Richard Denning

 Richard Denning (March 27, 1914 – October 11, 1998)

Denning was an actor best known for starring in science fiction films of the 1950s, including Unknown Island (1948), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Target Earth (1954), Day the World Ended (1955), Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), and The Black Scorpion (1957). Denning also appeared in the film An Affair to Remember (1957) with Cary Grant and on radio with Lucille Ball in My Favorite Husband (1948–1951), the forerunner of television's I Love Lucy. CBS wanted Denning to continue on as the husband in the new television sitcom but Lucille Ball insisted that her real life husband, Desi Arnaz, play the part. In later life, he had a recurring role as the fictitious governor of Hawaii, Paul Jameson, in the series, Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980), starring Jack Lord. Denning enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II and served on submarines. He was married to actress Evelyn Ankers from 1942 until her death in 1985, and had one daughter. He remarried after Ankers' death, and was with his second wife until his death from a heart attack at age 84 in 1998. Denning and Ankers are buried at Makawao Veterans' Cemetery in Makawao, Hawaii.