John Forkum was born in State Island, New York back in 1915. I have no information about his parents or his early childhood. His father was apparently a successful painter and as such he spent time in Oslo, Copenhagen, London and Paris while growing up. He studied at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City, New York.
I was listening to Radio Classics on Sirius Radio. One of the series has a group of people and the main character was known as “The Whistler”. Well John was the lead player in the series. He also stared in the radio classic Gunsmoke. Philip Marlowe and the radio version of Have Gun-Will Travel.
His span of radio and acting covered 47 years appearing in over 260 films and television programs. Giving my age away after seeing his photo I recognized him immediately. BTW you may know him better by his stage name of John Dehner. So I have attached his photo to this post. Now tell me did you know who I was writing about before I told you his stage name?
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