---
name: "Crahan Denton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/crahan-denton"
fi1m_id: "crahan-denton"
imdb_id: "nm0219825"
tmdb_id: 13787
wikidata_id: "Q5180637"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 March 1914"
died: "4 December 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T15:04:59.287877+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Crahan Denton

## Identity

Crahan Denton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/crahan-denton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** crahan-denton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0219825
- **TMDB ID:** 13787
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5180637
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crahan_Denton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5180637, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219825/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13787

Actor. Born 20 March 1914 in Seattle, Washington, USA. Died 4 December 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 March 1914, Seattle, Washington, USA
- **Died:** 4 December 1966
- **Active:** 1960–1963
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crahan_Denton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5180637, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219825/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13787

## Biography

Crahan Denton (born Arthur Crahan Denton) was an American stage, film and television actor. Born in Seattle, Washington, he studied drama at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. He appeared on Broadway in productions including *Bus Stop* (1955), for which he received an Outer Critics Circle Award, *Orpheus Descending* (1957) and *Key Largo* (1939).

Denton’s film roles include Jackson in *The Young One* (1960), Hecky in *The Parent Trap* (1961), Walter Cunningham Sr. in *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962), Kramer in *Birdman of Alcatraz* (1962), and Jesse in *Hud* (1963). He also made numerous television appearances in series such as *Alfred Hitchcock Presents*, *Gunsmoke*, *The Fugitive* and *Perry Mason*. He died in 1966.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hud* (1963), Fi1m 86, as Jesse — [page](https://film.one/film/hud.md)
- *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962), Fi1m 84, as Walter Cunningham Sr. — [page](https://film.one/film/to-kill-a-mockingbird.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Wayne Powell, Sr., Vincent 'Doc' LeFavre
- *Bus Riley's Back in Town* (1965), as Spencer
- *Captain Newman, M.D.* (1963), as Maj. Gen. Snowden
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Roy T. Unger, Sam Braydon, Benson, George, H.R. Ammory — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Sheriff Simon Stakefield, Dr. Matthew James
- *Hud* (1963), as Jesse — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/hud.md)
- *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962), as Walter Cunningham Sr. — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/to-kill-a-mockingbird.md)
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Walter Watson
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as John Lewis
- *Birdman of Alcatraz* (1962), as Kramer
- *The Investigators* (1961), series, as Sheriff
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, as Dr. Brewster
- *Bus Stop* (1961), series, Actor
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Fred Dennis
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Al Wilkinson
- *The Parent Trap* (1961), as Hecky
- *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor
- *Thriller* (1960), series, as Sheriff Buckner
- *The Young One* (1960), as Jackson
- *Tate* (1960), series, Actor
- *Burning Bright* (1959), Actor
- *The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery* (1959), as John Egan
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Colonel Martin
- *The Donna Reed Show* (1958), series, Actor
- *DuPont Show of the Month* (1957), series, as Butler
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Frank Jarrett, Templeton Courtland
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor
- *The Night America Trembled* (1957), as Mac
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Sheriff, Harry Beggs
- *Navy Log* (1955), series, Actor
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Clint, Walker
- *Inner Sanctum* (1954), series, Actor
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, Actor
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Mac
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor
- *Crime, Inc.* (1945), as Vannie Denton (uncredited)

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