David Janssen

David Janssen

Nascimento : 1931-03-27, Naponee, Nebraska, USA

Morte : 1980-02-13

História

David Janssen (1931–1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role on The Fugitive and Harry O.

Perfil

David Janssen

Filmes

Inchon
David Feld
A noisy and absurd re-telling of the great 1950 invasion of Inchon during the Korean War which was masterminded by General Douglas MacArthur.
City in Fear
Vince Perrino
A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.
S.O.S. Titanic
John Jacob Astor
S.O.S. Titanic é um filme de drama com David Janssen na pele de John Jacob Astor, David Warner como Lawrence Beesley, passageiro de segunda-classe, Ian Holm como J. Bruce Ismay e Cloris Leachman retratando Molly Brown que conta a história de um dos maiores naufrágios do século 20 dirigido por William Hale no ano de 1979. Filme com David Janssen na pele de John Jacob Astor, David Warner como Lawrence Beesley, passageiro de segunda-classe, Ian Holm como J. Bruce Ismay e Cloris Leachman retratando Molly Brown. O filme foi feito a bordo do Queen Mary.
High Ice
Glencoe MacDonald
A grizzled veteran forest ranger finds himself in conflict with a decisive but impatient Army Search and Rescue officer who does not want to share command of an operation to rescue several stranded weekend climbers from a mountain ledge.
The Golden Gate Murders
Det. Sgt. Paul Silver
An elderly, venerable priest goes over the side of the Golden Gate Bridge and everyone except his nurse, Sister Benecia, believes that it was suicide. Sister Benecia finally manages to convince the police department to assign a detective, the cynical, irascible Paul Silver, to investigate. The "Mad Nun" and the "Mad Cop" become a formidable investigative team -- and much, much more.
Covert Action
Lester Horton
Janssen plays an ex-CIA agent who has become an author, writing both non-fiction exposes (Phillip Agee was in the news at this time) and fiction spy novels. The CIA is on his case, in the person of Arthur Kennedy, CIA chief in Athens, where Janssen is staying. Janssen is pursuing a case that interests him, while dodging the traps set for him by Kennedy and trying to help Maurizio Merli, a former colleague with personal problems.
Nowhere to Run
Harry Adams
Harry's married to Marian and things are not going all that well, so he wants out but somehow feels that a divorce is not the answer. After developing a winning blackjack system, he hatches a plan that takes years of preparation: to fake his death, assume a new identity and win $500,000 at blackjack.
Superdome
Mike Shelley
It's the biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! But the star players for the Cougars, gathered in New Orleans for the big game, are preoccupied with some serious off-the-field issues. Dave Walecki's marriage to his wife Nancy is falling apart, while Jim McCauley is involved in a shady deal with a management firm that could destroy his career. But that's nothing compared to the real drama. There's an assassin killing off many of the team's personnel (as well as their chances of winning)!
Golden Rendezvous
Charles Conway
Action-packed suspense thriller finds innocuous-looking purser Carter (Harris) the unlikely hero when the floating casino on which he works is hijacked by a heavily armed group of mercenaries, led by John Vernon. Complicating matters, a nuclear warhead has been smuggled aboard as collateral for a rendezvous with another ocean liner, loaded with gold bullion. A cast full of supernovas, dazzling set & stunt work, and a catchy theme tune by Jeff Wayne create a pleasing audio-visual experience light on logic but fast paced and entertaining nonetheless.
A Sensitive, Passionate Man
Michael Delaney
The marriage of a wealthy, outwardly happy couple is threatened by the husband's alcoholism.
Mayday at 40,000 Feet!
Capt. Pete Douglass
The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a heart attack and the killer uses his gun to shoot the captain and blow out the hydraulics.
Warhead
Tony Stevens
A weapons expert is reluctantly sent on a mission to a middle-east warzone to locate a lost nuclear warhead and dismantle it before it falls into the wrong hands. But before he can complete his work, he is taken prisoner and thrust into the conflict, and finds himself looking out for more than just the warhead
Pânico na Multidão
Steve
Psicopata armado com rifle parte para uma caçada humana apenas por diversão num estádio lotado com 100 mil espectadores. Logo equipes da polícia e da SWAT estão atrás do psicótico assassino. Faltam dois minutos para a partida acabar e a multidão entra em pânico.
Stalk the Wild Child
