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Acting

David Janssen

Career: Active from 1952 to 1981, busiest in 1961 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 43
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: To Hell and Back
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

David Janssen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.8, average 3.0
Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5
Absurdist Humor
0.9, average 2.0
Contemporary Realism
4.3, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 4
Classic Hollywood 3
Character-Driven 3
Family-Friendly 2
Period Piece 2
Psychological Drama 2
Police Procedural 2
Tense Atmosphere 2
Gritty Realism 2
Historical Setting 2
Law Enforcement 2
70s Television 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

83

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

4 titles · average score 42

Inchon

15

as David Feld

S.O.S. Titanic

51

as John Jacob Astor

City in Fear

60

as Vince Perrino

High Ice

as Glencoe MacDonald

1970s

29 titles · average score 56

The Word

TV show · as Steve Randall

Superdome

38

as Mike Shelley

Mayday at 40,000 Feet

60

as Capt. Pete Douglass

The Swiss Conspiracy

43

as David Christopher

Once Is Not Enough

35

as Tom Colt

Harry O

64

TV show · as Harry Orwell

Fer-de-Lance

51

as Russ Bogan

Birds of Prey

55

as Harry Walker

Pioneer Woman

35

as Robert Douglas

Moon of the Wolf

37

as Sheriff Aaron Whitaker

O'Hara, U.S. Treasury

66

TV show

Macho Callahan

50

as Diego Callahan

1960s

21 titles · average score 56

Marooned

62

as Ted Dougherty

Where It's At

45

as A.C. Smith

The Green Berets

39

as George Beckworth

The Shoes of the Fisherman

57

as George Faber

Warning Shot

51

as Sgt. Tom Valens

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Richard Kimble

My Six Loves

57

as Marty Bliss

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

60

as Arnold Rothstein

Man-Trap

59

as Vince Biskay

Twenty Plus Two

65

as Tom Alder

Ring of Fire

53

as Sergeant Steve Walsh

Hell to Eternity

71

as Sgt, Bill Hazen

1950s

29 titles · average score 61

Naked City

69

TV show · as Blair Cameron / Carl Ashland

Lafayette Escadrille

41

as Duke Sinclair

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

72

TV show · as Richard Diamond / Chuck Garrett

Never Say Goodbye

61

as Dave Heller

Francis in the Haunted House

55

as Police Lieutenant Hopkins

Showdown at Abilene

57

as Verne Ward

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Dix Porter / Seth Larker

To Hell and Back

86

as Lt Lee

Chief Crazy Horse

67

as Lt. Colin Cartwright

Francis in the Navy

52

as Lieutenant Anders

Matinee Theater

TV show

Yankee Buccaneer

59

as Beckett