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John Forsythe

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Known forActing

GenderMale

Birthday1918-01-29

Place of BirthPenns Grove, New Jersey, USA

Death2010-04-01

BiographyJohn Forsythe (born Jacob Lincoln Freund) 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).

Known for

GargoylesPat Doyle (voice)

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsKim Stanger

In Cold BloodAlvin Dewey

...And Justice for AllJudge Henry T. Fleming

The Trouble with HarrySam Marlowe

ScroogedLew Hayward

Charlie's AngelsCharles Townsend (voice)

DynastyBlake Carrington

The Love BoatBurt Gardner

TopazMichael Nordstrom

Charlie's AngelsCharlie (voice)

Charlie's Angels: Full ThrottleCharles 'Charlie' Townsend (voice)