Actor

John Forsythe

January 29, 1918 · Penns Grove, New Jersey, USA

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).

Notable work

5.9
Charlie's Angels (2000)
as Charlie (voice)
5.5
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
as Charles 'Charlie' Townsend (voice)
6.8
Scrooged (1988)
as Lew Hayward
7
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
as Sam Marlowe
7.1
...And Justice for All (1979)
as Judge Henry T. Fleming
8.1
Gargoyles (1994)
as Pat Doyle (voice)
7.5
In Cold Blood (1967)
as Alvin Dewey
6
Topaz (1969)
as Michael Nordstrom

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