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==Filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} *''[[Hound-Dog Man]]'' (1959) β Clint McKinney *''[[High Time (film)|High Time]]'' (1960) β Gil Sparrow *''[[North to Alaska]]'' (1960) β Billy Pratt *''[[Love in a Goldfish Bowl]]'' (1961) β Giuseppe La Barba *''[[Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation]]'' (1962) β Joe Carmody *''[[Five Weeks in a Balloon (film)|Five Weeks in a Balloon]]'' (1962) β Jacques *''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]'' (1962) β U.S. Army Ranger *''[[Ride the Wild Surf]]'' (1964) β Jody Wallis *''[[Dear Brigitte]]'' (1965) β Kenneth 'Kenny' Taylor *''[[Ten Little Indians (1965 film)|Ten Little Indians]]'' (1965) β Mike Raven *''[[Fireball 500]]'' (1966) β Sonny Leander *''[[Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs]]'' (1966) β Bill Dexter *''[[Thunder Alley (1967 film)|Thunder Alley]]'' (1967) β Tommy Callahan *''[[Maryjane (film)|Maryjane]]'' (1968) β Phil Blake *''[[The Wild Racers]]'' (1968) β Joe Joe Quillico *''[[The Devil's 8]]'' (1969) β Sonny *''[[A Bullet for Pretty Boy]]'' (1970) β Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd *''[[The Hard Ride]]'' (1971) β Police officer (uncredited) *''[[Soul Hustler]]'' (1976) β Matthew Crowe *''[[Little Laura and Big John]]'' (1973) β John *''[[Getting Married (TV movie)|Getting Married]]'' (aired 17 May 1978 TV movie) β Wayne Spanka *''[[Katie: Portrait of a Centrefold]]'' (aired 23 October 1978 TV movie) β Emcee *''[[Disco Fever (film)|Disco Fever]]'' (1978) β Richie Desmond *''[[Crisis in Mid-Air]]'' (aired 13 February 1979 TV movie) β Billy Coleman *''[[Kiss Daddy Goodbye]]'' (1981) β Deputy Blanchard *''[[American Pop]]'' (1981) *''[[Get Crazy]]'' (1983) β Marv *''[[Runaway Daughters (1994 film)|Runaway Daughters]]'' (aired 12 August 1994 TV movie) β Mr. Rusoff *''[[Up Close and Personal (film)|Up Close & Personal]]'' (1996)<ref>[http://www.fabianforte.net/movies.htm Fabian's Movies]. Fabianforte.net. Retrieved on 2015-05-29.</ref> β Himself *''[[Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story]]'' (aired 31 October 1999) {{div col end}} ===Television=== *''[[Bus Stop (TV series)|Bus Stop]]'' β 2 December 1961 β episode "[[A Lion Walks Among Us]]" *''[[The Gertrude Berg Show]]'' β 8 February 1962 β episode "Peace Corps" *''[[The Dick Powell Show]]'' β 9 October 1962 β episode "[[Run Till It's Dark]]" with [[Tuesday Weld]] *''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' β 23 January 1963 β episode "Say Goodbye to All That" β with [[Lee J. Cobb]] *''[[Wagon Train]]'' β 16 September 1963 β episode "Molly Kincaid Story" w/Barbara Stanwyck, Carolyn Jones *''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]'' β 29 October 1963 β "Uncaged" *''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' β 22 January 1964 β episode "You're So Smart, Why Can't You Be Good?" β with [[Fay Wray]] *''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' β 6 January 1965 β episode "Two Men Named Laredo" *''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)]]'' β 9 December 1965 β Season 2 Episode 12 "The First Beau" β David Ellis with [[Veronica Cartwright]] *''The Virginian'' β 2 October 1966 β "The Outcast" *''[[The Rat Patrol]]'' β 30 January 1967 β "The B Negative Raid" *''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'' (1967) β episode "Wipeout" *''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'' β 3 January 1971 β episode "Unknown Victim" β with [[Tom Skerritt]]<ref>{{cite news| title=3 Sign for 'Victim' Episode of The FBI| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=November 3, 1970| page=F 12}}</ref> *''[[Love, American Style]]'' β 23 February 1973 β episode "Love and the Crisis Line/Love and the Happy Family/Love and the Vertical Romance" β with [[Ed Begley Jr.]] *''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'' β 22 November 1977 β episode "Laverne and Shirley Meet Fabian" *''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]'' β 26 February 1978 β episode "Mystery on the Avalanche Express" β with [[Deborah Walley]] *''[[Fantasy Island]]'' (1980) β episode "PlayGirl/Smith's Valhalla" β with [[Leslie Nielsen]]<ref>{{cite news| title=Guest List for 'Fantasy Island'| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=January 7, 1980| page=E 18}}</ref> *''[[The Love Boat]]'' β 20 February 1982 β episode "New York, A.C./Live It Up/All's Fair in Love and War" β with [[Edd Byrnes]], [[Jill St. John]], [[Bobby Sherman]] and [[Annette Funicello]] *''New Love, American Style'' β 3 January 1986 β "Love and the Girl of My Dreams" *''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]'' β 21 February 1987 β "62 Pick Up" *''[[Rags to Riches (TV series)|Rags to Riches]]'' β 5 April 1987 β episode "Business is Business" *''[[Amen (TV series)|Amen]]'' β 30 March 1991 β episode "Deak Scam" *''The Wild West'' β 22 March 1993 β documentary (Fabian co-executive produced) *''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]'' β 14 & 21 February 1994 "Beach Blanket Blossom" *''[[Murphy Brown]]'' β 6 April 1998 β episode "Opus One" with [[Chubby Checker]] and [[Lesley Gore]] ===Television variety=== *''[[American Bandstand]]'' β 19 June 1958 β sang "I'm in Love" *''American Bandstand'' β 20 June 1958 β sang "I'm in Love" again *''The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show'' β 28 June 1958 β sang "I'm in Love" β with [[Paul Anka]] *''American Bandstand'' β 30 June 1958 β did not sing *''The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show'' β 13 September 1958 β sang "Lilly Lou" *''The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show'' β 6 December 1958 β sang "I'm a Man" *''American Bandstand'' β 12 December 1958 β sang "I'm a Man" *''The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show'' β 17 January 1959 β sang "I'm a Man" and "Hypnotised" *''The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show'' β 7 March 1959 β sang "Turn Me Loose" and "Stop Thief!" *''American Bandstand'' β 12 March 1959 β sang "Turn Me Loose" *''[[The Perry Como Show]]'' β 4 April 1959 β sang "Turn Me Loose" *''The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show'' β 18 April 1959 β sang "Turn Me Loose" and "Hold Me in Your Arms" *''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' β 24 May 1959 *''The Ed Sullivan Show'' β 21 June 1959 *''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]'' β Dick Clark β 24 June 1959 *''American Bandstand'' 2nd Anniversary Show β 5 August 1959 β makes congratulatory phone call *''The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show'' β 22 August 1959 β sang "Got the Feeling" and "Come On and Get Me" *''[[The Red Skelton Show]]'' β "Freddie and Fabian" β 11 November 1959 β sang "This Friendly World" *''The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show'' β 14 November 1959 β sang "Hound Dog Man" *''[[What's My Line?]]'' β 15 November 1959 β as the mystery guest *"Startime" ''The Dean Martin Variety House'' β 12 January 1960 β sings "I Love the Love" (with Martin) and "All of Me" *''[[The Red Skelton Show]]'' β 2 February 1960 β appears in a sketch and sings "About This Thing Called Love" *''The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show'' β 12 March 1960 β sings "String Along" and "About This Thing Called Love" *''The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show'' β 27 August 1960 β sings "King of Love" and "Tomorrow" *''[[The Perry Como Show]]'' β 5 October 1960 β sings "Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech", "Buckle Down Winsocki Buckle Down", "Saturday Afternoon Before The Game" (with Frankie Avalon and Como), "Long Before" *''American Bandstand'' β 16 December 1960 β sang "Kissin' and Twistin'" and "Long Before" *''[[Candid Camera]]'' β 1961 β goes to Hackensack High School in Hackensack, New Jersey where he is introduced to a female student to see their reaction *''[[Here's Hollywood]]'' β 3 August 1961 β guest on talk show *''The New March of Dimes: The Scene Stealers'' β 2 January 1962 β guest star on charity revue *''American Bandstand'' β 30 November 1962 *''[[Pantomime Quiz]]'' β 26 August 1963 β Julie London v Fabian *''[[Fractured Flickers]]'' β 1963 β special guest *''American Bandstand'' β 8 August 1964 β sang "Cream Puff" *''American Bandstand'' β 22 August 1964 *''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' β 1β5 May 1967 *''Hollywood Squares'' β 25β29 September 1967 *''[[Tattletales]]'' β 1974: one week/5 episodes with first wife Katie *''Good Old Days'' β 11 October 1977 β with Dick Clark and Frankie Avalon *''Rock and Rollers'' β 1978 *''Sorority '62'' β 1978 *''Hollywood Squares'' β 1979 *''Rock and Roll: The Early Days'' β 1984 *''Good Time Rock 'n' Roll'' β 1985 *''Hollywood Squares'' β 6β10 April 1987 *''Hollywood Squares'' β 14β18 March 1989 *''Let's Rock Tonight'' β 1989 *''Lost in the '50s'' β 6 October 1989 *''Remember'' β 29 June 1991 β PBS *''Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955β70)'' β 2 July 2000 (documentary) *''At