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 Worl...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Beatles Stories
2011
as Self (archive footage)
A big fan of The Beatles growing up in the 60s, Seth Swirsky noticed that whenever he heard someone relating a story about themselves and The Beatles,...
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003
as Charles 'Charlie' Townsend (voice)
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Progra...
Did you leave us, Blake?
2002
as Self
Short documentary
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over
2001
as Self
This is the featurette on the DVD of "The Trouble With Harry." It consists of interviews, clips of the film and stills from the making of the Hitchcoc...
Charlie's Angels
2000
as Charlie (voice)
The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back! When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plo...
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
1999
as Mr. Ryan (voice)
In the tiny town of Harmony, the people have been working so hard they've forgotten music even exists! Then, three determined little orphans set out t...
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the ...
Universal Studios Florida: Experience the Magic of Movies
1994
as Self - Host
This extraordinary video captures all the highlights of your exciting visit to Universal Studios Florida in the early 1990's. Host John Forsythe bring...
Universal Studios Hollywood: A Universe of Cinemagic
1992
as Himself
Host John Forsythe tells the story of the variety of areas in the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park at the time.
Opposites Attract
1990
as Rex Roper
A mayoral candidate (Barbara Eden) for a California town gets romantically involved with her opponent (John Forsythe), a former cowboy star.
Scrooged
1988
as Lew Hayward
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after fi...
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
On Fire
1987
as Joe Leary, Sr.
Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be...
On Fire
1987
Executive Producer
Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be...
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986
as Self
An all-star cast celebrates George Burn's 90th birthday and showcases highlights in Burns' career.
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
1985
as Self
Broadcast on NBC February 18, 1985, the Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted by John Forsythe and Drew Barrymore. The special is a look...
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983
as Self - Host
An all-star celebrity tribute to celebrate George Burns 80th Anniversary in show business.
Mysterious Two
1982
as He
Two Aliens visit the Earth in an effort to enlist converts to travel the universe with them.
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...
Sizzle
1981
as Mike Callahan
A sultry nightclub singer, a small-town girl in the big city, sets out to avenge her boyfriend's murder after he is killed while running illegal booze...
A Time for Miracles
1980
as Postulator
Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is the subject of this inspiring biopic. After the tr...
...And Justice for All
1979
as Judge Henry T. Fleming
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat o...
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self
Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movi...
The Users
1978
as Reade Jamieson
A beautiful girl from a small town with dreams of making it in Hollywood marries an actor whose career is fading, then schemes to get him back into th...
With This Ring
1978
as Gen. Albert Harris
A romantic comedy about various engaged couples and their families who, as wedding dates rapidly approach, are caught up in a whirlwind of emotional c...
Cruise Into Terror
1978
as Rev. Charles Mather
An Egyptian sarcophagus that is cargo on a pleasure cruise ship has a secret - it contains the son of Satan, and its effects start to make the ship's ...
Goodbye & Amen
1977
as The American Ambassador
As John Dhannay, a CIA agent stationed in Rome, plans the overthrow of an African government, he discovers one of his men has been in contact with age...
Never Con a Killer
1977
as E.J. Valerian
Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and her con-man father Harry teaming up to outwit Runyon...
Tail Gunner Joe
1977
as Paul Cunningham
Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later plann...
Amelia Earhart
1976
as G.P. Putnam
Biography follows the life of famed woman pilot Amelia Earhart, including her marriage to a famous publisher and her disappearance during a flight in ...
The Deadly Tower
1975
as Lt. Elwood Forbes
The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mothe...
Terror on the 40th Floor
1974
as Dan Overland
A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the ...
The Healers
1974
as Dr. Robert Kier
The director of an urban medical center faces various major problems during the course of running the hospital.
Cry Panic
1974
as David Ryder
A man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that the locals, including the sheriff, are keeping sec...
Lisa, Bright and Dark
1973
as William Schilling
Three teenage girls try to help their girlfriend, who is having a nervous breakdown that conventional therapy seems to be failing to remedy.
The Letters
1973
as Paul Anderson
Story of people whose lives were changed because of a year-long delay in the delivery of some letters.
Murder Once Removed
1971
as Dr. Ron Wellesley
Television thriller in which a scheming doctor murders once for love and then has to kill again to cover it up.
The Happy Ending
1969
as Fred Wilson
When Fred asked for Mary's hand in marriage, she thought she had the happy ending she only read about in fairy tales. Now it's 16 years later; Fred ha...
Topaz
1969
as Michael Nordstrom
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and...
Shadow on the Land
1968
as Gen. Wendell Bruce
Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.
In Cold Blood
1967
as Alvin Dewey
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality...
A Bell for Adano
1967
as Maj. Victor P. Joppolo
A U.S. army officer, the military governor of an Italian town during World War II, tries to reintroduce democracy, but his efforts are hindered by his...
Madame X
1966
as Clay Anderson
A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her m...
Kitten with a Whip
1964
as David Stratton
Straitlaced senatorial hopeful David Stratton has no idea what he's in for when he arrives home from a trip to find sexy teen Jody curled up asleep in...
See How They Run
1964
as Martin Young
Three children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which ha...
What Makes Sammy Run?
1959
as Al Manheim
An adaptation of Budd Schulberg's incendiary 1941 novel about the rise of an unscrupulous Hollywood producer. The production was divided into two part...
Dubrowsky
1959
as Wladia
Vladimir Dubrovsky returns from St. Petersburg to his family estate, where he finds his father dying and learns that all his lands and serfs have been...
Everything But the Truth
1956
as Ernie Miller
Upset with the prevarications of the adult world, Willie launches a truth-telling campaign at school, with the blessings of his pretty teacher Joan Ma...
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956
as Sgt. Danny Sullivan
While on leave in Paris, a G.I. pursues an ambassador's daughter. Meanwhile she's out to prove to her father that soldiers can be gentlemen, too.
The Trouble with Harry
1955
as Sam Marlowe
When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if the...
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
as Captain Marsh
A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.
The Glass Web
1953
as Don Newell
A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover ...
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
as Bob MacAvoy
New York reporter Bob MacAvoy is persuaded by pregnant wife Jane to buy a broken-down weekly newspaper in Eden, California. They have humorous problem...
The Captive City
1952
as James "Jim" C. Austin
A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
10,000 Horses Singing
1952
as Marv Payne
James Dean and John Forsythe star in this story of a wealthy orphan who meets a shy airline owner aboard a plane and later discovers that a corpse has...
American Harvest
1951
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Shows the interdependence of all workers, jobs, and mechanization in the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished product, focusing on the...
Arson, Inc.
1949
as Race Track Aannouncer (voice, uncredited)
An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the insurance.
The Things People Want
1948
as Don
Distinctive sales training film on the hierarchy of human needs, starring a young John Forsythe.
Destination Tokyo
1943
as Sparks
During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in adv...
Northern Pursuit
1943
as Corporal (uncredited)
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the...