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John Forsythe

Acting · Born 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).

Movies with John Forsythe

• Charlie's Angels (2000) — Charlie (voice)
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) — Charles 'Charlie' Townsend (voice)
• ...And Justice for All (1979) — Judge Henry T. Fleming
• Scrooged (1988) — Lew Hayward
• The Trouble with Harry (1955) — Sam Marlowe
• Topaz (1969) — Michael Nordstrom
• In Cold Blood (1967) — Alvin Dewey
• Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) — Captain Marsh
• Night of 100 Stars (1982) — Self
• The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) — Self (uncredited)
• Kitten with a Whip (1964) — David Stratton
• Night of 100 Stars II (1985) — Self

TV shows with John Forsythe

• Dynasty (1981) — Blake Carrington
• Charlie's Angels (1976) — Charles Townsend (voice)
• Studio One (1948)
• Bachelor Father (1957) — Bentley Gregg
• To Rome with Love (1969) — Michael Endicott
• The Powers That Be (1992) — William Powers