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Dinky Dean
Dink Dean
Dean Franklin
Charles Reisner Jr.
Dean Reisner
Dean Riesner
Writing
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
Filmography
Movies
Play It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me'
as Self
The Chaplin Revue
as Various (archive footage)
Gunfire
as Outlaw Mack
The Traveling Saleswoman
as Tom
The Cobra Strikes
as Detective Brody
Assigned to Danger
as Dr. Michael Kelly (uncredited)
Everybody Dance
as Tommy Spurgeon
It's in the Air
as Brave (uncredited)
Square Shoulders
as Cadet (uncredited)
The Pilgrim
as Little Boy