Dr. James Hazard
A young boy who had been abandoned as a child and raised by wild dogs is taken to a university where a team attempts to teach him civilized behavior.
Conspiração na Suíça
David Christopher
A Swiss bank discovers some of its clients are becoming the victim of a brilliant blackmailer. The bank's president contacts David Christopher, a former agent with the U.S. Treasury, to help discover who the blackmailer is and to foil his plot. As Christopher delves into the mystery, he uncovers a complicated web of intrigue, car chases, and shoot-outs that takes all of his wits to unravel.
Joys
Self
Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer known only as "Joys."
Uma Vez Só Não Basta
Tom Colt
An over-the-hill movie producer marries a wealthy, spiteful woman and closeted lesbian just to please his spoiled daughter who then, in an attempt to spite him, seduces both a wealthy playboy and a local screenwriter.
Fer-de-Lance
Russ Bogan
An American submarine leaves Tierra Del Fuego, and one of its crew has secretly brought aboard a container full of poisonous snakes which escape storage and bite key personnel on the submarine, causing an accident that cripples the vehicle so that it drops to the bottom of the Southern Ocean. Worse still, the snakes are still at large on the submarine and complicate the efforts of the crew to escape the sunken vessel.
Sorria, Jenny, Você Está Morta
Harry Orwell
Harry Orwell has been retired from the force ever since he caught a bullet that lodged inoperably in his back. But that doesn’t mean the man called Harry O is out of the action. Moonlighting as a private sleuth, fighting off daily back pain and typically traveling by public bus instead of his own car (“It gives a man a chance to think”), he’s on the trail of the lowlife who murdered his pal’s son-in-law. It won’t be the only time the killer strikes before Harry closes in. David Janssen (The Fugitive) portrays dogged detective Harry in the telefilm that was the second of two pilots preceding his memorable Harry O series. Among the highlights: young Jodie Foster as Liberty, the wise-beyond-her-years homeless waif Harry befriends.
Pioneer Woman
Robert Douglas
A homesteading family in 1867 Wyoming faces a crisis when the husband is killed and the wife must decide whether to remain or take her son and daughter back East.
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Harry Orwell
David Janssen plays Harry Orwell, a retired L.A. cop who was shot during a robbery and whose partner was killed in the incident. Harry is in constant pain due to the bullet lodged near his spine, but he works off and on as a private detective to supplement his pension. Late one night, Harry is approached in his home by one of the men who shot him (Martin Sheen) to help find the other man (Sal Mineo) involved in the robbery, who he says is trying to kill him. Is it a setup? This was the first pilot for the ABC detective series *Harry O*, which (after a second pilot, *Smile Jenny, You're Dead*, was picked up) aired from September 1974 to April 1976.
Hijack!
Jake Wilkenson
Two truck drivers are hired to transport a top-secret cargo from New York to Houston. Along the way they must evade attempts by a terrorist group to hijack the material.
Birds of Prey
Harry Walker
Harry Walker, a former military pilot, works as a helicopter pilot and traffic reporter for a Salt Lake City radio station. One day while working he observes a bank robbery in progress and the kidnapping of a young woman who worked at the bank. Harry goes into pursuit which leads to an exciting conclusion.
A Noite do Lobo
Sheriff Aaron Whitaker
Depois que vários moradores locais são cruelmente assassinados, um xerife de Louisiana começa a suspeitar que ele pode estar lidando com um lobisomem.
The Longest Night
Alan Chambers
The daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped and imprisoned underground in a custom-built, ventilated coffin while her family and the police search for her. But the battery that powers the ventilation is running out of juice and the ransom drop has been botched. This movie was originally shown as an ABC Movie of the Week on September 12, 1972. The story is based on the 1968 kidnapping of Barbara Mackle by Gary Krist.
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
James O'Hara
Suddenly widowed by an accident, a deputy sheriff from the Midwest becomes a customs agent and cracks a narcotics ring. Pilot movie for the series "O'Hara, U.S. Treasury."
Night Chase
Adrian Vico
A man fleeing the scene after shooting his wife's lover forms an unexpected relationship with the tough cab driver he hires to drive him to the Mexican border.
