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

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

Chief Crazy Horse

as Lt. Colin Cartwright

1968

The Green Berets

as George Beckworth

1976

1969

Marooned

as Ted Dougherty

1955

Cult of the Cobra

as Rico Nardi

1960

Hell to Eternity

as Sgt, Bill Hazen

1976

The Swiss Conspiracy

as David Christopher

1955

Francis in the Navy

as Lieutenant Anders

1955

1977

Golden Rendezvous

as Charles Conway

1972

Moon of the Wolf

as Sheriff Aaron Whitaker

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

1961

Man-Trap

as Vince Biskay

1973

Birds of Prey

as Harry Walker

1952

1980

City in Fear

as Vince Perrino

1974

1980

S.O.S. Titanic

as John Jacob Astor

1969

Generation

as Jim Bolton

1961

Twenty Plus Two

as Tom Alder

1967

Warning Shot

as Sgt. Tom Valens

1975

1969

Where It's At

as A.C. Smith

1974

Fer-de-Lance

as Russ Bogan

1961

Ring of Fire

as Sergeant Steve Walsh

1955

1978

Covert Action

as Lester Horton

1981

Inchon

as David Feld

1956

Showdown at Abilene

as Verne Ward

1958

Lafayette Escadrille

as Duke Sinclair

1952

No Room for the Groom

as Soldier (scenes deleted)

1961

Dondi

as Dealey

1956

Never Say Goodbye

as Dave Heller

1980

High Ice

as Glencoe MacDonald

1977

Warhead

as Tony Stevens

1963

My Six Loves

as Marty Bliss

1973

Pioneer Woman

as Robert Douglas

1973

Hijack!

as Jake Wilkenson

1956

Francis in the Haunted House

as Police Lieutenant Hopkins

1956

Toy Tiger

as Larry Tripps

1978

Nowhere to Run

as Harry Adams

1977

Mayday at 40,000 Feet

as Capt. Pete Douglass

1978

Superdome

as Mike Shelley

1968

1955

The Square Jungle

as Jack Lindsay

1971

Macho Callahan

as Diego Callahan

1977

A Sensitive, Passionate Man

as Michael Delaney

1955

All That Heaven Allows

as Freddie Norton (uncredited)

1970

Night Chase

as Adrian Vico

1956

1956

Away All Boats

as uncredited

1952

Francis Goes to West Point

as Cpl. Thomas (as Dave Janssen)

1979

The Golden Gate Murders

as Det. Sgt. Paul Silver

1976

Joys

as Self

1972

The Longest Night

as Alan Chambers

1962

Belle Sommers

as Danny Castle

1976

Stalk the Wild Child

as Dr. James Hazard

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