Personal Info
Dave Janssen
David Harold Meyer
David Janssen
Acting
Biography
David Janssen (born David Harold Meyer; March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was an American actor. He was born 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 dro…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Inchon
as David Feld
S.O.S. Titanic
as John Jacob Astor
City in Fear
as Vince Perrino
High Ice
as Glencoe MacDonald
The Golden Gate Murders
as Det. Sgt. Paul Silver
Superdome
as Mike Shelley
Nowhere to Run
as Harry Adams
Covert Action
as Lester Horton
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
as Capt. Pete Douglass
TV Shows
Centennial
as Narrator · 12 ep.
The Word
as Steve Randall · 4 ep.
Dinah!
as Self · 2 ep.
Harry O
as Harry Orwell · 44 ep.
Police Story
1 ep.
Cannon
1 ep.
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
22 ep.
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep.
The Hollywood Palace
as Self · 1 ep.
The Fugitive
as Richard Kimble · 120 ep.
