This page will contain images about David Janssen, as they become available.David JanssenDavid JanssenDavid Harold Meyer (March 27, 1930 - February 13, 1980), better known as David Janssen, was an American film and television actor who is best-known for his role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (ABC,1963-1967). Also appeared in Richard Diamond, O'Hara, and Harry-O TV series and in a number of films including John Wayne's The Green Berets. As a heavy alcoholic, he died of a heart attack at the age of only 49 in Malibu, California. He was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. This page about David Janssen includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about David Janssen News stories about David Janssen External links for David Janssen Videos for David Janssen Wikis about David Janssen Discussion Groups about David Janssen Blogs about David Janssen Images of David Janssen |
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He was interred in the
Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in
Culver City, California. David Harold Meyer (March 27, 1930 - February 13, 1980), better known as David Janssen, was an American film and television actor who is best-known for his role as Dr. John has participated in over 53 films, including "The Alibi" where he will play the role of "Hannibal" and which is in the post-production stages as of 2005. Since then, other movies followed such as: "Carlito's Way" (1993) as "Benny Blanco" alongside Al Pacino, "Romeo and Juliet" (1996) as "Tybalt", "The Fan" (1996) as "Manny", "Executive Decision" (1996) as "Captain Rat", "Doctor Dolittle" (1998) as "Rat #2", "Summer of Sam" (1999) and "Moulin Rouge" as "Toulouse Lautrec". The 1993 movie production "Super Mario Brothers" where he played the role of "Luigi Mario", is considered to be the film which skyrocketed his acting career in Hollywood. The production won a Drama Desk Award and four Cable ACE Awards. In 1993, John wrote and participated in "Spic-O-Rama", where he makes fun of the sterotyping of Latinos in the U.S. 43". He was listed as one of 12 "Promisising New Actors of 1991" in "John Willis' Screen Worlds Vol. Mambo Mouth won an Obie Award and an Outer Critics Awards. That same year , he wrote and participated in the Off-Broadway production "Mambo Mouth", where he played seven different characters. In 1991, John participated in "Hanging with the Homeboys". In 1985, John landed a small uncredited part, making his movie debut, in "Mixed Blood" and in 1989 he also had a small part in "Casualties of War". debut with a small part in Miami Vice. In 1984, he made made his T.V. John started out as a stand-up comic doing the New York nightclub circuit. After graduating from high school, John enrolled in the New York University where he took theater classes. He was voted "Most Talkative" by his fellow classmates. As a student in high school, John would write comical material and test it out on his classmates. John received his primary and secondary education in Queens. In 1968 the couple immigrated with their children to the United States and settled down in the Jackson Heights section of Queens in New York City. John was born in Bogotá, Colombia. His father, Alberto Leguizamo was a Puerto Rican Realtor living in Colombia who meet and married a young Colombian girl by the name of Luz. John Leguizamo (born July 22, 1964) in Bogota, Colombia), is a Colombian-Puerto Rican comedian, actor and producer working in the Hollywood, film industry. Super Mario Bros. (1993). To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995). Romeo and Juliet (1996). The Pest (1997). Moulin Rouge! (2001). Collateral Damage (2002). Empire (2002). Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). |