David Janssen

Personal Info

Birthday

March 27, 1931

Day of Death

1980-02-13

(48 years old)

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.

Known For

The Fugitive

Route 66

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Adventures in Paradise

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Naked City

Centennial

The Dick Powell Show

Filmography

2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
1981
Inchon
as David Feld
1980
City in Fear
as Vince Perrino
S.O.S. Titanic
as John Jacob Astor
High Ice
as Glencoe MacDonald
1979
The Golden Gate Murders
as Det. Sgt. Paul Silver
1978
Covert Action
as Lester Horton
Nowhere to Run
as Harry Adams
Superdome
as Mike Shelley
1977
Golden Rendezvous
as Charles Conway
A Sensitive, Passionate Man
as Michael Delaney
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
as Capt. Pete Douglass
Warhead
as Tony Stevens
1976
Two-Minute Warning
as Steve
Stalk the Wild Child
as Dr. James Hazard
Joys
as Self
The Swiss Conspiracy
as David Christopher
1975
Once Is Not Enough
as Tom Colt
1974
Fer-de-Lance
as Russ Bogan
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Harry Orwell
1973
Pioneer Woman
as Robert Douglas
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
as Harry Orwell
Hijack!
as Jake Wilkenson
Birds of Prey
as Harry Walker
1972
Moon of the Wolf
as Sheriff Aaron Whitaker
The Longest Night
as Alan Chambers
1971
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
as James O'Hara
Macho Callahan
as Diego Callahan
1970
Night Chase
as Adrian Vico
1969
Generation
as Jim Bolton
Marooned
as Ted Dougherty
Where It's At
as A.C. Smith
1968
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as George Faber
The Green Berets
as George Beckworth
1967
Warning Shot
as Sgt. Tom Valens
1963
My Six Loves
as Marty Bliss
1962
Belle Sommers
as Danny Castle
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
1961
Man-Trap
as Vince Biskay
Twenty Plus Two
as Tom Alder
Ring of Fire
as Sergeant Steve Walsh
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Arnold Rothstein
Dondi
as Dealey
1960
Hell to Eternity
as Sgt, Bill Hazen
1958
Lafayette Escadrille
as Duke Sinclair
1956
The Girl He Left Behind
as Capt. Genaro
Showdown at Abilene
as Verne Ward
Away All Boats
as uncredited
Francis in the Haunted House
as Police Lieutenant Hopkins
Toy Tiger
as Larry Tripps
Never Say Goodbye
as Dave Heller
1955
The Square Jungle
as Jack Lindsay
All That Heaven Allows
as Freddie Norton (uncredited)
To Hell and Back
as Lt Lee
Francis in the Navy
as Lieutenant Anders
The Private War of Major Benson
as Young Lieutenant
Chief Crazy Horse
as Lt. Colin Cartwright
Cult of the Cobra
as Rico Nardi
1952
Yankee Buccaneer
as Beckett
Francis Goes to West Point
as Cpl. Thomas (as Dave Janssen)
No Room for the Groom
as Soldier (scenes deleted)