Macho Callahan
Diego Callahan
A man tricked into enlisting in the Confederate army is later thrown into a hellish stockade on desertion charges. He eventually breaks out of the prison camp, reunites with his old partner and sets out to kill the man who was responsible for his being in the camp in the first place. However, after accidentally killing a Confederate officer, he finds himself pursued by a gang of vicious bounty hunters intent on collecting the reward put up by the dead officer's widow.
Generation
Jim Bolton
Newlyweds shock the bride's father with plans for natural childbirth in a Greenwich Village loft.
Sem Rumo no Espaço
Ted Dougherty
After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a Hurricane headed towards the launch site—and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts' capsule.
Where It's At
A.C. Smith
A "Sixties Generation" comedy about an offbeat father-son relationship. Dad runs a Las Vegas hotel-casino and his son is a college student with a different set of moral and ethical standards. When they meet in Vegas, they immediately clash in their efforts to understand one another.
As Sandálias do Pescador
George Faber
O clima no Vaticano anda apreensivo. Católicos no mundo todo aguardam os cardeiais decidirem quem será o novo papa. Quando a fumaça branca finalmente surge a espera acaba: O bispo Kiril Lakota (Anthony Quinn), um político russo recém-liberto do cativeiro, é escolhido para liderar a Igreja Católica. Logo, sua atuação como pontífice ganhará ares políticos, pois ele é chamado para intervir na crise entre Rússia e China.
Os Boinas Verdes
George Beckworth
O coronel Mike Kirby escolhe equipes de Green Berets para duas missões no Vietnã do Sul. A primeira é construir e controlar um acampamento que o inimigo está tentando tomar. A segunda missão é sequestrar um general norte-vietnamita. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
O Agente 711 Pede Socorro
Sgt. Tom Valens
Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman (David Janssen) works his own case.
Meus Seis Amores
Marty Bliss
A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.
Belle Sommers
Danny Castle
A woman recording artist with a past tries to shake off a gangster syndicate.
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches.
Beco Sem Saída
Vince Biskay
Durante a Guerra da Coréia, Matt (Jeffrey Hunter) salva a vida de Vince e, em troca, Vince (David Janssen) promete um dia pagá-lo de volta com metade de seus ganhos. Anos mais tarde, Vince aparece de repente para uma reunião e fala para Matt sobre um plano de sequestrar quase 4 milhões de dólares de uma gangue e dividir meio a meio.
Começou em Tóquio
Tom Alder
A famous movie star's fan club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress?
Anel de Fogo
Sergeant Steve Walsh
Frank Gorshin and his girlfriend, Joyce Taylor, are on the run from the law when apprehended and arrested by the Sherriff..
As Cartas Marcaram a Sua Morte
Arnold Rothstein
Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
Dondi
Dealey
World War II GIs adopt an Italian war orphan.
Do Inferno para a Eternidade
Sgt, Bill Hazen
Baseado na história de Guy Gabaldon, um menino hispânico de Los Angeles criado na década de 1930 por uma família adotiva nipo-americana. Depois de Pearl Harbor, sua família adotiva está internada no campo de Manzanar para nipo-americanos, enquanto ele se alista nos fuzileiros navais, onde sua capacidade de falar japonês se torna um bem vital. Durante a Batalha de Saipan, ele convence 800 japoneses a se renderem depois que seu general comete suicídio. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Lafayette Escadrille
Duke Sinclair
A hotshot young flyer falls for a French sex worker during World War I.
The Girl He Left Behind
Capt. Genaro
A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director David Butler's 1956 film stars '50s teen favorites Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood, with supporting roles played by Jim Backus, Jessie Royce Landis, Murray Hamilton, Henry Jones, James Garner, Alan King, Ernestine Wade, David Janssen and Raymond Bailey.
O Covil da Desordem
Verne Ward
Jim Trask, ex-xerife de Abilene, retorna à cidade depois de lutar para a Confederação,mas todos pensavam que ele estava morto. Seu velho amigo Dave Mosely está agora com a ex-namorada de Trask e é um dos criadores de gado cada vez mais brigando com os produtores originais. Trask é persuadido a assumir como xerife de novo, mas há algo sobre a morte do irmão de Mosely na Guerra Civil que está assombrando ele.
Francis Entre Fantasmas
