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| 1 | Close friend of Jerry Orbach, whom he met doing a stage play in Dayton, Ohio, during the summer of 1959. Janssen had the lead in Mister Roberts and Orbach appeared as the character Mannion. |
| 2 | Younger half-brothers: Larry and Lee Meyer (twins born in 1942). |
| 3 | Quinn Martin's eulogy for David Janssen on February 17, 1980: He was a true professional, a superstar. |
| 4 | Patrick Macnee on David Janssen: The best television actor by far of anybody was David Janssen. |
| 5 | On ice skates, David Janssen hosted "Highlights of the Ice Capades" (NBC-TV, Nov. 4, 1970). |
| 6 | Was also a songwriter. |
| 7 | Linda Evans on David Janssen: I never met anyone who didn't adore David. To this day I still miss that guy; he was one of a kind. (from Evans' 2011 memoir "Recipes for Life"). |
| 8 | Linda Evans, his costar in Harry O: Guardian at the Gates (1974), and Jean Seberg, his costar in Macho Callahan (1970), both have said that David Janssen was their moms' favorite actor. |
| 9 | Advised Farrah Fawcett to turn down Charlie's Angels (1976). |
| 10 | 18-year old David held a 3-year-old Cher when her mother Georgia Holt couldn't get a babysitter while filming a watch commercial. |
| 11 | Was a voracious reader. He'd buy two copies of whatever book he wanted to read, one for his home in L.A. and one for his home in Palm Springs. |
| 12 | He was against the Vietnam War, although his involvement in The Green Berets (1968) caused many to think he supported US involvement in the conflict. |
| 13 | David was the son of Berniece Mae (Graf) and Harold Edward Meyer. He took on the surname of his stepfather, Eugene Janssen. His paternal grandparents were William Meyer and Myra Angela Wert. His maternal grandparents were Werner Daniel Graf and Verna Eliza Waggoner. His ancestry was German, and some Swiss-German and Scottish-Irish. |
| 14 | Contributed a turkey pot pie recipe to Diana Millay's cookbook "I'd Rather Eat Than Act." Diana Millay was his co-star in Target: The Corruptors: The Middle Man (1962). |
| 15 | Frank Liberman, a veteran Hollywood publicist who had many famous clients, represented David Janssen for 16 years and has cited Janssen as one of his favorite clients: "He was wonderful. He was one of the brightest men I've ever known. Very articulate.". |
| 16 | Excelled at basketball in high school. |
| 17 | Pallbearers at his funeral on February 17, 1980 included Rod Stewart, Gregory Peck, Gene Kelly, Richard Harris, Milton Berle, Linda Evans's husband Stan Herman, and Suzanne Pleshette's husband Tom Gallagher. |
| 18 | He did a lot of his own flying in Birds of Prey (1973) (Flying Magazine, June 1988, p.30). |
| 19 | Angie Dickinson on David Janssen: He was a great gentleman, a great date, and a great love. [Vanity Fair, December 31, 2007]. |
| 20 | Deborah Raffin on David Janssen: I was frightened by his rough, tough image. He's totally different, sensitive, considerate, a true gentleman. (The Indianapolis Star, July 26, 1975, p. 14). |
| 21 | He was a top track star at school. |
| 22 | Called his highly successful TV series "The Fuge.". |
| 23 | Worked frequently for Dick Powell on TV. |
| 24 | Made 21 TV movies, which includes two mini-series. |
| 25 | A close friend of Richard Harris, who was so upset by Janssen's death that he sat outside a cathedral in New York for hours in the snow upon hearing the news. |
| 26 | Was close friends with Stuart Whitman. |
| 27 | Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Dr. Richard Kimble on The Fugitive (1963). |
| 28 | As a contract player at Universal-International in the 1950s, he attended Universal's acting classes with a fellow Universal contractee, Clint Eastwood. The two became friends, and Eastwood is still friends with Janssen's widow, Dani. |
| 29 | Mother, Berniece Janssen. |
| 30 | His last role was in the film Inchon (1981). Even though he died before the movie was completed, his part was not deleted (this was a widespread rumor). |
| 31 | Brother of Teri Janssen and Jill Janssen. |
| 32 | Twisted his right knee in 1948 while pole vaulting for reporters from the Hollywood Citizen News. |
| 33 | He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, only about a block away from the Chinese Theater. When it was placed there, it was in front of David's favorite ice cream shops as a child. The star dedication was on his mother's birthday in 1989. |
| 34 | His mother and both of his sisters appeared as extras in The Fugitive (1963). |
| 35 | Born at 10:00am-CST. |
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