Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/3/1918
Place of Birth
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Also Known As
Dinky DeanDink DeanDean Franklin
Dean Riesner
Biography
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.
Riesner won an Oscar for directing...
Known For
The Pilgrim
as Little Boy
Hollywood
as Dean Riesner
The Chaplin Revue
as Various (archive footage)
It's in the Air
as Brave (uncredited)
The Cobra Strikes
as Detective Brody
Gunfire
as Outlaw Mack
Assigned to Danger
as Dr. Michael Kelly (uncredited)
The Traveling Saleswoman
as Tom
Square Shoulders
as Cadet (uncredited)
Grief
Unknown Role
Play It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me'
as Self
Everybody Dance
as Tommy Spurgeon
Peck's Bad Boy
Unknown Role