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name: "Reginald Denny"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 November 1891"
died: "16 June 1967"
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updated: "2026-09-16T11:56:31.679437+00:00"
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# Reginald Denny

Actor. Born 19 November 1891 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK. Died 16 June 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 November 1891, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 June 1967
- **Also known as:** Reginald Leigh Dugmore, Leigh Denny, Reginald Lee Denny

## Biography

Reginald Denny, born Reginald Leigh Dugmore, was an English actor who appeared in films from the silent era through the 1960s. He began his screen career in 1915 and became a leading man in silent comedies before transitioning to character roles in sound films, often portraying English gentlemen. He also worked extensively on stage and later in television.

Denny came from a theatrical family; his father was actor and singer W. H. Denny. Among his notable film roles were Frank Crawley in Alfred Hitchcock's *Rebecca* (1940), Sir Harry Percival in *Cat Ballou* (1965), and Commodore Schmidlapp in *Batman: The Movie* (1966). He appeared in other well-known productions including *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), *Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House* (1948), and *Of Human Bondage* (1934).

Outside acting, Denny was an aviator who served in the Royal Air Force during the First World War and later became a pioneer in unmanned aerial vehicles, founding the Radioplane Company which produced target drones for the US military during the Second World War.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rebecca* (1940), Fi1m 85, as Frank Crawley — [page](https://film.one/film/rebecca.md)

## Also known for

- *Batman* (1966), Commodore Schmidlapp
- *Batman* (1966), King Boris
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Police Chief
- *Cat Ballou* (1965), Sir Harry Percival
- *Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House* (1948), Simms
- *Of Human Bondage* (1934), Harry Griffiths
- *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (1947), Colonel
- *Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror* (1942), Sir Evan Barham

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