Dean Riesner
Dinky Dean | Dink Dean | Dean Franklin
About the person
Career:
Writing
Date of birth:1918-11-03
Place of birth:New Rochelle, New York, USA
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death2002-08-18
83Biography
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 his mother wanted her son to have a real childhood. As an adult, his first job in films was as a co-writer of the 1939 Ronald Reagan movie Code of the Secret Service.
Filmography
Rating by year
- Play It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me'Self2001-09-187.04
- Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow1987-09-307.511
- The Chaplin RevueVarious (archive footage)1959-09-017.440
- GunfireOutlaw Mack1950-08-127.02
- The Traveling SaleswomanTom1950-02-155.25
- Assigned to DangerDr. Michael Kelly (uncredited)1948-05-194.77
- The Cobra StrikesDetective Brody1948-04-247.52
- Everybody DanceTommy Spurgeon1936-09-067.02
- It's in the AirBrave (uncredited)1935-10-106.33
- Square ShouldersCadet (uncredited)1929-03-108.01
- A Prince of a KingGigi, the Prince1923-10-137.01
- HollywoodDean Riesner1923-08-199.03
- The PilgrimLittle Boy1923-02-196.9156
- Grief1921-05-010.00
- Peck's Bad Boy1921-04-214.45