David Janssen
Born in Naponee, Nebraska, USA — Mar 27 1931• Died Feb 13 1980
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David Janssen (born David Harold Meyer; March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was an American actor. He was born in Naponee, Nebraska, to Berniece Mae (Graf) and Harold Edward Meyer, a banker. He was of German, and some Swiss-German and Ulster-Scots, descent. David took the surname of his stepfather, Eugene Janssen. The Janssen family settled in Hollywood when he was a teenager and he attended Fairfax High School, where he developed an interest in acting. His film debut was a bit part in It's a Pleasure (1945), and at the age of 18 signed a contract with 2…
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David Janssen's Credits
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The Fugitive
Richard Kimble
Naked City
Blair Cameron
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Seth Larker
Matinee Theater
Cannon
Route 66
Karno Starling
Dinah!
Self
Adventures in Paradise
Scotty Bell
Checkmate
Len Kobalsky
Harry O
Harry Orwell
Alcoa Theatre
Mike Harper
Police Story
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Richard Diamond / Chuck Garrett
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Ross Ingraham
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
Cain's Hundred
Dan Mullin
The Millionaire
Peter Miller
The Hollywood Palace
Self
Lux Video Theatre
Ralph / Joe Davies
Centennial
Narrator
Target: The Corruptors!
The Eleventh Hour
Hal Kincaid
The Word
Steve Randall
Boston Blackie
Armored Car Driver (uncredited)
U.S. Marshall
Arnie Hix
General Electric Theater
Pat Howard
Joys
Self
The Green Berets
George Beckworth
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Whack-O!
Boy in hobby class
Marooned
Ted Dougherty
Inchon
David Feld
S.O.S. Titanic
John Jacob Astor
Cult of the Cobra
Rico Nardi
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
The Golden Gate Murders
Det. Sgt. Paul Silver
Chief Crazy Horse
Lt. Colin Cartwright
City in Fear
Vince Perrino
The Shoes of the Fisherman
George Faber
The Swiss Conspiracy
David Christopher
Superdome
Mike Shelley
Golden Rendezvous
Charles Conway
Away All Boats
uncredited
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Harry Orwell
Two-Minute Warning
Steve
All That Heaven Allows
Freddie Norton (uncredited)
Francis in the Haunted House
Police Lieutenant Hopkins
Night Chase
Adrian Vico
Nowhere to Run
Harry Adams
Hell to Eternity
Sgt, Bill Hazen
Warhead
Tony Stevens
No Room for the Groom
Soldier (scenes deleted)
Macho Callahan
Diego Callahan
To Hell and Back
Lt Lee
Pioneer Woman
Robert Douglas
Yankee Buccaneer
Beckett
Never Say Goodbye
Dave Heller
Once Is Not Enough
Tom Colt
Twenty Plus Two
Tom Alder
The Square Jungle
Jack Lindsay
Warning Shot
Sgt. Tom Valens
Birds of Prey
Harry Walker
The Girl He Left Behind
Capt. Genaro
Moon of the Wolf
Sheriff Aaron Whitaker
My Six Loves
Marty Bliss
The Private War of Major Benson
Young Lieutenant
Francis in the Navy
Lieutenant Anders
High Ice
Glencoe MacDonald
Man-Trap
Vince Biskay
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Arnold Rothstein
Hijack!
Jake Wilkenson
Toy Tiger
Larry Tripps
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Capt. Pete Douglass
Stalk the Wild Child
Dr. James Hazard
Where It's At
A.C. Smith
Generation
Jim Bolton
Showdown at Abilene
Verne Ward
Ring of Fire
Sergeant Steve Walsh
A Sensitive, Passionate Man
Michael Delaney
The Longest Night
Alan Chambers
Lafayette Escadrille
Duke Sinclair
Fer-de-Lance
Russ Bogan
Covert Action
Lester Horton
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Harry Orwell
Dondi
Dealey
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
James O'Hara
Francis Goes to West Point
Corporal Thomas
Belle Sommers
Danny Castle