Police Lieutenant Hopkins
A Ha-Ha-Haunted House Has Got 'Em! ...and it's every ghost for himself!
Três Corações Solitários
Larry Tripps
Advertising executive Gwen Taylor sends her art director Rick Todd on a mission to bring an artist back to the commercial fold. Meanwhile, Gwen's fatherless son Timmie, at a remote boys' school, is riding for a fall by manufacturing evidence of his "explorer father." By an amazing coincidence, Rick steps off the bus at just the right moment for Timmie to recruit him as "father" without his knowledge. With no intention of collaborating, the befuddled Rick is carried along by the sweep of events. Who can predict the outcome?
Nunca Deixei de Te Amar
Dave Heller
Dr. Michael Parker, um cirurgião proeminente, inesperadamente se depara com sua esposa nascida na Alemanha, que ele pensava estar morta. Victor, um artista e agora namorado de sua "morta" esposa, repreende o Dr. Parker por "matá-la". A maior parte da história volta à Áustria durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, quando descobrimos como o Dr. Parker conheceu e se casou com sua esposa, e o único erro que pode ter custado sua família.
Brutos em Fúria
Jack Lindsay
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.
Tudo que o Céu Permite
Freddie Norton (uncredited)
Cary Scott é uma respeitável viúva da alta classe média, que sente-se frustrada, mas reencontra o amor ao se apaixonar por Ron Kirby, seu jardineiro. Apesar de ser 15 anos mais velha e ter um casal de filhos já crescidos, ela decide assumir esta paixão. Entretanto Cary encontra preconceito em vários de seus amigos íntimos e até mesmo nos filhos, que não aceitam que a mãe tenha tal relação.
Terrível como o Inferno
Lt Lee
A verdadeira história da Segunda Guerra Mundial de Audie Murphy, o soldado mais condecorado da história dos EUA. Baseado na autobiografia de Audie Murphy, que estrela como ele mesmo no filme.
Francis in the Navy
Lieutenant Anders
In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note urges Pete to hurry to the Coronado, California naval base, where Francis is about to be sold as surplus. Pete rushes to the train station, but before he can board, nurse Betsy Donevan mistakes him for her shell-shocked brother, Navy boatswain Slicker Donevan. She tries to forcibly remove his uniform so he will not get into trouble for impersonating an Army officer. Finally she realizes that Pete is not Slicker but merely his mirror image.
A Guerra Íntima do Major Benson
Young Lieutenant
A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army, or take command of and shape up the ROTC program at Sheridan Academy before it fails its next inspection. At Sheridan he encounters three hundred pre-teen cadets who range from rascally to adorable, and a female doctor who has just the right prescription for him.
O Grande Guerreiro
Lt. Colin Cartwright
When young Crazy Horse, of whom great things were predicted, wins his bride, rival Little Big Man goes to villainous traders with evidence of gold in the sacred Lakota burial ground. Of course, a new gold rush starts despite all treaties, and Crazy Horse becomes military leader of his people. Initial Indian victories lead to the inevitable result. Uniquely, all is told from the Indian perspective.
Maldição da Serpente
Rico Nardi
While stationed in Asia, six American G.I.'s witness the secret ritual of Lamians (worshipers of women who can change into serpents). When discovered by the cult, the High Lamian Priest vows that "the Cobra Goddess will avenge herself". Once back in the United States, a mysterious woman enters into their lives and accidents begin to happen. The shadow of a cobra is seen just before each death.
Yankee Buccaneer
Beckett
A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on the seas; but the arrival of one of Porter's ex-students, the willful and independent Lieutenant David Farragut, brings a new mission: to disguise the ship and crew as a pirate ship and help the Navy locate the criminals who have been robbing America's merchant fleet. But as Farragut's disobedience threatens the safety of the crew, they stumble upon an international conspiracy.
Francis Goes to West Point
Cpl. Thomas (as Dave Janssen)
Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point.
...E o Noivo Voltou
Alvah, um jovem soldado que vira dono de uma vinha, foge para Las Vegas com Lee, a filha de sua empregada. Mas uma catapora em Alvah acaba adiando a noite de núpcias. O resto do filme gira em torno de mais atrasos para a consumação do casamento, causada pela manipulação da Mama de Lee e do bando de parentes, em sua maioria desagradáveis, ​​com quem Lee encheu a casa.