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.