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Dennis Letts Biography ((?)-)

Raised in Wagoner, OK; married; wife's name, Billie D. (a writer and university instructor); children: Shawn (a musician and composer), Tracy (an actor and writer).

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, writer

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• General Sanders, Blood Suckers from Outer Space, Warner Bros., 1984
• Tabloid, Tapeworm Video Distributors, 1985
• Bob Hadley, Square Dance (also known as Home Is Where the HeartIs), Island Pictures, 1987
• Army general, Johnny Be Good, Orion, 1988
• It Takes Two (also known as My New Car), United Artists, 1988
• Alan Fortas, Heartbreak Hotel, Buena Vista, 1989
• Doc White, The Man in the Moon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1991
• Senior district attorney, Rush, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1991
• Frank Allen, Passenger 57, Warner Bros., 1992
• Man with dog, Sidekicks, Triumph Releasing, 1992
• Governor, A Perfect World, Warner Bros., 1993
• Voice, A Goofy Movie (animated), Buena Vista, 1995
• Gordy, Miramax, 1995
• Dr. Schultz, Fire Down Below, Warner Bros., 1997
• Preston Liddy, Keys to Tulsa, Gramercy, 1997
• Sergeant Phillips, Little Boy Blue, Castle Hill, 1997
• Dennis Larson, Cast Away, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
• Sheriff, Where the Heart Is, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
• Sheriff, Secondhand Lions, New Line Cinema, 2003
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Clyde Ott, Trial: The Price of Passion, NBC, 1992
• Senator Rogers, Tom Clancy's Netforce, ABC, 1999
• Movies
• Captain Ross, Houston: The Legend of Texas (also known as Goneto Texas), CBS, 1986
• Crick, Dallas: The Early Years, CBS, 1986
• Plant supervisor, Margaret Bourke-White (also known as Double Exposure), TNT, 1989
• Cecil Houston, Challenger, ABC, 1990
• Chief McAlester, A Killing in a Small Town (also known as Evidence of Love), CBS, 1990
• Ed Warren, A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story, CBS, 1991
• Grandpa Maguire, A Seduction in Travis County (also known as Blind Judgement), CBS, 1991
• Harlan Parker, Wild Texas Wind, NBC, 1991
• Poppa, Jailbirds, CBS, 1991
• The Last Prostitute, 1991
• Lawyer, A Taste for Killing, USA Network, 1992
• Lloyd Yarborough, Fugitive among Us, CBS, 1992
• Governor Griffin, The Ernest Green Story, The Disney Channel, 1993
• Railroad chief executive officer, Frank and Jesse, HBO, 1994
• Prosecutor, Her Hidden Truth, NBC, 1995
• Judge Crawford, Two Mothers for Zachary, ABC, 1996
• Mickey Braddock, Frequent Flyer, Lifetime, 1996
• Roland Tate, Road to Galveston, USA Network, 1996
• Dr. Moran, To Live Again, CBS, 1998
• Buchanan, A Face to Kill For, USA Network, 1999
• Too Legit: The M. C. Hammer Story, VH1, 2001
• Episodic
• "Tough Love," Dallas, CBS, 1987
• Winthrop Pierson, "In the Name of Love," Dangerous Curves, CBS, 1992
• Ethan, "Right Man, Wrong Time," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1994
• Fred Garrett, "Whitewater: Part 1," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1995
• Paul Gellis, "A Woman's Place," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1997
• Sidney Berlin, "Strangers and Brothers," Once and Again, ABC, 2000
• Pilots
• Watchdog, Time Bomb, NBC, 1984
• Dudan, Travelling Man, CBS, 1987
• WRITINGS
• Plays
• Author (with Billie D. Letts) of Mountain Memories, Prairie Dreams, produced at Durant Community Theatre, Durant, OK.