Editing David Janssen

{{short description|American actor (1931–1980)}}
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{{Infobox person
 | name          = David Janssen
 | image         = David Janssen Richard Kimble 1963.JPG
 | imagesize     = 
 | caption       = Janssen in ''The Fugitive'' (1963)
 | birth_name    = David Harold Meyer
 | birth_date    = {{birth date|mf=yes|1931|03|27}}
 | birth_place   = [[Naponee, Nebraska]], U.S.
 | death_date    = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1980|02|13|1931|03|27}}
 | death_place   = [[Malibu, California]], U.S.
 | resting_place = [[Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery]]
 | years_active  = 1945–1980
 | occupation    = Actor
 | family        = 
 | spouse        = {{plainlist|
*{{marriage|Ellie Graham|1958|1968|end=divorced}}
*{{marriage|Dani Crayne|1975}}
}}
}}

'''David Janssen''' (born '''David Harold Meyer'''; March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as [[Richard Kimble]] in the television series ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'' (1963–1967). Janssen also had the title roles in three other series: ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]''; ''[[O'Hara, U.S. Treasury]]''; and ''[[Harry O]]''.

In 1996, ''[[TV Guide]]'' ranked him number 36 on its ''50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time'' list.<ref name="TV Guide">{{cite web |title=TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time [1996] |url=http://www.amiannoying.com/%28S%28g1g1bocjrzwlurkwaw4mhsqb%29%29/collection.aspx?collection=1194 |website=Am I annoying}}</ref>

==Early life==
[[File:David Janssen Richard Diamond 1957.JPG|right|thumb|{{center|David Janssen in 1957}}]]
David Janssen was born on March 27, 1931, in [[Naponee, Nebraska|Naponee]], a village in [[Franklin County, Nebraska|Franklin County]] in southern [[Nebraska]]. His father was Harold Edward Meyer, a banker, and his mother, Berniece Graf, was formerly Miss Nebraska and [[Ziegfeld girl|a Ziegfeld girl]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Eder |first=Shirley |title='Angels' Will Be Back – Without Shelly Hack |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19800220&id=TWhQAAAAIBAJ&pg=3044,1222316 |newspaper=[[Evening Independent|St. Petersburg Independent]] |date=February 20, 1980 |page=12-B |agency=Knight–Ridder Newspapers}}</ref> Following his parents' divorce in 1935, his mother moved with David to Los Angeles and married Eugene Janssen in 1940. David used his stepfather's name after he entered the show business as a child.<ref name="Hollywood Walk of Fame 2019 v183">{{cite web |title=David Janssen |url=https://walkoffame.com/david-janssen/ |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |date=October 25, 2019 |access-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref>

He attended [[Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)|Fairfax High School]], where he excelled on the basketball court, setting a school scoring record that lasted over 20 years. His first film part was at the age of thirteen, and by the age of twenty-five, he had appeared in twenty films and served two years as an enlisted man in the [[United States Army]]. During his Army days, Janssen became a friend of fellow enlistees [[Martin Milner]] and [[Clint Eastwood]] while posted at [[Fort Ord]], California.<ref>{{cite web |last=VRIES |first=HILARY de |date=1992-08-02 |title=COVER STORY : His Own Man . . . Always : Clint Eastwood used to be the actor with no name. Respect came, but only after years of spaghetti cowboy and Dirty Harry jokes. Now, as he saddles up again, he still deals with life on his own terms. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-02-ca-5559-story.html |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2015-09-07 |title=Martin Milner, star of 'Adam-12' and 'Route 66,' dies |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/09/07/npr-martin-milner-star-of-adam12-and-route-66-dies-at-83 |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=MPR News}}</ref>

==Acting career==
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[[File:David Janssen Richard Diamond 1959.JPG|right|thumb|{{center|Janssen as Richard Diamond (1959)}}]]
[[File:David Janssen Fugitive 1967.JPG|right|thumb|David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble in the TV series ''The Fugitive'', 1967 (final episode)]]
[[File:David Janssen Harry O 1975.JPG|right|thumb|{{center|Janssen in ''Harry O'' (1975)}}]]
Janssen starred in four television series of his own:
* ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]'' (1957–1960)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Diamond, Private Detective |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/richard-diamond-private-detective/1030217771/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'' (1963–1967)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fugitive |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-fugitive/1030068474/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[O'Hara, U.S. Treasury]]'' (1971–1972)<ref>{{Cite web |title=O'Hara, United States Treasury |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/ohara-united-states-treasury/2000117767/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Harry O]]'' (1974–1976)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry O |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/harry-o/1030005958/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>

