Dean Riesner Net Worth
Dean Riesner Net Worth is
$18 Million
Dean Riesner Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Dean Riesner (November 3, 1918, New Rochelle, New York – August 18, 2002, Encino, California) was a prolific 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. His career at this young age ended because his mother wanted her son to have a real childhood. As an adult, his first job in films was as a co-writer of the 1939 Ronald Reagan movie Code of the Secret Service.Riesner won an Oscar for directing Bill and Coo (1948), a feature film with a cast of real birds, costumed as humans, acting on the world's smallest film set.Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Riesner worked primarily in television, including writing for Rawhide and the "Tourist Attraction" episode of The Outer Limits, although he occasionally contributed to feature films like The Helen Morgan Story. In 1968 he landed a job working on the Clint Eastwood action film Coogan's Bluff, and this in turn would lead to him writing several other Eastwood features throughout the 1970s. Riesner helped pen the screenplays for two Eastwood films in 1971, Play Misty for Me and the original Dirty Harry. In 1973 he provided an uncredited rewrite for High Plains Drifter, and in 1976 he was one of the writers to draft The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry thriller. That same year he provided the teleplay for NBC's highly rated miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, starring Nick Nolte. In 1979 he wrote an early draft screenplay for The Godfather Part III, but his script was discarded when Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo finally agreed to collaborate on a third entry in the series.Riesner continued to write into the 1980s, though most of his work from that period went uncredited. Those films include Das Boot, The Sting II, and Starman.Riesner died in 2002 of natural causes. He had been married to actress Maila Nurmi, better known as the horror hostess Vampira. Date Of Birth | November 3, 1918 |
Died | 2002-08-18 |
Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
Profession | Writer, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew |
Spouse | Maila Nurmi |
Star Sign | Scorpio |
# | Fact |
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1 | A shy and reticent man, Riesner made only two notable public appearances in later years: a panel discussion of Buster Keaton held in Beverly Hills, California in 1995 conducted by Kevin Brownlow and a lengthy one-on-one interview as part of a Charlie Chaplin conference held in London, England in 2000 conducted by Jeffrey Vance. |
2 | Dean Riesner wrote several autobiographical essays about his father and Charlie Chaplin with film historian Jeffrey Vance between 1995-2000. Only one essay--concerning his work with Chaplin on "The Pilgrim" (1923)--has been published. |
3 | Son of director Charles Reisner. |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Enforcer | 1976 | screenplay | |
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers | 1976 | TV Mini-Series teleplay - 4 episodes | |
The Keegans | 1976 | TV Movie as Dean E. Riesner | |
Rich Man, Poor Man | 1976 | TV Mini-Series teleplay - 9 episodes | |
Charley Varrick | 1973 | screenplay | |
High Plains Drifter | 1973 | uncredited | |
Dirty Harry | 1971 | screenplay | |
Play Misty for Me | 1971 | screenplay | |
Vanished | 1971 | TV Movie teleplay | |
The Intruders | 1970 | TV Movie teleplay | |
Lost Flight | 1970 | TV Movie written by | |
Coogan's Bluff | 1968 | screenplay | |
Lancer | 1968 | TV Series teleplay - 1 episode | |
Ironside | 1967 | TV Series story - 1 episode | |
Stranger on the Run | 1967 | TV Movie teleplay | |
The Road West | 1967 | TV Series written by - 1 episode | |
Ben Casey | TV Series writer - 1 episode, 1966 teleplay - 1 episode, 1964 | ||
The Long, Hot Summer | 1965 | TV Series teleplay - 3 episodes | |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1965 | TV Series 1 episode | |
12 O'Clock High | 1964-1965 | TV Series writer - 2 episodes | |
Slattery's People | 1964-1965 | TV Series writer - 2 episodes | |
The Virginian | 1963-1964 | TV Series writer - 4 episodes | |
Rawhide | 1963-1964 | TV Series writer - 5 episodes | |
The Outer Limits | 1963 | TV Series written by - 1 episode | |
The Man from Galveston | 1963 | screenplay | |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | TV Series written by - 10 episodes, 1959 - 1963 teleplay - 6 episodes, 1961 - 1962 | ||
77 Sunset Strip | TV Series 1 episode, 1960 teleplay - 1 episode, 1963 writer - 1 episode, 1961 | ||
The Dakotas | 1963 | TV Series writer - 2 episodes | |
G.E. True | TV Series 1 episode, 1962 teleplay - 1 episode, 1962 | ||
Surfside 6 | TV Series 1 episode, 1962 teleplay - 1 episode, 1960 | ||
Cheyenne | TV Series written by - 5 episodes, 1956 - 1957 writer - 2 episodes, 1961 television story and teleplay - 1 episode, 1958 story - 1 episode, 1956 teleplay - 1 episode, 1955 | ||
