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John Dennis

Highest Rated: 88% From Here to Eternity (1953)

Lowest Rated: 52% Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Birthday: May 3, 1925

Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA

John Dennis possessed a familiar face and a prolific career; he appeared in nearly 175 films and TV series, and played everything from wise bartenders to hardened sheriffs. He landed a major role as a vindictive Army sergeant in the 1953 Oscar-winning film "From Here to Eternity" and then worked steadily through the decade in minor films and TV series, most notably appearing as real-life New York gangster Dutch Schultz in the Prohibition crime series "The Lawless Years." Dennis landed a recurring role as a by-the-book police lieutenant on several episodes of the primetime mystery series "Perry Mason," and portrayed lawmen of various rank on shows like the modernized "Dragnet 1967" and the military sitcom "Gomer Pyle, United StatesM.C.." Though his work through the '70s was mainly in TV series like the gritty cop show "Baretta" and the medical drama "Quincy M.E.," Dennis did manage two memorable big-screen roles; he appeared as a straitlaced policeman in "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes," the fourth film in the popular sci-fi series, and portrayed an overworked city employee in the dystopian horror film "Soylent Green."

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Highest rated movies

88% 84% From Here to Eternity Watchlist
52% 46% Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
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Garden of the Dead
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The Return of Jack Slade
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17% Frankenstein 1970
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41% Too Much, Too Soon
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41% Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.
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20% Battle Taxi
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29% The Slams
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Dead Men Tell No Tales
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Garden of the Dead Jablonski (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 29% The Slams Sergeant Flood (Character) - 1973
52% 46% Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Policeman (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Men Tell No Tales Mack (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 51% Mister Buddwing Dice Player (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 41% Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. Crew Chief (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Violent Road Pat Farley (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 41% Too Much, Too Soon Walter Gerhardt (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 17% Frankenstein 1970 Morgan Haley (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Return of Jack Slade Kid Stanley (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 20% Battle Taxi MSgt. Joe Murdock (Character) - 1955
88% 84% From Here to Eternity Sgt. Ike Galovitch (Character) - 1953

TV

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No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Pete (Guest Star) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gibbsville Unknown (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Blue Knight Unknown (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Woman Bishoff (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Deputy 1 (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Partridge Family Cop (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Unknown (Character) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mod Squad Park Attendant (Guest Star) 1969 1971-1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Life Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Colson (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet 84% Get Smart Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Cop (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Deputy 2 (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hazel Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Police Lieutenant (Guest Star) 1960 1962-1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Stan Billings (Character),
Nelse Nelson (Guest Star)
1959-1960 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Surfside 6 Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Red (Guest Star) 1957 1961
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Dumfee (Character) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Deputy Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bat Masterson Finch (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Lucky Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thin Man Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Restless Gun Jed Baldwin (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Father Knows Best Unknown (Guest Star) 1956