death_date death_place years_active birth_place othername name birth_date article_title birth_name
may 26 , 2003 -lrb- aged 66 -rrb- san luis obispo , california , u.s. 1965 -- 1992 seminole , oklahoma , u.s. burr de benning burris debenning burr debenning september 21 , 1936 burr debenning
 burris f. debenning
burr debenning

burr debenning -lrb- september 21 , 1936 -- may 26 , 2003 -rrb- was an american character actor who worked in both film and television .
debenning appeared in nearly 100 films and tv shows including the television films `` the house on greenapple road '' -lrb- 1970 -rrb- , ' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- and `` hanging by a thread '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- .
he appeared in such television programs as `` custer '' , `` nakia '' , `` matlock '' , `` matt houston '' , `` mike hammer '' , `` magnum , p.i. '' , `` rockford files '' , `` matt helm '' , `` medical center '' , `` mccloud '' , `` ironside '' , `` columbo '' and `` medical story '' .
he also co-starred with robert wagner in `` city beneath the sea '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- .
his character was called `` aquila '' and had gills .
his film appearances included `` beach red '' -lrb- 1967 -rrb- , `` sweet november '' -lrb- 1968 -rrb- , `` st. ives '' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- , `` the incredible melting man '' -lrb- 1977 -rrb- , `` armed response '' -lrb- 1986 -rrb- , ' -lrb- 1989 -rrb- , and `` love field '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- .
in 1977 he guest starred in the second pilot film titled `` the death scouts '' for the tv series called `` man from atlantis '' .
he played lt. jim porter , a navy intelligence agent , in the 1978 science fiction tv movie , `` the return of captain nemo '' , originally shown on u.s. tv as a three part miniseries -lrb- 50-minutes each episode -rrb- and later released theatrically outside the u.s. in a 102-minute widescreen version renamed `` the amazing captain nemo '' .
from 1981 to 1982 he played the evil town boss paul garrett -lrb- and later his equally evil twin brother richard garrett -rrb- in the tv series `` father murphy '' .
debenning 's last media appearance was a cameo in a music video for the avalanches ' hit song `` frontier psychiatrist '' in 2000 .
he died in california at age 66 from undisclosed causes .