the Drive In'' β 28 November 2003 (host) ===Theatre=== *''John Loves Mary'' (1962) *''Love is a Time of Day'' (1971) β Windmill Dinner Theatre<ref>{{cite news|title=Fabian's New Fling|first=Rena M. |last=Pederson|newspaper= The Washington Post and Times-Herald |date=September 6, 1971|page=B 5}}</ref> *''Grease'' (1998) β touring theater productions<ref>{{cite news|title=Grease; Philly's fabled Fabian remains pretty slick after all these years; Fabian File|first=Liz|last= Nicholls|newspaper= Edmonton Journal|date=November 5, 1998|page=C 1}}</ref> ===Unmade projects=== *''The Beardless Warriors'' (1960) β for 20th Century Fox based on the novel by [[Richard Matheson]]<ref name="warriors">{{cite news|title=Fabian Wins New Contract at 20th: Another Rooney Heard From; Lasky Daughter Sells Script|author=Scheuer, Philip K.|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 24, 1960|page=C 15}}</ref> *''A Summer World'' (1961) β for 20th Century Fox with [[Dolores Hart]] and [[Bradford Dillman]] about a high school student who falls for an older woman ([[Suzy Parker]]), based on a script by Howard Koch from the novel by Richard Dougherty β directed by Franklin J. Shaeffner<ref>{{cite news|title="Looking at Hollywood: Brad Dillman to Co-Star with Fabian"|author=Hopper, Hedda| newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=July 3, 1961|page=a3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fabian Will Team With Dolores Hart: Bridges 'Joins' Peace Corps; Donald Buka Living Anomaly|author=Scheuer, Philip K.|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 30, 1961|page=A 11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=TV Ace With 20th; Vallee Goes Legit: Movies for Children Listed; Debbie May Play Ruth Roland|author=Scheuer, Philip K.|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 12, 1961|page=A 11}}</ref> β allegedly postponed when Dillman refused to appear next to Fabian<ref>{{cite magazine| first=Eunice| last=Field| url=https://archive.org/details/radiotvmi00ma/page/n333?q=fabian+marcucci| magazine=Radio TV Mirror| page=25,77β78| title=If You Think Fabian is Only Kidding| date=March 1962}}</ref> *''[[Take Her, She's Mine]]'' (1963) β Fabian was originally announced for the male lead<ref>{{cite news| title=Sandra Dee to Co-Star with Stewart, Fabian| author=Hopper, Hedda| work=Chicago Tribune| date=February 25, 1963| page=A 4}}</ref> *''Robin Hood Jones'' (1965) β for AIP<ref name="betty"/> *''Custer's Last Stand'' (1965) β an often-postponed film for Fox where Fabian was to play an Indian scout<ref name=setnextyear/><ref>{{cite news|title=Fabian Likes to Know What's Cookin'|author=Zylstra, Freida|work=Chicago Tribune|date=December 29, 1964|page=B 7}}</ref> *a migrant farm labourer in a biopic written by [[Alex Grasshoff]], who had previously made a documentary about him for [[David L. Wolper]] β this was a passion project for Fabian who spent weeks researching the film (circa 1967)<ref>{{cite news|title=Fabian an Ex-Singing Idol Learning the Actor's Art: FABIAN|author=Thomas, Kevin|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 4, 1967|page=C 1}}</ref> *''[[The Oblong Box (film)|The Oblong Box]]'' (1969) β Fabian originally was announced as [[Vincent Price]]'s co star *''Bury an Angel'' (1970), film made by Burwalt Productions starring Robert Fuller and [[Sherry Bain]]<ref>{{cite news|title=O'Neal to Produce, Direct|author=Martin, Betty|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 29, 1970|page=G 13}}</ref> *''Golden Boy'' (1972) β produced by David Roseman and William Lieberman under the direction of Herbert Hantman from a screenplay by Lory Patrick – also starring Paul Micale and Jacqueline Bosordi<ref>{{cite news|title=Movie Call Sheet: 'Outside In' – First Project for Robbins"|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 3, 1972|page=F 9}}</ref> β also known as ''Murder Can Be Fatal''<ref>{{cite news|title=Movie Call Sheet: Kitty Winn Set for 'Exorcist'|author=Murphy, Mary|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 5, 1972|page=B 8}}</ref> *Fabian was also reportedly considered for roles in ''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]'' (1961) and ''[[The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone]]''.<ref>[http://crawleyscastingcalls.com/index.php/component/actors/index.php?option=com_actors&Itemid=56&id=986&lettre=F All the Actors in Tony Crawley's Casting Calls]. Crawleyscastingcalls.com. Retrieved on 2015-05-29.</ref>
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