John Forsythe
b.1/29/1918 Penn’s Grove, NJ
d.4/01/2010
All-state basketball player during high school Enrolled as a drama major with a full basketball scholarship at the University of North Carolina After graduation, moves to New York as Play by play sports announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers Begins performing leading roles on Broadway in the early 1940s before the U.S. enters World War II Moves to Hollywood after the war to pursue career in television and motion pictures TV serials and movies: “Bachelor Father” 1957-1962 “The John Forsythe Show” 1965-66 “To Rome with Love” 1969-1971 “Charlie’s Angels” 1976-81 “Dynasty” 1981-89 First cinematic movie: “Destination Tokyo” 1944
Filmography:
Destination Tokyo, Captive City, The Glass Web, It Happened Every Thursday, Escape from Fort Bravo, The Trouble With Harry, Kitten with a Whip, The Ambassador’s Daughter, Madame X, In Cold Blood, Scrooged