Dean Arthur Harens[citation needed] (June 30, 1920 – May 20, 1996) was an American actor.

[1] Harens was a protege of actress Alison Skipworth, who discovered him when he was acting in Michigan.

[2] Harens acted summer stock before debuting on Broadway in The Talley Method in 1941.

Harens's wife, actress June Dayton, whom he met while acting on Broadway in 1947, died in 1994 at the age of 70.

[citation needed] Harens died in Van Nuys, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, at the age of 75.