Troy Donahue
Born in New York City, New York, U.S. — Jan 27 1936• Died Sep 02 2001
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Troy Donahue (born Merle Johnson Jr., January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American film and television actor and singer. He was a popular sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s. His father was Merle Johnson, the manager of the motion-picture department of General Motors. His mother, Edith Johnson, was a retired stage actress. Donahue attended a New York military academy, where he met Francis Ford Coppola. When Donahue was 18, he moved to New York and got a job as a messenger in a film company founded by his father. He was fired, he says, because he…
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Ironside
Father Dugan
The Love Boat
Mr. Clark
Maverick
Dan Jamison
Hawaiian Eye
Rawhide
Buzz Travis
The Name of the Game
Norman Hoak
Laverne & Shirley
77 Sunset Strip
Vega$
Matt Houston
The Godfather Part II
Merle Johnson
Surfside 6
Sandy Winfield II
Bronco
Monsters
Ellery Queen
Gilbert Mallory
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Sugarfoot
Ken Savage
CHiPs
The Patty Duke Show
The Alaskans
Bourbon Street Beat
Man on Phone (voice)
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Merle Johnson
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Dr. Alien
Dr. Ackerman
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Rob Kamen
A Distant Trumpet
2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard
Cry-Baby
Hatchet's Father
Imitation of Life
Frankie
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Merle Johnson
A Summer Place
Johnny Hunter
Grandview, U.S.A.
Donny Vinton
Parrish
Parrish McLean
Double Trouble
Leonard
Cockfighter
Randall Mansfield
Lover, Come Back to Me
The Crowded Sky
McVey
The Drifting Classroom
Taggart
Man of a Thousand Faces
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Legion
Flemming
Deadly Prey
Don Michaelson
Rome Adventure
Don Porter
The Tarnished Angels
Frank Burnham
Bimbo Movie Bash
Dr. Ackerman (archive footage)
Malibu
Clint Redman
Seizure
Mark Frost
Susan Slade
Hoyt Brecker
Palm Springs Weekend
Jim Munroe
Cyclone
Bob Jenkins
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Gaylord Sullivan
My Blood Runs Cold
Ben Gunther
This Happy Feeling
Tony Manza
Split Second to an Epitaph
Father Dugan
The Lonely Profession
Julian Thatcher
The Perfect Furlough
Sgt. Nickles
Wild Heritage
Jesse Bascomb
Merchants of Venus
FBI Agent
The Pamela Principle
Troy
Mondo Hollywood
Bad Blood
Jack Barnes
Voice in the Mirror
Paul Cunningham
Hollywood Cop
Lt Maxwell
Low Blow
John Templeton
Man Afraid
Reporter (uncredited)
Shock 'Em Dead
Record Exec
Omega Cop
Slim
Assault of the Party Nerds
Sid Witherspoon
Hawkeye
Mayor
The Monolith Monsters
Hank Jackson
Fight to Win
Rosenberg
Summer Love
Sax Lewis
The Chilling
Dr. Miller
Hot Times at Montclair High
Mr. Nichols
The Legend of Frank Woods
Sheriff John Baxom
Sexpot
Phillip
Terminal Force
Slim
The Platinum Triangle
Harold Farber
Monster on the Campus
Jimmy Flanders
American Rampage
Police Psychiatrist
South Seas
Steve
The Phantom Gunslinger
Bill
Live Fast, Die Young
Artie Sanders / Artie Smith
Tin Man
Lester
Nudity Required
Jack
Showdown
Police Captain
Hard Rock Nightmare
Uncle Gary
The Boys Behind the Desk
Blood Nasty
Barry Hefna
Click: The Calendar Girl Killer
Alan
Deadly Diamonds
Matt Plimpton
Sounds of Silence
Larry Haughton
Come Spy with Me
Jill Parsons
Deadly Spygames
Python
Outrage
Daniel
Sweet Savior
Moon
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)