John Forsythe
John Forsythe (born Jacob Lincoln Freund; January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage, television and film actor. Forsythe starred in three television series, spanning four decades and three genres: as single playboy father Bentley Gregg in the 1950s sitcom Bachelor Father (1957–1962); as the unseen millionaire Charles 'Charlie' Townsend on the 1970s crime drama Charlie's Angels (1976–1981), and as patriarch Blake Carrington on the 1980s soap opera Dynasty (1981–1989). He hosted World of Survival (1971–1977).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.98 |
| Birthday | 1918-01-29 |
| Place of Birth | Penns Grove, New Jersey, USA |
| Also Known As | Джон Форсайт, Jacob Lincoln Freund, John Lincoln Freund, |
1969
Topaz
6/375
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and...
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Topaz
2000
Charlie's Angels
5.8/4122
The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back! When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plo...
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Charlie's Angels
1955
The Trouble with Harry
7/819
When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if the...
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The Trouble with Harry
1943
Destination Tokyo
6.7/60
During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in adv...
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Destination Tokyo
1988
Scrooged
6.798/1488
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after fi...
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Scrooged
1978
Cruise Into Terror
4.7/6
An Egyptian sarcophagus that is cargo on a pleasure cruise ship has a secret - it contains the son of Satan, and its effects start to make the ship's...
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Cruise Into Terror
1966
Madame X
6.5/38
A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her m...
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Madame X
1964
Kitten with a Whip
5.1/23
Straitlaced senatorial hopeful David Stratton has no idea what he's in for when he arrives home from a trip to find sexy teen Jody curled up asleep in...
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Kitten with a Whip
1953
The Glass Web
6.1/17
A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover...
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The Glass Web
1999
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
6.3/3
In the tiny town of Harmony, the people have been working so hard they've forgotten music even exists! Then, three determined little orphans set out t...
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas
1952
The Captive City
6.1/24
A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
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The Captive City
1979
...And Justice for All
7.1/504
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat o...
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...And Justice for All
1967
In Cold Blood
7.5/364
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality...
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In Cold Blood
1953
Escape from Fort Bravo
6.1/71
A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.
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Escape from Fort Bravo
1975
The Deadly Tower
6.5/23
The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mothe...
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The Deadly Tower
1967
A Bell for Adano
0/0
A U.S. army officer, the military governor of an Italian town during World War II, tries to reintroduce democracy, but his efforts are hindered by his...
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A Bell for Adano
1969
The Happy Ending
6/23
The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson, a woman who believes that ultimate reality...
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The Happy Ending
1951
American Harvest
0/0
Shows the interdependence of all workers, jobs, and mechanization in the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished product, focusing on the...
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American Harvest
1956
The Ambassador's Daughter
4.3/7
While on leave in Paris, a G.I. pursues an ambassador's daughter. Meanwhile she's out to prove to her father that soldiers can be gentlemen, too.
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The Ambassador's Daughter
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
6/1
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
2011
Beatles Stories
7.7/5
A big fan of The Beatles growing up in the 60s, Seth Swirsky noticed that whenever he heard someone relating a story about themselves and The Beatles,...
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Beatles Stories
1953
It Happens Every Thursday
6.2/4
New York reporter Bob MacAvoy is persuaded by pregnant wife Jane to buy a broken-down weekly newspaper in Eden, California. They have humorous problem...
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It Happens Every Thursday
1956
Everything But the Truth
8.2/2
Upset with the prevarications of the adult world, Willie launches a truth-telling campaign at school, with the blessings of his pretty teacher Joan Ma...
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Everything But the Truth
1964
See How They Run
7/1
Three children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which ha...
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See How They Run
1977
Tail Gunner Joe
6/2
Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later plann...
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Tail Gunner Joe
1976
Amelia Earhart
0/0
Biography follows the life of famed woman pilot Amelia Earhart, including her marriage to a famous publisher and her disappearance during a flight in...
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Amelia Earhart
1990
Opposites Attract
0/0
A mayoral candidate (Barbara Eden) for a California town gets romantically involved with her opponent (John Forsythe), a former cowboy star.
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Opposites Attract
1977
Goodbye & Amen
6.7/10
As John Dhannay, a CIA agent stationed in Rome, plans the overthrow of an African government, he discovers one of his men has been in contact with age...
