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Reginald Denny
(same as Leigh Denny)

Born 20 November 1891 in Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, as Reginald Leigh Dugmore.
Died 16 June 1967 in Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom,
of [?] a stroke and/or cancer?

Son of stage actor William Henry Denny; brother of actor Malcolm Denny.

Married actress Irene ‘Renee’ Haisman, 18 January 1913; divorced, 23 November 1928;
daughter, Barbara Gertrude Dugmore (Betsy Denny).
Married actress Mary Isobel Steiffel (screen name Betsy Lee, nickname ‘Bubbles’), 1928;
until Reginald’s death, 16 June 1967; three children.

Reginald Denny began as a stage actor at the age of six. He worked for Universal Pictures Corporation in 1923. Denny continued film work into the sound era, appearing with Victor McLaglen in John Ford’s The Lost Patrol (1934).

References: Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Melanie Young.