Actor

Del Tenney

July 27, 1930 · Mason City, Iowa, USA

Delbert 'Del' Tenney (July 27, 1930 – February 21, 2013) was an American actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. Starting out as an actor he appeared in some Off-Broadway plays and also performed in the Broadway premiere of Terence Rattigan's play Ross. He then established a legacy in film with several low-budget horror/exploitation films in the 1960s, including The Horror of Party Beach (1964). Based in Connecticut, Tenney's other films include Psychomania (a.k.a. Violent Midnight), The Curse of the Living Corpse, and I Eat Your Skin.

Notable work

6.6
The Wild One (1953)
as Man (uncredited)

Often works with

Margot Hartman
5 titles together
The Curse of the Living Corpse, Do You Wanna Know a Secret?, Descendant
William Katt
2 titles together
Descendant, The Clean and Narrow

Full filmography · 9

Descendant
Director
2003
Do You Wanna Know a Secret?
as Pastor Clifford Adams
20013.8
The Clean and Narrow
as Mayor Reynolds
2000
I Eat Your Skin
Director and Writer
19713.3
The Horror of Party Beach
Director
19644.4
The Curse of the Living Corpse
Director
19645.8
Violent Midnight
Writer
1963
Satan in High Heels
as Paul
1962
The Wild One
as Man (uncredited)
19536.6