John Forsythe
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1918-01-29 (92 years old)
Deathday
2010-04-01
Place of Birth
Penns Grove, New Jersey, USA
Also known As
Джон Форсайт
Jacob Lincoln Freund
John Lincoln Freund
John Forsythe
Biography
John Forsythe (born Jacob Lincoln Freund; January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage, television and film actor. Forsythe starred in three television series, spanning four decades and three genres: as single playboy father Bentley Gregg in the 1950s sitcom Bachelor Father (1957–1962); as the unseen millionaire Charles 'Charlie' Townsend on the 1970s crime drama Charlie's Angels (1976–1981), and as patriarch Blake Carrington on the 1980s soap opera Dynasty (1981–1989). He hosted World of Survival (1971–1977).
Acting
1969
as Michael Nordstrom
2000
as Charlie (voice)
1955
as Sam Marlowe
1943
as Sparks
1988
as Lew Hayward
1978
as Rev. Charles Mather
1966
as Clay Anderson
1964
as David Stratton
1953
as Don Newell
1999
as Mr. Ryan (voice)
1952
as James "Jim" C. Austin
1979
as Judge Henry T. Fleming
1967
as Alvin Dewey
1953
as Captain Marsh
1975
as Lt. Elwood Forbes
1967
as Maj. Victor P. Joppolo
1969
as Fred Wilson
1951
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1956
as Sgt. Danny Sullivan
2011
as Self (archive footage)
1953
as Bob MacAvoy
1956
as Ernie Miller
1964
as Martin Young
1976
as G.P. Putnam
1977
as Paul Cunningham
1990
as Rex Roper
1977
as The American Ambassador
1977
as E.J. Valerian
1987
as Joe Leary, Sr.
1982
as He
1978
as Gen. Albert Harris
1973
as Paul Anderson
1971
as Dr. Ron Wellesley
1985
as Self
1959
as Wladia
1968
as Gen. Wendell Bruce
1974
as Dan Overland
1983
as Self - Host
2001
1974
as David Ryder
1973
as William Schilling
2003
as Charles 'Charlie' Townsend (voice)
1959
as Al Manheim
1981
as Mike Callahan
1943
as Corporal (uncredited)
1949
as Race Track Aannouncer (voice, uncredited)
1996
1948
as Don
1994
1979
as Self
1974
as Dr. Robert Kier
1992
1978
as Reade Jamieson
1985
1980
as Postulator
1982
as Self
1952
as Marv Payne
2002
as Self
Production
1987
as Executive Producer
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