Deney Terrio

Deney Terrio

Denis George Mahan (born June 15, 1950), better known as Deney Terrio, is an American choreographer, former film actor and one-time host of the television musical variety series Dance Fever from 1979 to 1985. In 1991, he sued Merv Griffin, the show's producer, for sexual harassment;[1] the US$11.3 million case was later dismissed.[2]

Terrio achieved fame as the dance coach and choreographer for John Travolta in the movie Saturday Night Fever. During his heyday with Dance Fever, he appeared in a number of films, including The Idolmaker, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, A Night in Heaven and Knights of the City and guest starred on popular television series of the time including The Love Boat. Throughout the 1990s, he toured nightclubs, performing with Motion and judging dance contests. Terrio was referred to in the popular Steve Martin movie Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, in which Martin posed as a crippled veteran. Martin claimed that he lost use of his legs after he found his girlfriend having sex with Terrio.

In recent years, he has appeared on several VH1 specials and co-hosted the 2004 PBS special Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion which featured many popular disco artists from the 1970s and actress Karen Lynn Gorney. During the show, Terrio and Gorney danced to Tavares’ live performance of “More Than a Woman”, as Gorney had with John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.

Currently Deney is hosting his own disco radio show on the Sirius satellite radio network and is a choreographer and competitor at regional Dancing with the Stars competitions.

References

External links



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • '70s on 7 — The 70s on 7 Broadcast area United States Canada Frequency Sirius 7 XM 7 Dish Network 6007 First air d …   Wikipedia

  • Dance Fever — For the 2003 version of this series, see Dance Fever (2003 TV series). For the episode of George Lopez, see List of George Lopez episodes. Dance Fever Genre Musical variety Created by Merv Griffin Presented by Deney Terrio (1979–1985) …   Wikipedia

  • The Idolmaker — Infobox Film name = The Idolmaker director = Taylor Hackford producer = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456801 Gene Kirkwood] and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462242 Howard W. Koch Jr.] . writer = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223988 Edward Di… …   Wikipedia

  • Titusville High School — Infobox HighSchool name = Titusville High School motto = Meet the challenge every day! established = 1927 type = Public head = Dr. Lori Spinner city = Titusville state = Florida country = USA students = 1,589 rival = Astronaut High School campus …   Wikipedia

  • The Lockers — (originally named The Campbellock Dancers) was a pioneer funk dance and locking group active throughout the 1970s. The group was started in 1973 by Don Campbell, who is considered the founder of the locking dance style, and disbanded in the late… …   Wikipedia

  • Karen Lynn Gorney — Infobox actor name = Karen Lynn Gorney birthdate = birth date and age|1945|1|28|mf=n birthplace = Beverly Hills, California, USAKaren Lynn Gorney (born January 28, 1945) is an American actress, known for her roles on television and… …   Wikipedia

  • Disco — This article is about the music genre. For the entertainment venue, see discothèque. For other uses, see Disco (disambiguation). Disco Stylistic origins Funk[1] • Various soul styles[2] • Psychedelic …   Wikipedia

  • List of The Love Boat guest stars — This is a list of guest stars on the television series The Love Boat . This listing is alphabetical by last name. A *Willie Aames *Don Adams *Edie Adams *Eddie Albert *Debbie Allen *Steve Allen *June Allyson *Don Ameche *John Amos *Morey… …   Wikipedia

  • When Disco Ruled The World — Infobox Television show name = When Disco Ruled The World caption = genre = Music documentary composer = Deborah Harry Giorgio Moroder Chris Stein country = USA language = English num episodes = 1 cinematography = Sebastian Jungwirth runtime = 60 …   Wikipedia

  • Renegade (band) — Renegade Renegade (L R): Luis Cardenas, Kenny Marquez, Tony De La Rosa Background information Origin …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”