Dierkes was born on February 10, 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Brown University and subsequently went to work as an economist for the United States Department of State. In 1941 he joined the Red Cross and served in the Britain duringWorld War II. There he met director John Huston who recommended that he try Hollywood after the war. Instead, Dierkes went to work for the U.S. Treasury Department which coincidentally sent him to Hollywood to...
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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
As Batley
Shane
As Morgan Ryker
The Haunted Palace
As Benjamin West / Jacob West
The Buccaneer
As Deacon
The Alamo
As Jocko Robertson
Macbeth
As Ross
The Premature Burial
As Sweeny
The Raven
As Roderick Craven
The Left Handed Gun
As McSween
The Hanging Tree
As Society Red
Valerie
As Bartender
Johnny Cool
As Cripple
Creepy Classics
As Roderick Craven - (archive footage)
Convicts 4
As Cell Block Guard (uncredited)
The Buckskin Lady
As Swanson
Les Miserables
As Bosun (uncredited)
The Moonlighter
As Sheriff Daws
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
As Jacob
The Vanishing American
As Freil
Three Husbands
As Night Court Judge (uncredited)
Hell's Outpost
As Swede - the Cook (uncredited)
The Naked Jungle
As Gruber
The Fastest Gun Alive
As Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)
The Raid
As Cpl. Fred Deane
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
As Preacher (uncredited)
Death in Small Doses
The Omega Man
As Family Member
Rage
As Bill Parker
Touch of Evil
As Policeman (uncredited)
The Slowest Gun in the West
As 'Wild Bill' Monks
Betrayed Women
As Cletus Ballard
Friendly Persuasion
As Farmer (uncredited)
The Thing from Another World
As Dr. Chapman
The Desperado
As Police Sergeant
The Oregon Trail
As Gabe Hastings
Duel at Apache Wells
As Bill Sowers
The Comancheros
As Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)
Not as a Stranger
As Bursar
The Red Badge of Courage
As Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier
Jubal
As Carson - Horgan Rider
Silver City
As Arnie
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
As Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
One-Eyed Jacks
As Chet
The Vanquished
As General Morris
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
As Jocko Robertson
Blood Arrow
As Ez
Tales of Wells Fargo
As Scanlon
Gunsmoke
As Rydell
Rawhide
As Private
Lux Video Theatre
As Jeb Bricker
The Aquanauts
As Inspector Crail
Peter Gunn
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
As Joe Bronson
Wanted: Dead or Alive
As Charlie
The Rifleman
Adventures Of The Falcon
Telephone Time
State Trooper