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Goodbye & Amen
1977
Never Con a Killer
0/0
Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and her con-man father Harry teaming up to outwit Runyon...
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Never Con a Killer
1987
On Fire
0/0
Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be...
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On Fire
1982
Mysterious Two
5.8/6
Two Aliens visit the Earth in an effort to enlist converts to travel the universe with them.
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Mysterious Two
1978
With This Ring
0/0
A romantic comedy about various engaged couples and their families who, as wedding dates rapidly approach, are caught up in a whirlwind of emotional c...
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With This Ring
1973
The Letters
6.7/3
Story of people whose lives were changed because of a year-long delay in the delivery of some letters.
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The Letters
1971
Murder Once Removed
5.5/11
Television thriller in which a scheming doctor murders once for love and then has to kill again to cover it up.
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Murder Once Removed
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
8/2
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...
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Night of 100 Stars II
1959
Dubrowsky
4.8/4
Dubrowsky (Italian: Il vendicatore) is a 1959 Italian- Yugoslav historical period drama film directed by William Dieterle. It is based on the novel Du...
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Dubrowsky
1968
Shadow on the Land
8/2
Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.
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Shadow on the Land
1986
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
0/0
An all-star cast celebrates George Burn's 90th birthday and showcases highlights in Burns' career.
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Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1974
Terror on the 40th Floor
4.2/8
A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the...
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Terror on the 40th Floor
1983
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
0/0
An all-star celebrity tribute to celebrate George Burns 80th Anniversary in show business.
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George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
2001
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over
7/6
This is the featurette on the DVD of "The Trouble With Harry." It consists of interviews, clips of the film and stills from the making of the Hitchcoc...
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'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over
1974
Cry Panic
6.6/5
A man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that the locals, including the sheriff, are keeping sec...
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Cry Panic
1973
Lisa, Bright and Dark
0/0
Three teenage girls try to help their girlfriend, who is having a nervous breakdown that conventional therapy seems to be failing to remedy.
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Lisa, Bright and Dark
2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
5.5/3015
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Progra...
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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
1959
What Makes Sammy Run?
7/1
An adaptation of Budd Schulberg's incendiary 1941 novel about the rise of an unscrupulous Hollywood producer. The production was divided into two part...
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What Makes Sammy Run?
1981
Sizzle
0/0
A sultry nightclub singer, a small-town girl in the big city, sets out to avenge her boyfriend's murder after he is killed while running illegal booze...
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Sizzle
1949
Arson, Inc.
5.9/7
An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the insurance.
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Arson, Inc.
1943
Northern Pursuit
5.9/17
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the...
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Northern Pursuit
1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
6.2/4
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the...
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1948
The Things People Want
0/0
Distinctive sales training film on the hierarchy of human needs, starring a young John Forsythe.
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The Things People Want
1994
Universal Studios Florida: Experience the Magic of Movies
0/0
This extraordinary video captures all the highlights of your exciting visit to Universal Studios Florida in the early 1990's. Host John Forsythe bring...
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Universal Studios Florida: Experience the Magic of Movies
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
6.3/19
Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movi...
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The Muppets Go Hollywood
1974
The Healers
0/0
The director of an urban medical center faces various major problems during the course of running the hospital.
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The Healers
1992
Universal Studios Hollywood: A Universe of Cinemagic
0/0
Host John Forsythe tells the story of the variety of areas in the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park at the time.
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Universal Studios Hollywood: A Universe of Cinemagic
1978
The Users
1/1
A beautiful girl from a small town with dreams of making it in Hollywood marries an actor whose career is fading, then schemes to get him back into th...
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The Users
1985
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
7/1
Broadcast on NBC February 18, 1985, the Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted by John Forsythe and Drew Barrymore. The special is a look...
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Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
1980
A Time for Miracles
6/1
Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is the subject of this inspiring biopic. After the tr...
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A Time for Miracles
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6/1
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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Night of 100 Stars
1952
10,000 Horses Singing
0/0
James Dean and John Forsythe star in this story of a wealthy orphan who meets a shy airline owner aboard a plane and later discovers that a corpse has...
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10,000 Horses Singing
2002
Did you leave us, Blake?
6/2
Short documentary
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