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David Janssen (David Harold Meyer) was born on 27 March, 1931 in Naponee, Nebraska, U.S., is an American actor (1931–1980). Discover David Janssen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 49 years old?

Popular As David Harold Meyer
Occupation Actor
Age 49 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 27 March 1931
Birthday 27 March
Birthplace Naponee, Nebraska, U.S.
Date of death 13 February, 1980
Died Place Malibu, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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David Janssen Height, Weight & Measurements

At 49 years old, David Janssen height is 6′ 0″ .

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Who Is David Janssen's Wife?

His wife is Ellie Graham (m. 1958-1968) Dani Crayne (m. 1975)

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David Janssen Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is David Janssen worth at the age of 49 years old? David Janssen’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated David Janssen's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

The Word (1978)$50,000 (per episode)
Inchon (1981)$300,000

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1931

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 (1963–1967).

Janssen also had the title roles in three other series: Richard Diamond, Private Detective; O'Hara, U.S. Treasury and Harry O.

David Janssen was born on March 27, 1931, in Naponee, a village in Franklin County in southern Nebraska, to Harold Edward Meyer, a banker, and Berniece Graf, a former Miss Nebraska and Ziegfeld girl.

1935

Following his parents' divorce in 1935, his mother moved with five-year-old David to Los Angeles, and married Eugene Janssen in 1940.

Young David used his stepfather's name after he entered show business as a child.

He attended 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.

Janssen starred in four television series of his own:

1958

His first marriage was to model and interior decorator Ellie Graham, whom he married in Las Vegas on August 25, 1958.

1960

His films include: 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; opposite Gregory Peck, in the space story Marooned, in which Janssen played an astronaut sent to rescue three stranded men in space; and The Shoes of the Fisherman, as a television journalist in Rome reporting on the election of a new Pope (Anthony Quinn).

1967

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 with television sets to watch a series finale – 72 percent.

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, which was shot during a break in the spring and summer of 1966 between the third and fourth seasons of The Fugitive.

1968

They divorced in 1968.

1973

He also played pilot Harry Walker in the 1973 action movie Birds of Prey.

1975

In 1975, he married actress and model Dani Crayne Greco.

They remained married until Janssen's death.

Janssen was a heavy drinker, and a chain smoker who smoked up to four packs of cigarettes a day.

1977

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.

1978

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.

1979

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, 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 leper colony on the island of Molokai, Hawaii.

The part was eventually reassigned to actor Ken Howard of the CBS series The White Shadow.

Janssen was married twice.

1980

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.

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.

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.

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.

1996

In 1996 TV Guide ranked him number 36 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.

In 1996 TV Guide ranked The Fugitive number 36 on its 50 Greatest Shows of All Time list.