Del Tenney

Del Tenney was born on Jul 27, 1930 in USA. Del Tenney's big-screen debut came with Stalag 17 directed by Billy Wilder in 1953, strarring . Del Tenney is known for Stalag 17 directed by Billy Wilder, William Holden stars as Sgt. J.J. Sefton and Don Taylor as Lt. James Dunbar. The upcoming new movie Del Tenney plays is Descendant which will be released on Jun 17, 2003.

Del Tenney was born in Mason City, Iowa, and moved to California with his parents when he was 12. Attending Los Angeles City and State college, he developed an interest in the theater, became an actor and made a living at it for most of his young adult life. He acted on stage, did extra work in films (Stalag 17 (1953), L'équipée sauvage (1953)) and then came to New York looking for work. He found it--working in restaurants and as a detective--but he also managed to land roles in summer stock. Deciding to move behind the camera, Tenney started off as assistant director on some risqué low-budget pictures, then co-wrote and co-directed (without credit) his production of Violences dans la nuit (1963), a Connecticut-made suspenser with Shepperd Strudwick, Jean Hale, 'Sylvia Miles' and Margot Hartman (Mrs. Tenney). Tenney next made schlock horror history, bringing to the screen the cheapo classics The Horror of Party Beach (1964) and (his favorite) The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964).