Dean Riesner

Writer

Born: November 3, 1918
Died: August 18, 2002 (age 83)
From: New Rochelle, New York, USA

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…

Filmography (15)

Play It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me' (2001)
Self
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
Various (archive footage)
Gunfire (1950)
Outlaw Mack
The Traveling Saleswoman (1950)
Tom
Assigned to Danger (1948)
Dr. Michael Kelly (uncredited)
The Cobra Strikes (1948)
Detective Brody
Bill and Coo (1948)
Director
Everybody Dance (1936)
Tommy Spurgeon
It's in the Air (1935)
Brave (uncredited)
Square Shoulders (1929)
Cadet (uncredited)
A Prince of a King (1923)
Gigi, the Prince
Hollywood (1923)
Dean Riesner
The Pilgrim (1923)
Little Boy
Grief (1921)
Peck's Bad Boy (1921)