John Forsythe

Acting

Overview

Known for

Acting

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Birthday

Jan 29, 1918 (107 years old)

Death date

Apr 01, 2010

John Forsythe

Known For

1h 24m

Movie 2011

Beatles Stories

A big fan of The Beatles growing up in the...

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8min

Movie 2002

Did you leave us, Blake?

Short documentary

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32min

Movie 2001

'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over

This is the featurette on the DVD of "The Trouble...

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Movie 1996

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background...

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2 Episodes

TV Show 1993

Denver Clan ohne Maske

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20 Episodes

TV Show 1992

The Powers That Be

The Powers That Be is an American television sitcom created...

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Universal Studios Hollywood: A Universe of Cinemagic

1h 3m

Movie 1992

Universal Studios Hollywood: A Universe of Cinemagic

Host John Forsythe tells the story of the variety of...

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2 Episodes

TV Show 1991

Dynasty: The Reunion

Two years after the end of Dynasty, Blake Carrington— having...

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Movie 1990

Opposites Attract

A mayoral candidate (Barbara Eden) for a California town gets...

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1h 41m

Movie 1988

Scrooged

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold...

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Biography

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).