At the time of its airing in August 1967, the final episode of ''The Fugitive'' held the record for the greatest number of American homes to watch a series finale – 72 percent.<ref>{{cite news|last=Battaglio|first=Stephen|date=August 26, 2017|title=50 years before peak TV, 'The Fugitive' set a precedent for big series finales|newspaper=LA Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-et-st-fugitive-fiftieth-anniversary-20170828-story.html|access-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref> In 1996 ''[[TV Guide]]'' ranked ''The Fugitive'' number 36 on its ''50 Greatest Shows of All Time'' list.<ref>{{cite book |title=TV Guide Guide to TV |year=2004 |publisher=Barnes and Noble |location=New York |isbn=978-0760756348 |page=693 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348/page/692/mode/2up/search/50+greatest |access-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref>

His films include: ''[[To Hell and Back (film)|To Hell and Back]]'', the biography of [[Audie Murphy]], who was the most decorated American soldier of World War II; ''[[Hell to Eternity]]'', a 1960 American World War II biopic starring Jeffrey Hunter as a Hispanic boy who fought in the [[Battle of Saipan]] and who was raised by Japanese-American foster parents; [[John Wayne]]'s Vietnam war film ''[[The Green Berets (film)|The Green Berets]]''; opposite [[Gregory Peck]], in the space story ''[[Marooned (1969 film)|Marooned]]'', in which Janssen played an astronaut sent to rescue three stranded men in space; and ''[[The Shoes of the Fisherman (movie)|The Shoes of the Fisherman]]'', as a television journalist in Rome reporting on the election of a new Pope ([[Anthony Quinn]]). 

He also played pilot Harry Walker in the 1973 action movie ''[[Birds of Prey (1973 film)|Birds of Prey]]''. He starred as a Los Angeles police detective trying to clear himself in the killing of an apparently innocent doctor in the 1967 film ''[[Warning Shot (1967 film)|Warning Shot]]'', which was shot during a break in the spring and summer of 1966 between the third and fourth seasons of ''The Fugitive.''

Janssen played an alcoholic in the 1977 TV movie ''A Sensitive, Passionate Man'', which co-starred [[Angie Dickinson]], and played an engineer who devises an unbeatable system for [[blackjack]] in the 1978 made-for-TV movie ''Nowhere to Run'', co-starring [[Stefanie Powers]] and [[Linda Evans]]. Janssen's impressively husky voice was used to good effect as the narrator for the TV mini-series ''Centennial'' (1978–79); he also appeared in the final episode. And in 1979 he starred in the made-for-TV mini series ''S.O.S. Titanic'' as John Jacob Astor, playing opposite Beverly Ross as his wife, Madeleine.

Though Janssen's scenes were cut from the final release, he also appeared as a journalist in the film ''[[Inchon (film)|Inchon]]'', which he accepted to work with [[Laurence Olivier]], who played General [[Douglas MacArthur]]. At the time of his death, Janssen had just begun filming a television movie playing the part of [[Father Damien]], the priest who dedicated himself to the [[leprosy|leper]] colony on the island of [[Molokai]], Hawaii. The part was eventually reassigned to actor [[Ken Howard]] of the CBS series ''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]''.

==Personal life==
[[File:David Janssen 1974.JPG|thumb|in 1974]]
Janssen was married twice, first to interior decorator Ellie Graham from 1958 until their divorce in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|title=Private Eye Caught|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19580824&id=piYzAAAAIBAJ&pg=1779,3120891| work=The Miami News|date=August 25, 1958}}</ref><ref name=arar>{{cite web|last=Arar|first=Yardena|title=Actor David Janssen Dies of Heart Attack at Age 48|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19800214&id=bE80AAAAIBAJ&pg=5190,5977891|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=February 14, 1980}}</ref> In 1964, amid marital problems with Ellie, Janssen had a three-month affair with [[Suzanne Pleshette]].<ref>{{cite youtube|title=Suzanne Pleshette Interview|date=February 9, 2006|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWX7RZVSowY|time=25:50}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Ups and Downs of David Janssen’s Love Life: Meet the Late ‘Fugitive’ Actor’s 2 Wives|url=https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/david-janssen-meet-the-late-fugitive-actors-2-wives|work=Closer|date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> In 1975, he married actress-turned-socialite [[Dani Crayne]], and they remained married until Janssen's death in 1980.<ref name=gliatto>{{cite web|last=Gliatto|first=Tom|title=The First Fugitive|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20106237,00.html|work=People|date=September 13, 1993}}</ref>

