Burris Franklin "Burr" DeBenning, Sr. (September 21, 1936 â€" May 26,
2003) was an American character actor who worked in both film and
television.The son of Mr. and Mrs. M.J. DeBenning, he was born in
Seminole, Oklahoma, and grew up in Stillwater. He enrolled at Oklahoma
State University as a business major, but he switched to drama midway
through his second year and went on to have major roles in several
plays at OSU. After serving in the United States Air Force, he went to
New York University and earned a master's degree in drama.DeBenning
first acted professionally in an off-Broadway play that lasted four
days. He next joined a professional troupe in Boston.DeBenning
appeared in nearly 100 films and TV shows including the television
films The House on Greenapple Road (1970), Brinks: The Great Robbery
(1976) and Hanging by a Thread (1979). He appeared in such television
programs as CHiPs, Custer, Nakia, Matlock, Matt Houston, Mike Hammer,
Magnum, P.I., Rockford Files, Kojak, The Streets of San Francisco,
Hawaii Five-O, Matt Helm, Medical Center, McCloud, Ironside, Columbo
and Medical Story. In 1969 DeBenning appeared as Orrey Hills on the TV
Series The Virginian in the episode titled "Journey to Scathelock." He
also co-starred with Robert Wagner in City Beneath the Sea (1971).
2003) was an American character actor who worked in both film and
television.The son of Mr. and Mrs. M.J. DeBenning, he was born in
Seminole, Oklahoma, and grew up in Stillwater. He enrolled at Oklahoma
State University as a business major, but he switched to drama midway
through his second year and went on to have major roles in several
plays at OSU. After serving in the United States Air Force, he went to
New York University and earned a master's degree in drama.DeBenning
first acted professionally in an off-Broadway play that lasted four
days. He next joined a professional troupe in Boston.DeBenning
appeared in nearly 100 films and TV shows including the television
films The House on Greenapple Road (1970), Brinks: The Great Robbery
(1976) and Hanging by a Thread (1979). He appeared in such television
programs as CHiPs, Custer, Nakia, Matlock, Matt Houston, Mike Hammer,
Magnum, P.I., Rockford Files, Kojak, The Streets of San Francisco,
Hawaii Five-O, Matt Helm, Medical Center, McCloud, Ironside, Columbo
and Medical Story. In 1969 DeBenning appeared as Orrey Hills on the TV
Series The Virginian in the episode titled "Journey to Scathelock." He
also co-starred with Robert Wagner in City Beneath the Sea (1971).
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