Follow the Sun | 1961 | TV Series written by - 1 episode | |
The Case of the Dangerous Robin | 1961 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
Lawman | TV Series writer - 4 episodes, 1958 - 1961 teleplay - 1 episode, 1959 | ||
Bonanza | 1960 | TV Series written by - 1 episode | |
Colt .45 | 1959-1960 | TV Series teleplay - 4 episodes | |
Shotgun Slade | 1960 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
Bronco | TV Series writer - 2 episodes, 1958 - 1960 teleplay - 2 episodes, 1959 | ||
Bourbon Street Beat | TV Series teleplay - 1 episode, 1960 writer - 1 episode, 1960 | ||
Bat Masterson | 1960 | TV Series written by - 1 episode | |
Sugarfoot | TV Series writer - 3 episodes, 1959 - 1960 teleplay - 2 episodes, 1957 | ||
Tales of Wells Fargo | 1959 | TV Series written by - 1 episode | |
The Texan | 1959 | TV Series written by - 1 episode | |
Paris Holiday | 1958 | writer | |
U.S. Marshal | 1958 | TV Series teleplay - 1 episode | |
The Travellers | 1957 | ||
The Restless Gun | 1957 | TV Series teleplay - 1 episode | |
The Thin Man | 1957 | TV Series teleplay - 3 episodes | |
The Helen Morgan Story | 1957 | ||
Conflict | 1956 | TV Series teleplay - 1 episode | |
Playhouse 90 | 1956 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Ethel Barrymore Theater | 1956 | TV Series teleplay - 1 episode | |
So This Is Hollywood | TV Series 2 episodes, 1955 teleplay - 1 episode, 1955 | ||
So You Want to Know Your Relatives | 1954 | Short story | |
Studio 57 | TV Series teleplay - 2 episodes, 1954 original story - 1 episode, 1954 | ||
So You Want to Go to a Night Club | 1954 | Short story | |
The Joe Palooka Story | 1954 | TV Series teleplay - 4 episodes | |
Schlitz Playhouse | TV Series teleplay - 1 episode, 1952 writer - 1 episode, 1952 | ||
Skipalong Rosenbloom | 1951 | screenplay | |
Operation Haylift | 1950 | ||
Bill and Coo | 1948 | screenplay | |
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | 1942 | story - as Dean Franklin | |
A Fugitive from Justice | 1940 | contributing writer - uncredited | |
The Fighting 69th | 1940 | original screenplay | |
Code of the Secret Service | 1939 | original screen play - as Dean Franklin | |
Fatal Beauty | 1987 | screenplay | |
Starman | 1984 | uncredited | |
Sudden Impact | 1983 | uncredited | |
The Sting II | 1983 | uncredited | |
Blue Thunder | 1983 | uncredited | |
The High Country | 1981 | uncredited |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Long, Hot Summer | 1965 | TV Series executive story consultant - 5 episodes | |
The Thin Man | 1957-1958 | TV Series script consultant - 7 episodes | |
Skipalong Rosenbloom | 1951 | dialogue director | |
Train to Tombstone | 1950 | dialogue coach | |
Gunfire | 1950 | dialogue coach - as Dean Reisner | |
I Shot Billy the Kid | 1950 | dialogue coach - as Dean Reisner |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Mesa of Lost Women | 1953 | Aranya Henchman (as Dean Reisner) | |
Gunfire | 1950 | Outlaw Mack (as Dean Reisner) | |
Operation Haylift | 1950 | Lt. Richter (as Dink Dean) | |
Young Man with a Horn | 1950 | Joe (uncredited) | |
The Traveling Saleswoman | 1950 | Tom | |
Assigned to Danger | 1948 | Dr. Michael Kelly (uncredited) | |
The Cobra Strikes | 1948 | Detective Brody | |
Everybody Dance | 1936 | Tony Spurgeon (as Charles Reisner Jr.) | |
It's in the Air | 1935 | Brave (uncredited) | |
Square Shoulders | 1929 | Cadet (uncredited) | |
A Prince of a King | 1923 | Gigi, the Prince | |
The Pilgrim | 1923 | Little Boy (as Dinky Reisner) | |
A Ladies Man | 1922 | Short as Dinky Dean | |
Grief | 1921 | Short | |
Peck's Bad Boy | 1921 | as Dinky Dean |
Director
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Bill and Coo | 1948 |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Skipalong Rosenbloom | 1951 | lyrics: "Skip Along Maxie" |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Play It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me' | 2001 | Video documentary | Himself |
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow | 1987-1989 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
Unknown Chaplin | 1983 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
Hollywood | 1923 | Himself |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1976 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series | Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) |
1972 | Edgar | Edgar Allan Poe Awards | Best Motion Picture | Dirty Harry (1971) |
1972 | Edgar | Edgar Allan Poe Awards | Best Television Feature or Miniseries | Vanished (1971) |
1971 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation | Vanished (1971) |
1966 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Episodic Drama | 12 O'Clock High (1964) |
1957 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Drama, 60 Minutes or Longer in Length | Conflict (1956) |