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Doesn't Richard Denning Look Like.....


In Richard Dennings's "mini-bio" by Tom Weaver, he says that Warner Brothers wouldn't sign him on because he looked too much like a star they already had under contract...do you think that was Robert Young ? I ask, because I just finished watching Day the World Ended, and all through the whole movie he remined me of Robert Young.

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You're right, smurky, that Denning looks and acts somewhat like the young Robert Young. Though I think Young was still associated with MGM at time.

He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good... St. Matthew 5:45

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The only alternative to Robert Young I can think of is William Lundigan. He was at Warner Brothers in 1941. Although Lundigan was more known for being a voice actor at Warner Brothers, he did get a few leading man in Warners starting from 1941. But I have to admit Denning does look more like Robert Young.

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I thought he looked like Ron Ely in 'Doc Savage'.

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