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DENTON, Jack
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DENTON, Jack. (Dubuque, IA, Jan. 21, 1925--Sun Valley, CA, Nov. 18, 1986). Actor, writer. Denton was a comedy writer for famed comedian Milton Berle at the age of twenty-two. He was also a Milwaukee disc-jockey who hosted a talk radio show and a weekly television program. From 1954-1958 Denton was a columnist of the Milwaukee Sentinel. He developed a role as Franklin D. Roosevelt which appeared on stage and screen.