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Born in New York, Riesner's father was a silent film director and Dean began acting onscreen at the age of five. His career at this young age ended because apparently his mother wanted her son to have a real childhood. Upon maturing into an adult Riesner again entered the entertainment industry, this time as a writer. His first job was as a co-author for the 1939 Ronald Reagan film Code of the Secret Service. Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ...

Throughout the 1950's and 60's Riesner worked primarily in television, including writing for Rawhide (TV series). In 1968 he landed a job working on the Clint Eastwood action film Coogan's Bluff, and this in turn would lead to him writing several other Eastwood features throughout the 70's. Riesner helped pen the screenplays for two Eastwood films in 1971, Play Misty for Me and the original Dirty Harry. In 1973 he provided an uncredited rewrite for High Plains Drifter, and in 1976 he was one of the writers to draft The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry thriller. That same year he provided the teleplay for NBC's highly rated miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, starring Nick Nolte. In 1979 he wrote an early draft screenplay for The Godfather Part III, but his script was discarded when Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo finally agreed to collaborate on a third entry in the series. Rawhide was a television western series about cattle drives that aired on CBS from 1959-1966, which starred Eric Fleming and launched the career of Clint Eastwood, who played Rowdy Yates. ... This article refers to the actor/producer/director. ... Coogans Bluff is the name of a promontory located in upper Manhattan in New York City. ... Play Misty for Me is a 1971 thriller film, directed by Clint Eastwood, about a radio disc jockey who becomes the target of an obsessed female fan, played by Jessica Walter. ... Dirty Harry is a 1971 film directed by Don Siegel. ... High Plains Drifter is a 1973 Western movie starring and directed by Clint Eastwood, wherein he plays a character clearly influenced by the Man with No Name from Sergio Leones A Fistful of Dollars and its sequels. ... The Enforcer is a 1976 film directed by James Fargo, starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector Harry Callahan and Tyne Daly as Inspector Kate Moore. ... Nick Nolte at Cannes, 2000 Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an Oscar-nominated American model, actor, and producer. ... The Godfather, Part III (1990) is the third film in the Godfather trilogy. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Mario Puzo Mario Gianluigi Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author known for his fictional books about the Mafia. ...

Riesner continued to write into the 80's, though most of his work from this time period went uncredited. Those films include Das Boot, The Sting II, and Starman (film). Das Boot (IPA: , German for The Boat) is a film directed by Wolfgang Petersen, adapted from a novel of the same name by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. ... Starman (1984; see also 1984 in film) is a science fiction film directed by John Carpenter which tells the story of an alien from another planet (Jeff Bridges) who has come to Earth in response to the invitation left of the gold phonograph record on the Voyager space probes. ...

Riesner died in 2002 in Encino, California from natural causes.

External links

• Dean Riesner at the Internet Movie Database