==Death==
Janssen was a heavy drinker, and a [[chain smoker]] who smoked up to four packs of cigarettes a day.<ref>{{cite news |author=Heather Keets |title=The end of ''The Fugitive'' |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/08/27/end-fugitive/ |access-date=December 21, 2022 |work=EW |date=August 27, 1993}}</ref> He died from a sudden heart attack in the early morning of February 13, 1980, at his beachfront home in [[Malibu, California]], at the age of 48.<ref name=arar/><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-david-janssen-19800214-story.html|title=From the Archives: Massive Heart Attack Kills Actor David Janssen, 48| first=Michael| last=Seiler| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=February 14, 1980| access-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> At the time of his death, Janssen was filming the television movie ''Father Damien''. Janssen was buried at the [[Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Culver City, California]].<ref>{{cite book| year=2000| first1=Robert| last1=White| first2=Phyllis| last2=White| publisher=Hunter Publishing| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySfgH36imU4C&q=david+janssen+%22hillside+memorial%22&pg=PA569| title=Hollywood and the Best of Los Angeles| page=569| isbn=978-1588433343}}</ref> A non-denominational funeral was held at the Jewish chapel of the cemetery on February 17. [[Suzanne Pleshette]] delivered the eulogy at the request of Janssen's widow. [[Milton Berle]], [[Johnny Carson]], Tommy Gallagher, [[Richard Harris]], [[Stan Herman]], [[Rod Stewart]], and [[Gregory Peck]] were among Janssen's pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers included [[Jack Lemmon]], [[George Peppard]], [[James Stewart]], and [[Danny Thomas]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Friends turn out to bid farewell to David Janssen| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19800218&id=tlsxAAAAIBAJ&pg=5324,3894053| newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]]| date=February 19, 1980| page=69| agency=[[United Press International]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19860428&id=-vIcAAAAIBAJ&pg=6686,4938755| title=Janssen 'Scandal Saga' in Works| newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune| first=Liz| last=Smith| author-link=Liz Smith (journalist)| date=April 28, 1986}}</ref>

