Reginald Denny Biography

Fast Facts

• Created a radio-controlled target aircraft that was used by the Armed Forces during World War II
• First appeared on the London stage in 1899 and came to the U․S․ in 1911 for a role in the Broadway play "Quaker Girl․"
• Made his screen acting debut as Cornelius Griffin in the film "Niobe" in 1915
• Also worked as a designer and manufacturer of model airplanes
• Best known for his role as Frank Crawley in "Rebecca" and as Simms in "Mr․ Blandings Builds His Dream House․"
• Wrote and directed the films "That's My Daddy" in 1928 and "The Big Bluff" in 1933
• Appeared in more than 200 films during his 50-year career
• Played Colonel Pickering opposite Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews in a Broadway production of "My Fair Lady" in the late 1950s