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David Janssen

David Janssen

Gender: MaleDate of Birth: 27 March 1931Passed: 13 February 1980 (48)Naponee, Nebraska, USAActingBirth Sign: ♈ Aries

Also Known As: Dave Janssen, David Harold Meyer

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However, a much more reasonable explanation for David Janssen's sudden demise is that this intense, dedicated, determined actor simply worked himself to death.

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David Janssen
David Janssen

Statistics

50
Film Credits
38
Television Work
★ 5.6
Rating Average
1944–2004
Career Duration

Genre Distribution

Drama
53
Crime
18
Comedy
17
TV Movie
13
Thriller
12
Action & Adventure
10
Romance
9
Western
8

Year by Year

2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
character: Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
1981
Inchon
character: David Feld
1980
City in Fear
character: Vince Perrino
S.O.S. Titanic
character: John Jacob Astor
High Ice
character: Glencoe MacDonald
1978
Covert Action
character: Lester Horton
Nowhere to Run
character: Harry Adams
Superdome
character: Mike Shelley
Centennial
character: Narrator
The Word
character: Steve Randall
1977
Golden Rendezvous
character: Charles Conway
Warhead
character: Tony Stevens
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
character: Capt. Pete Douglass
A Sensitive, Passionate Man
character: Michael Delaney
1976
Two-Minute Warning
character: Steve
The Swiss Conspiracy
character: David Christopher
1975
Once Is Not Enough
character: Tom Colt
1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
character: Harry Orwell
Fer-de-Lance
character: Russ Bogan
Harry O
character: Harry Orwell
Dinah!
character: Self
1973
Birds of Prey
character: Harry Walker
Pioneer Woman
character: Robert Douglas
Hijack!
character: Jake Wilkenson
Police Story
1972
Moon of the Wolf
character: Sheriff Aaron Whitaker
1971
Macho Callahan
character: Diego Callahan
Cannon
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1969
Marooned
character: Ted Dougherty
Generation
character: Jim Bolton
Where It's At
character: A.C. Smith
1968
The Green Berets
character: George Beckworth
The Shoes of the Fisherman
character: George Faber
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
character: Self (uncredited)
1967
Warning Shot
character: Sgt. Tom Valens
1964
The Hollywood Palace
character: Self
1963
My Six Loves
character: Marty Bliss
The Fugitive
character: Richard Kimble
1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
character: Self
The Merv Griffin Show
character: Self
The Eleventh Hour
character: Hal Kincaid
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
character: Self
1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
character: Arnold Rothstein
Man-Trap
character: Vince Biskay
Twenty Plus Two
character: Tom Alder
Ring of Fire
character: Sergeant Steve Walsh
Dondi
character: Dealey
Cain's Hundred
character: Dan Mullin
Target: The Corruptors!
The Mike Douglas Show
character: Self - Co-Host
The Dick Powell Show
character: Kenneth 'Ken' Morgan
The Mike Douglas Show
character: Self
1960
Hell to Eternity
character: Sgt, Bill Hazen
Route 66
character: Karno Starling
Checkmate
character: Len Kobalsky
1959
Adventures in Paradise
character: Scotty Bell
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