David Janssen
Birthday
1931/03/27
Day of death
1980/02/13 (48 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Naponee, Nebraska, USA
Also know as
Dave Janssen, David Harold Meyer
Biography
David Janssen was born David Harold Meyer in 1931 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 20...Read more
Acting
(1955) Chief Crazy Horse
as Lt. Colin Cartwright
(1968) The Green Berets
as George Beckworth
(1976) Two-Minute Warning
as Steve
(1969) Marooned
as Ted Dougherty
(1955) Cult of the Cobra
as Rico Nardi
(1961) King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Arnold Rothstein
(1960) Hell to Eternity
as Sgt, Bill Hazen
(1976) The Swiss Conspiracy
as David Christopher
(1955) Francis in the Navy
as Lieutenant Anders
(1955) To Hell and Back
as Lt Lee
(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) Yankee Buccaneer
as Beckett
(1980) City in Fear
as Vince Perrino
(1974) Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Harry Orwell
(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) Once Is Not Enough
as Tom Colt
(1969) Where It's At
as A.C. Smith
(1974) Fer-de-Lance
as Russ Bogan
(1955) The Private War of Major Benson
as Young Lieutenant
(1961) Ring of Fire
as Sergeant Steve Walsh
(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) The Shoes of the Fisherman
as George Faber
(1955) The Square Jungle
as Jack Lindsay
(1962) The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
(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) The Girl He Left Behind
as Capt. Genaro
(1973) Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
as Harry Orwell
(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
(1971) O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
as James O'Hara
(1976) Stalk the Wild Child
as Dr. James Hazard
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Dan Mullin
(1958) Naked City
as Blair Cameron
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1978) Centennial
as Narrator
(1961) Target: The Corruptors!
as ---
(1974) Harry O
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Richard Kimble
(1955) The Millionaire
as Peter Miller
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Host
(1967) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Ralph / Joe Davies
(1957) Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Richard Diamond / Chuck Garrett
(1962) The Eleventh Hour
as Hal Kincaid
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Johnny Reynolds, Jr.
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Scotty Bell
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Ross Ingraham
(1971) O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
as ---
(1960) Route 66
as Karno Starling
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Pat Howard
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1957) Alcoa Theatre
as Mike Harper
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Dix Porter
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Seth Larker
(1958) Naked City
as Carl Ashland
(1955) The Millionaire
as David Barrett
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1978) The Word
as Steve Randall
(1960) Checkmate
as Len Kobalsky
(1956) U.S. Marshall
as Arnie Hix
(1961) The Dick Powell Show
as Kenneth 'Ken' Morgan
(1966) Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1956) Whack-O!
as Boy in hobby class
(1966) Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
as ---