David Janssen
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-03-27 (49 years old)
Deathday
1980-02-13
Place of Birth
Naponee, Nebraska, USA
Also known As
Dave Janssen
David Harold Meyer
David Janssen
Biography
David Janssen was born David Harold Meyer 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 dropped him after allegedly becoming disenchanted with his odd hairline and big prominent ears. Janssen had better luck at...
Acting
1955
as Lt. Colin Cartwright
1968
as George Beckworth
1976
as Steve
1969
as Ted Dougherty
1955
as Rico Nardi
1960
as Sgt, Bill Hazen
1961
as Arnold Rothstein
1976
as David Christopher
1955
as Lieutenant Anders
1955
as Lt Lee
1977
as Charles Conway
1972
as Sheriff Aaron Whitaker
2004
as Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
1961
as Vince Biskay
1973
as Harry Walker
1952
as Beckett
1980
as Vince Perrino
1974
as Harry Orwell
1980
as John Jacob Astor
1969
as Jim Bolton
1961
as Tom Alder
1967
as Sgt. Tom Valens
1975
as Tom Colt
1969
as A.C. Smith
1974
as Russ Bogan
1961
as Sergeant Steve Walsh
1955
as Young Lieutenant
1978
as Lester Horton
1981
as David Feld
1956
as Verne Ward
1958
as Duke Sinclair
1952
as Soldier (scenes deleted)
1961
as Dealey
1956
as Dave Heller
1980
as Glencoe MacDonald
1977
as Tony Stevens
1963
as Marty Bliss
1973
as Robert Douglas
1973
as Jake Wilkenson
1956
as Police Lieutenant Hopkins
1956
as Larry Tripps
1978
as Harry Adams
1977
as Capt. Pete Douglass
1978
as Mike Shelley
1968
as George Faber
1955
as Jack Lindsay
1971
as Diego Callahan
1977
as Michael Delaney
1955
as Freddie Norton (uncredited)
1970
as Adrian Vico
1956
as Capt. Genaro
1973
as Harry Orwell
1956
as uncredited
1952
as Cpl. Thomas (as Dave Janssen)
1979
as Det. Sgt. Paul Silver
1976
as Self
1972
as Alan Chambers
1962
as Danny Castle
1971
as James O'Hara
1976
as Dr. James Hazard
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