John Dehner's Nose

Very good question. It took me a while to recognize him without his moustache or his distinctive voice. I always remember him being billed as "Mister Dehner" on radio's GUNSMOKE when I was growing up. It came as a surprise to learn he had also been Palladin on radio. I used to have the last episode of HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL on an LP and you find out a lot about the character's background. If I remember he came from a wealthy Boston family, and he leaves SF to return home promising to return for Hey Boy and Hey Girl's wedding.

Interesting choice of actors Dehner and Richard Boone to play Palladin, but did they really offer it Randolph Scott for tv?

Yes, I do. John Dehner as Doutreval of Dijon was the visual and speaking double for the actual fencing master in the scene, Jean Louis Heremans. Dehner and Heremans closely resembled one another, except for profile shots, which necessitated the bump on the nose. Jean Heremans was my father and I have the plaster mask made of his face used to make the cosmetic adjustments to Dehner's profile. Heremans is the fencing master who created all the dueling sequences in the movie.

Viviane Heremans Moekle