David Janssen
Acting
Born March 27, 1931 · Naponee, Nebraska, USA
Biography
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 20th Century-Fox. However, the studio dro…
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
The Fugitive
Golden Globe Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
Matinee Theater
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Naked City
Cannon
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Once Is Not Enough
Route 66
Dinah!
The Millionaire
Adventures in Paradise
Checkmate
Alcoa Theatre
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Police Story
Harry O
The Dick Powell Show
Lux Video Theatre
Boston Blackie
Cain's Hundred
The Hollywood Palace
Centennial
Target: The Corruptors!
The Eleventh Hour
Whack-O!
General Electric Theater
The Word
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
The Green Berets
All That Heaven Allows
U.S. Marshall
Inchon
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Cult of the Cobra
Marooned