Dean Riesner

Biography: Billed in the silent era as Dinky Dean, child actor Dean Riesner later became a successful screenwriter best known for such Clint Eastwood classics as Dirty Harry and Play Misty for Me. His father, Charles "Chuck" Riesner, also had a long career in film. On some films, for example, Mesa of Lost Women, Riesner's name is credited as Reisner.