David Janssen

1918

Following his parents' divorce in 1935, his mother moved with five-year-old David to Los Angeles, California, and later married Eugene Janssen (February 18, 1918 – March 30, 1996) in 1940 in Los Angeles.

1931

David Janssen (born David Harold Meyer) (March 27, 1931 - February 13, 1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (1963–1967).

1935

Following his parents' divorce in 1935, his mother moved with five-year-old David to Los Angeles, California, and later married Eugene Janssen (February 18, 1918 – March 30, 1996) in 1940 in Los Angeles.

1940

Following his parents' divorce in 1935, his mother moved with five-year-old David to Los Angeles, California, and later married Eugene Janssen (February 18, 1918 – March 30, 1996) in 1940 in Los Angeles.

1951

Paul Silver High Ice (1980) as Glencoe MacDonald City in Fear (1980) as Vince Perrino (released posthumously) Father Damien: The Leper Priest – 1980 (Incomplete – Replaced by Ken Howard) ===Television=== Boston Blackie (1 episode, 1951) as Armored Car Driver (uncredited) Lux Video Theatre (3 episodes, 1955–1956) as Johnny Reynolds Jr.

1955

Paul Silver High Ice (1980) as Glencoe MacDonald City in Fear (1980) as Vince Perrino (released posthumously) Father Damien: The Leper Priest – 1980 (Incomplete – Replaced by Ken Howard) ===Television=== Boston Blackie (1 episode, 1951) as Armored Car Driver (uncredited) Lux Video Theatre (3 episodes, 1955–1956) as Johnny Reynolds Jr.

1956

In 1956, he and Peter Breck appeared in John Bromfield's syndicated series Sheriff of Cochise in the episode "The Turkey Farmers".

/ Joe Davies / Ralph Matinee Theatre (1 episode, 1956) as Paul Merrick Sheriff of Cochise (1 episode, 1956) as Arnie Hix Conflict (1 episode, 1957) as Sid Lukes You Are There (1 episode, 1957) as Great Dalton U.S.

1957

/ Joe Davies / Ralph Matinee Theatre (1 episode, 1956) as Paul Merrick Sheriff of Cochise (1 episode, 1956) as Arnie Hix Conflict (1 episode, 1957) as Sid Lukes You Are There (1 episode, 1957) as Great Dalton U.S.

Marshal (1 episode, ????) Alcoa Theatre (2 episodes, 1957–1958) as Jim McCandless / Mike Harper The Millionaire (2 episodes, 1957–1958) as David Barrett / Peter Miller Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (4 episodes, 1957–1959) as Dix Porter / Seth Larker / Tod Owen / Danny Ensign Richard Diamond, Private Detective (77 episodes, 1957–1960) as Richard Diamond / Chuck Garrett Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1 episode, 1959) as Ross Ingraham Death Valley Days (1 episode, 1961) as Dr.

1958

His first marriage was to model and interior decorator Ellie Graham, whom he married in Las Vegas on August 25, 1958.

1959

Marshal (1 episode, ????) Alcoa Theatre (2 episodes, 1957–1958) as Jim McCandless / Mike Harper The Millionaire (2 episodes, 1957–1958) as David Barrett / Peter Miller Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (4 episodes, 1957–1959) as Dix Porter / Seth Larker / Tod Owen / Danny Ensign Richard Diamond, Private Detective (77 episodes, 1957–1960) as Richard Diamond / Chuck Garrett Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1 episode, 1959) as Ross Ingraham Death Valley Days (1 episode, 1961) as Dr.

1961

Marshal (1 episode, ????) Alcoa Theatre (2 episodes, 1957–1958) as Jim McCandless / Mike Harper The Millionaire (2 episodes, 1957–1958) as David Barrett / Peter Miller Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (4 episodes, 1957–1959) as Dix Porter / Seth Larker / Tod Owen / Danny Ensign Richard Diamond, Private Detective (77 episodes, 1957–1960) as Richard Diamond / Chuck Garrett Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1 episode, 1959) as Ross Ingraham Death Valley Days (1 episode, 1961) as Dr.

1962

Later, he guest-starred on NBC's medical drama The Eleventh Hour in the role of Hal Kincaid in the 1962 episode "Make Me a Place", with series co-stars Wendell Corey and Jack Ging.

