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Crahan Denton was an American stage and television actor. One of his most famous film roles was in To Kill A Mockingbird where he portrays "Walter Cunningham," a client of the main character, Atticus Finch, and the leader of a mob which attempts to lynch another of Finch's clients.
Birth Name
Arthur Crahan Denton
Born
Friday, 20 March 1914
Died
Sunday, 04 December 1966
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Road West | Sheriff Winant | 1966 |
| The F.B.I. | Wayne Powell, Sr. / Vincent 'Doc' LeFavre | 1965 |
| Bus Riley's Back in Town | Spencer | 1965 |
| Captain Newman, M.D. | Maj. Gen. Snowden | 1963 |
| Temple Houston | Judge Brandon | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Benson / George / H.R. Ammory / Roy T. Unger / Sam Braydon | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | Dr. Matthew James / Sheriff Simon Stakefield | 1963 |
| The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Col. Ewen Pollux | 1963 |
| Hud | Jesse | 1963 |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Walter Cunningham Sr. | 1962 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Road West | Sheriff Winant | 1966 |
| The F.B.I. | Wayne Powell, Sr. / Vincent 'Doc' LeFavre | 1965 |
| Bus Riley's Back in Town | Spencer | 1965 |
| Captain Newman, M.D. | Maj. Gen. Snowden | 1963 |
| Temple Houston | Judge Brandon | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Benson / George / H.R. Ammory / Roy T. Unger / Sam Braydon | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | Dr. Matthew James / Sheriff Simon Stakefield | 1963 |
| The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Col. Ewen Pollux | 1963 |
| Hud | Jesse | 1963 |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Walter Cunningham Sr. | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Sheriff Walter Watson | 1962 |
| The Virginian | John Lewis | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Andon Holiday | 1962 |
| Birdman of Alcatraz | Kramer | 1962 |
| Walk on the Wild Side | Bit Part | 1962 |
| Alcoa Premiere | McKittrick | 1961 |
| Frontier Circus | Marshal Beckett | 1961 |
| The Investigators | Sheriff | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Dr. Brewster | 1961 |
| Bus Stop | Clay Bostwick | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Fred Dennis | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Al Wilkinson | 1961 |
| The Parent Trap | Hecky | 1961 |
| Tallahassee 7000 | Sheriff Jarrod | 1961 |
| Route 66 | Charley Praeger / Amos Devereaux | 1960 |
| Thriller | Sheriff Buckner | 1960 |
| The Young One | Jackson | 1960 |
| Tate | Abel | 1960 |
| Burning Bright | 1959 | |
| Hawaiian Eye | Ed Gibson | 1959 |
| Deadline | Mechanic / Sheriff | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Jake Parson | 1959 |
| The St. Louis Bank Robbery | John Egan | 1959 |
| Brenner | Det. Tom Cleary / Detective Cleary | 1959 |
| One Step Beyond | Colonel Martin | 1959 |
| Naked City | Superintendent | 1958 |
| The Texan | Gant | 1958 |
| The Donna Reed Show | Dr. Kendall / Babcock | 1958 |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | Butler | 1957 |
| Harbourmaster | Constable | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Templeton Courtland / Frank Jarrett | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Carl Soddenberg / Jack Burnaby (Dr. Humbug) / Marshal Buell | 1957 |
| Four Boys and a Gun | Detective | 1957 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Harry Beggs / Sheriff | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Stanton | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Clint / Walker | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Hecky | 1954 |
| Inner Sanctum | Crowe | 1954 |
| Omnibus | Tom Lincoln (segment "Lincoln Part I: The End and the Beginning") / Tom Lincoln (segment "Lincoln Part III: Growing Up") / Tom Lincoln (segment "Lincoln Part IV: New Salem") / Tom Lincoln (segment "Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge") / Tom Lincoln (segment "Lincoln, Part II: Early Boyhood") / Tom Lincoln (segment "Mr. Lincoln") | 1952 |
| Man Against Crime | Miller | 1949 |
| The Big Story | George MacWilliams | 1949 |
| Studio One | Tom Bayley / Mac - NJ Police Officer | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | |
| Kraft Theatre | Paul | 1947 |
| Crime, Inc. | Vannie Denton | 1945 |
