armed Response

as Lt. Sanderson

1985
Hollywood Beat

as Woempner

1984
1982
1981
Falcon Crest

as Freddy Darrow

1981
Wolfen

as ESS Voice (voice)

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Ed Russler

1980
The Return of Frank Cannon

as Charles Kirkland

1979
Knots Landing

as Neal Henning

1979
Hanging by a Thread

as Jim Grainger

1978
1978
The Amazing Captain Nemo

as Lt. Jim Porter

1977
1977
1976
Brinks: The Great Robbery

as Ernie Heideman

1976
St. Ives

as Officer Fran

1975
Wonder Woman

as Tom Baker

1975
Matt Helm

as Frank

1975
Switch

as Kevin Geschwin

1975
1974
The Rockford Files

as Harry Crown

1973
Kojak

as Cass

1972
J.C.

as Dan Martin

1971
The Face of Fear

as Peter Sargent Fennington

1971
Columbo

as Capt. Loomis

1971
1970
1968
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Roy Crawford

1968
1968
Sweet November

as Clem Batchman

1968
El juicio

as Emmet Lloyd(as Burr De Benning)

1967
Cimarron Strip

as Emmet Lloyd

1967
1967
Beach Red

as Pvt. Egan

1965
The F.B.I.

as Fred Peters

1965
The F.B.I.

as Jack Dale

1965
The F.B.I.

as Jack Collins

1965
The F.B.I.

as George Barrister

1965
The F.B.I.

as Dan Stahl

1965
The F.B.I.

as Bishop

1965
Run for Your Life

as J.B. Flowers

1964
Daniel Boone

as Tom Lincoln