'Richard Denning', formally known as 'Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger' (
March 27,
1914 -
October 11,
1998), was an
American actor who starred in such movies as ''
Creature from the Black Lagoon'' (
1954) and ''
An Affair to Remember'' (
1957), and on radio with
Lucille Ball as her husband George Cooper in ''
My Favorite Husband'' (1948-1951), the forerunner of television's ''
I Love Lucy'', for which Denning was replaced by Ball's real-life husband,
Desi Arnaz.
He was most famous for his role as
Governor of Hawaii Paul Jameson in the
CBS series ''
Hawaii Five-O'' (1968-1980). He also starred as the title character in the detective series ''
Michael Shayne'' (1960-61). Denning was married to 1940s horror movie queen
Evelyn Ankers (co-star of ''
The Wolf Man''), who retired from films at age 32 after they were married. After Ankers' death from cancer in 1985, Denning married Patricia Leffingwell.
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