John Forsythe

Also known as Jacob Lincoln Freund, John Lincoln Freund, Forsythe

American film and television actor (1918–2010)

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Mourne rock-climbs
Abdominal Organ Retrieval and Transplantation Bench Surgery
Transplantation Surgery
Death Sentence

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Film & TV

Acting · 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…

Known for

This Is Joan Collins — Self (Archive Footage)2022
Beatles Stories — Self (archive footage)2011
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle — Charles 'Charlie' Townsend (voice)2003
Did you leave us, Blake? — Self2002
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over — Self2001
Charlie's Angels — Charlie (voice)2000
We Wish You a Merry Christmas — Mr. Ryan (voice)1999

Article

John Lincoln Forsythe (né Freund; January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage, film/television actor, producer, narrator, and drama teacher whose career spanned six decades. He also appeared as a guest on several talk and variety shows and as a panelist on numerous game shows.

In 1943, he signed up with Warner Bros. as a minor contract player, but he starred in The Captive City (1952) and co-starred opposite Loretta Young in It Happens Every Thursday (1953), Edmund Gwenn and Shirley MacLaine in The Trouble with Harry (1955), and Olivia de Havilland in The Ambassador's Daughter (1956).