He joined friend Martin Milner in a 1962 episode of Route 66 as the character Kamo in the episode "One Tiger to a Hill." Janssen starred in four television series of his own: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957–1960), a CBS/Four Star hit series that also introduced Mary Tyler Moore, showing only her legs, and Barbara Bain as Diamond's girlfriend. The Fugitive (1963–1967), the hit Quinn Martin-produced series, about a Midwest doctor wrongly convicted of murdering his wife; O'Hara, U.S.

1965

Richard Kimble / varied aliases The Hollywood Palace (1 episode, 1965) O'Hara, U.S.

1966

The film was shot during a break in the spring and summer of 1966 between the third and fourth seasons of The Fugitive. Janssen played an alcoholic in the 1977 TV movie A Sensitive, Passionate Man, which co-starred Angie Dickinson, and an engineer who devises an unbeatable system for blackjack in the 1978 made-for-TV movie Nowhere to Run, co-starring Stefanie Powers and Linda Evans.

1967

He also played pilot Harry Walker in the 1973 action movie Birds of Prey. He starred as a Los Angeles police detective trying to clear himself in the killing of an apparently innocent doctor in the 1967 film Warning Shot.

1968

They divorced in 1968.

1971

Treasury (22 episodes, 1971–1972) as Jim O'Hara / James O'Hara Cannon (1 episode, 1973) as Ian Kirk Harry O (45 episodes, 1973–1976) as Harry Orwell Police Story (1 episode, 1977) as Sgt.

1973

He also played pilot Harry Walker in the 1973 action movie Birds of Prey. He starred as a Los Angeles police detective trying to clear himself in the killing of an apparently innocent doctor in the 1967 film Warning Shot.

Treasury (22 episodes, 1971–1972) as Jim O'Hara / James O'Hara Cannon (1 episode, 1973) as Ian Kirk Harry O (45 episodes, 1973–1976) as Harry Orwell Police Story (1 episode, 1977) as Sgt.

1975

In 1975, he married actress and model Dani Crayne Greco.

1977

The film was shot during a break in the spring and summer of 1966 between the third and fourth seasons of The Fugitive. Janssen played an alcoholic in the 1977 TV movie A Sensitive, Passionate Man, which co-starred Angie Dickinson, and an engineer who devises an unbeatable system for blackjack in the 1978 made-for-TV movie Nowhere to Run, co-starring Stefanie Powers and Linda Evans.

Treasury (22 episodes, 1971–1972) as Jim O'Hara / James O'Hara Cannon (1 episode, 1973) as Ian Kirk Harry O (45 episodes, 1973–1976) as Harry Orwell Police Story (1 episode, 1977) as Sgt.

1978

The film was shot during a break in the spring and summer of 1966 between the third and fourth seasons of The Fugitive. Janssen played an alcoholic in the 1977 TV movie A Sensitive, Passionate Man, which co-starred Angie Dickinson, and an engineer who devises an unbeatable system for blackjack in the 1978 made-for-TV movie Nowhere to Run, co-starring Stefanie Powers and Linda Evans.

1979

Titanic as John Jacob Astor, playing opposite Beverly Ross as his wife, Madeleine, in 1979. Though Janssen's scenes were cut from the final release, he also appeared as a journalist in the film Inchon, which he accepted to work with Laurence Olivier who played General Douglas MacArthur.

1980

David Janssen (born David Harold Meyer) (March 27, 1931 - February 13, 1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (1963–1967).

They remained married until Janssen's death. ==Death== David Janssen died of a sudden [attack] in the early morning of February 13, 1980, at his home in Malibu, California, at the age of 48.

Paul Silver High Ice (1980) as Glencoe MacDonald City in Fear (1980) as Vince Perrino (released posthumously) Father Damien: The Leper Priest – 1980 (Incomplete – Replaced by Ken Howard) ===Television=== Boston Blackie (1 episode, 1951) as Armored Car Driver (uncredited) Lux Video Theatre (3 episodes, 1955–1956) as Johnny Reynolds Jr.

1996

Following his parents' divorce in 1935, his mother moved with five-year-old David to Los Angeles, California, and later married Eugene Janssen (February 18, 1918 – March 30, 1996) in 1940 in Los Angeles.

The part was eventually reassigned to actor Ken Howard of the CBS series The White Shadow. In 1996 TV Guide ranked The Fugitive number 36 on its '50 Greatest Shows of All Time' list. ==Personal life== Janssen was married twice.




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