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Director, Actor
Born:
1947 in Wheaton, IL
Biography:American comic actor "Dennis Dugan" did quite well for himself trading on a bumbling-but-huggable screen image. On screen at least since 1972, Dugan established his screen persona in brief doses in such films as "Harry and Walter Go to New York" (1976) and "Norman Is that You"? (1976). In 1979, he was ideally cast as the time-displaced hero in "Unidentified Flying Oddball", Disney's updated remake of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court". Television has always held out a welcome mat for Dugan: he was the star of the short-lived series "Richie Brockelman, Private Eye" (1977), "Empire" (1984) and "Shadow Chasers" (1984), and was a semi-regular as an erstwhile "caped crusader" on Hill Street Blues (when Dugan's character was killed off, many disconsolate viewers wrote in to warn that they'd never watch the show again). "Dennis Dugan"'s film credits of the '80s have been plentiful if not... Full Biography
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Director Dennis Dugan on the set of "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" (Universal Pictures)
Director Dennis Dugan and Emmanuelle Chriqui at the World Premiere of Columbia Pictures' "You...
Kelly Dugan, Director Dennis Dugan and Sharon Dugan at the World Premiere of Columbia Pictures'...
Producer Jack Giarraputo and Director Dennis Dugan at the World Premiere of Columbia Pictures'...
Director Dennis Dugan and Sony's Jeff Blake at the World Premiere of Columbia Pictures' "You...
Director Dennis Dugan and Emmanuelle Chriqui at the World Premiere of Columbia Pictures' "You...
Kelly Dugan, Director Dennis Dugan and Sharon Dugan at the World Premiere of Columbia Pictures'...
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