Dean Riesner

Birthday: November 03, 2018

The son of prolific silent film director Charles Riesner, child actor turned popular screenwriter Dean Riesner would pen one of cinema's most memorable moments when he gave renegade cop on the edge Dirty Harry the clinching dialogue, "Do you feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?" in the film of the character's namesake. Born in November 1918 in New York City, Riesner made his film debut ...more