David Janssen

Acting

David Janssen

Born 1931-03-27 Naponee, Nebraska, USA 61 films

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. Hi…

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Filmography

61 films
Inchon poster

Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's relationsh…

Inchon

★ 3.9 1981

City in Fear poster

A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publ…

City in Fear

★ 5.7 1980

High Ice poster

A grizzled veteran forest ranger finds himself in conflict with a decisive but impatient Army Searc…

High Ice

★ 6.6 1980

Covert Action poster

Janssen plays an ex-CIA agent who has become an author, writing both non-fiction exposes (Phillip A…

Covert Action

★ 7.0 1978

Nowhere to Run poster

Harry's married to Marian and things are not going all that well, so he wants out but somehow feels…

Nowhere to Run

★ 7.0 1978

Superdome poster

It's the biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! But the star players for the Cougars, gathered…

Superdome

★ 4.5 1978