For his contribution to the television industry, David Janssen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located on the 7700 block of [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Hollywood Star Walk: David Janssen| url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/david-janssen/| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[It's a Pleasure (film)|It's a Pleasure]]'' (1945) as Davey / Boy Referee (uncredited)
* ''[[Swamp Fire]]'' (1946) as Emile's Eldest Son (uncredited)
* ''[[No Room for the Groom]]'' (1952) as Soldier (scenes deleted)
* ''[[Francis Goes to West Point]]'' (1952) as Corporal Thomas
* ''[[Untamed Frontier]]'' (1952) as Lottie's Dance Partner (uncredited)
* ''[[Bonzo Goes to College]]'' (1952) as Jack (uncredited)
* ''[[Yankee Buccaneer]]'' (1952) as Beckett
* ''[[Back at the Front]]'' (1952) as Soldier (uncredited)
* ''Leave It to Harry'' (1954) as Quiz Show Host (short subject)
* ''[[Chief Crazy Horse (film)|Chief Crazy Horse]]'' (1955) as Lieutenant Colin Cartwright
* ''[[Cult of the Cobra]]'' (1955) as Rico Nardi
* ''[[Francis in the Navy]]'' (1955) as Lieutenant Anders
* ''[[The Private War of Major Benson]]'' (1955) as Young Lieutenant
* ''[[To Hell and Back (film)|To Hell and Back]]'' (1955) as Lieutenant Lee
* ''[[All That Heaven Allows]]'' (1955) as Freddie Norton (uncredited)
* ''[[The Square Jungle]]'' (1955) as Jack Lindsay
* ''[[Never Say Goodbye (1956 film)|Never Say Goodbye]]'' (1956) as Dave Heller
* ''[[The Toy Tiger]]'' (1956) as Larry Tripps
* ''[[Francis in the Haunted House]]'' (1956) as Police Lieutenant Hopkins
* ''[[Away All Boats]]'' (1956) as Talker (uncredited)
* ''Mr. Black Magic'' (1956) as Master of Ceremonies (short subject)
* ''[[Showdown at Abilene]]'' (1956) as Verne Ward
* ''[[The Girl He Left Behind]]'' (1956) as Captain Genaro
* ''[[Lafayette Escadrille (film)|Lafayette Escadrille]]'' (1958) as Duke Sinclair
* ''[[Hell to Eternity]]'' (1960) as Sergeant Bill Hazen
* ''Dondi'' (1961) as Dealey
* ''[[The Big Bankroll|King of the Roaring 20s – The Story of Arnold Rothstein]]'' (1961) as Arnold Rothstein
* ''[[Ring of Fire (1961 film)|Ring of Fire]]'' (1961) as Sergeant Steve Walsh
* ''[[Twenty Plus Two]]'' (1961) as Tom Alder
* ''[[Man-Trap]]'' (1961) as Vince Biskay
* ''[[My Six Loves]]'' (1963) as Marty Bliss
* ''[[Warning Shot (1967 film)|Warning Shot]]'' (1967) as Sergeant Tom Valens
* ''[[The Green Berets (film)|The Green Berets]]'' (1968) as George Beckworth
* ''[[The Shoes of the Fisherman (movie)|The Shoes of the Fisherman]]'' (1968) as George Faber
* ''[[Where It's At (film)|Where It's At]]'' (1969) as A.C.
* ''[[Marooned (1969 film)|Marooned]]'' (1969) as Ted Dougherty
* ''[[Generation (film)|Generation]]'' (1969) as Jim Bolton
* ''[[Macho Callahan]]'' (1970) as Diego Callahan
* ''[[Once Is Not Enough (film)|Once Is Not Enough]]'' (1975) as Tom Colt
* ''[[The Swiss Conspiracy]]'' (1976) as David Christopher
* ''[[Two-Minute Warning]]'' (1976) as Steve
* ''[[Warhead (film)|Warhead]]'' (1977) as Tony Stevens
* ''[[Golden Rendezvous]]'' (1977) as Charles Conway
* ''[[Covert Action (1978 film)|Covert Action]]'' (1978) as Lester Horton
* ''[[Inchon (film)|Inchon]]'' (1981) as David Feld (scenes deleted after premiere; final film role; filmed in 1979; released posthumously)
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===Television films===
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* ''Belle Sommers'' (1962) as Danny Castle
* ''Night Chase'' (1970) as Adrian Vico
* ''[[The Longest Night (1972 film)|The Longest Night]]'' (1972) as Alan Chambers
* ''[[Moon of the Wolf]]'' (1972) as Sheriff Aaron Whitaker
* ''[[Hijack (1973 film)|Hijack]]'' (1973) as Jake Wilkenson
* ''[[Birds of Prey (1973 film)|Birds of Prey]]'' (1973) as Harry Walker
* ''[[Harry O|Harry O – Such Dust As Dreams Are Made On]]'' (1973) as Harry Orwell
* ''Pioneer Woman'' (1973) as Robert Douglas
* ''[[Harry O|Harry O – Smile Jenny, You're Dead]]'' (1974) as Harry Orwell
* ''Don't Call the Police'' (1974) as Harry Orwell
* ''Fer-de-Lance'' (1974) as Russ Bogan
* ''[[Stalk the Wild Child]]'' (1976) as Dr. James Hazard
* ''[[Mayday at 40,000 Feet!]]'' (1976) as Captain Pete Douglass
* ''A Sensitive, Passionate Man'' (1977) as Michael Delaney
* ''[[Superdome (film)|Superdome]]'' (1978) as Mike Shelley
* ''[[Nowhere to Run (1978 film)|Nowhere to Run]]'' (1978) as Harry Adams
* ''[[S.O.S. Titanic]]'' (1979) as [[John Jacob Astor IV|John Jacob Astor]]
* ''The Golden Gate Murders'' (1979) as Detective Sergeant Paul Silver
* ''[[High Ice (film)|High Ice]]'' (1980) as Glencoe MacDonald
* ''[[City in Fear]]'' (1980) as Vince Perrino (released posthumously)
* ''[[Father Damien]]: The Leper Priest'' (1980) (Incomplete – Replaced by Ken Howard) 
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===Television series===
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* ''[[Boston Blackie]]'' (1951) (Season 1 Episode 2: "Cop Killer") as Armored Car Driver (uncredited)
* ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'' (1955–1956) (3 episodes)
**(Season 5 Episode 30: "It Grows on Trees") (1955) as Ralph
**(Season 5 Episode 51: "Perilous Deception") (1955) as Joe Davies
**(Season 6 Episode 27: "It Started With Eve") (1956) as Johnny Reynolds Jr.  
* ''[[Matinee Theatre]]'' (1956) (Episode 193: "Belong to Me") as Paul Merrick
* ''[[Conflict (American TV series)|Conflict]]'' (1957) (Season 1 Episode 12: "The Money") as Sid Lukes
* ''[[You Are There (series)|You Are There]]'' (1957) (Season 5 Episode 8: "The End of the Dalton Gang (October 5, 1892)" as Grat Dalton
* ''[[U.S. Marshal (TV series)|U.S. Marshal]]'' (1 episode {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}) 
* ''[[Alcoa Theatre]]'' (1957–1958) (2 episodes)
**(Season 1 Episode 6: "Cupid Wore a Badge") (1957) as Mike Harper
**(Season 1 Episode 20: "Decoy Duck") (1958) as Jim McCandless
* ''[[The Millionaire (TV series)|The Millionaire]]'' (1957–1958) (2 episodes)
**(Season 4 Episode 14: "The Regina Wainwright Story") (1957) as Peter Miller
**(Season 5 Episode 5: "The David Barrett Story") (1958) as David Barrett
* ''[[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre]]'' (1957–1959) (4 episodes)
**(Season 1 Episode 23: "There Were Four") (1957) as Danny Ensign
**(Season 2 Episode 14: "Trial by Fear") (1958) as Tod Owen
**(Season 3 Episode 1: "Trail to Nowhere") (1958) as Seth Larker
**(Season 3 Episode 15: "Hang the Heart High") (1959) as Dix Porter
* ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]'' (1957–1960) (77 episodes) as Richard Diamond / Chuck Garrett
* ''[[Sheriff of Cochise]]'' (1958) (Season 3 Episode 9: "The Turkey Farmers") as Arnie Hix
* ''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]'' (1959) (Season 1 Episode 25: "Two Counts of Murder") as Ross Ingraham
* ''[[Death Valley Days]]'' (1961) (Season 9 Episode 18: "Deadline at Austin") as Dr. Bill Breckenridge
* ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'' (1961) (Season 3 Episode 6: "Show Me a Hero") as Scotty Bell
* ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]'' (1961–1963) (2 episodes)
**(Season 3 Episode 5: "A Wednesday Night Story") (1961) as Blair Cameron
**(Season 4 Episode 26: "On the Battle Front: Every Minute is Important") (1963) as Carl Ashland
* ''[[Thriller (American TV series)|Thriller]]'' (1962)  
* ''[[Target: The Corruptors]]'' (1962) (Season 1 Episode 19: "The Middle Man") as Robbie Wilson
* ''[[General Electric Theater]]'' (1962) (Season 10 Episode 20: "Shadow of a Hero") as Pat Howard
* ''[[Follow the Sun (TV series)|Follow the Sun]]'' (1962) (Season 1 Episode 24: "A Choice of Weapons") as Johnny Sadowsky
* ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]'' (1962) (Season 2 Episode 25: "Ride a Wild Horse") as Len Kobalsky
* ''[[Cain's Hundred]]'' (1962) (Season 1 Episode 26: "Inside Track") as Dan Mullin
* ''[[Kraft Mystery Theatre]]'' (1962) 
* ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' (1962) (Season 3 Episode 1: "One Tiger to a Hill") as Karno Starling
* ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' (1962) (Season 1 Episode 3: "Make Me a Place") as Hal Kincaid
* ''[[The Dick Powell Show]]'' (1963) (Season 2 Episode 23: "Thunder in a Forgotten Town") as Kenneth 'Ken' Morgan
* ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'' (1963–1967) (120 episodes) as Dr. Richard Kimble / varied aliases
* ''[[The Hollywood Palace]]'' (1965)
* ''[[O'Hara, U.S. Treasury]]'' (1971–1972) (23 episodes) as James O'Hara / Jim O'Hara  
* ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'' (1973) (Season 3 Episode 1: "He Who Digs a Grave") as Ian Kirk
* ''[[Harry O]]'' (1973–1976) (45 episodes) as Harry Orwell
* ''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]'' (1977) (Season 5 Episode 1: "Trigger Point") as Sergeant Joe Wilson
* ''[[The Word (novel)#TV miniseries|The Word]]'' (1978) (miniseries) (all 4 episodes) as Steve Randall
* ''[[Centennial (miniseries)|Centennial]]'' (1978–1979) (Narrator for all 12 episodes) (10 episodes as Paul Garrett) 
* ''[[Biography (TV series)|Biography]]'' (1979) as Host {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|first1=Steve|last1=Aldous|first2=Gary|last2=Gillies|title=The Harry O Viewing Companion: History and Episodes of the Classic Detective Series|year=2025|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, NC|isbn=9781476694290|oclc=1443716997}}

* {{cite book|first1=Ellie|last1=Janssen|first2=J.D. Michael|last2=Phelps|title=David Janssen – My Fugitive|year=1994|publisher=Lifetime Books|location=Hollywood, Fla.|isbn=978-0811907972|oclc=31134272}}
* David Janssen – Our Conversations: The Early Years (1965–1972): Volume 1 Michael Phelps {{ISBN|978-0988777828}}
* David Janssen: Our Conversations: The Final Years: (1973–1980): Volume 2  Michael Phelps {{ISBN|978-0988777811}}

==References==
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==External links==
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