Most Recent Role: Driving Instructor on Police Squad!
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Birthday: 9-22-1902
Birth Name: Jacques Haussmann
Date of Death: 10-31-1988
Cause of Death: Spine cancer
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Birthday: 9-22-1902
Birth Name: Jacques Haussmann
Date of Death: 10-31-1988
Cause of Death: Spine cancer
Most Recent Appearance
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Thursday 8 December 1988 on ABC
Frank Drebin uncovers a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II on her American tour. The prime suspect is respected citizen Vincent Ludwig, who, with a special device, can control the mind of anyone wearing a watch. Ludwig assigns his assistant, Jane, to throw Frank off the path, but she doesn't...
John taught acting school at Julliard, and his first graduating class in 1972 included Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone.
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John parodied actor Sydney Greenstreet in The Cheap Detective (1978).
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John's first film appearance, in which he played a duellist, as well as acting as producer with Orson Welles on, Too Much Johnson (1938), was contained on only one copy owned by Welles, and was destroyed by a fire at Welles' villa in Madrid, Spain in August, 1970.
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John appeared in the 1983 ABC TV mini-series, The Winds Of War, as Jewish professor Aaron Jastrow.
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John claimed that he had intimate relations with both Olivia De Haviland and her sister, Joan Fontaine.
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John produced over 20 films, including The Blue Dahlia (1946, with Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd, and Julius Caesar (1953), with Marlon Brando.
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Other Appearances
| Star | |
|---|---|
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Tales of the Unexpected
Presenter (1980-1984) |
The Paper Chase
Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. |
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The Winds of War
Aaron Jastrow |
| Recurring Role | |
|---|---|
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Silver Spoons
Grandfather, Edward W. Stratton II |
The Bionic Woman (1976)
Dr. Franklin |
| Guest Star | |
|---|---|
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227
See You in Court (a.k.a. They're Playing Our Song) Himself |
American Playhouse
The Skin of Our Teeth Network Newscaster |
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Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Truman at Potsdam Winston Churchill |
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Gideon's Trumpet Chief Justice/Offscreen Narrator |
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Late Night With David Letterman
Show #0006 Guest |
Police Squad!
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Driving Instructor |
| Other |
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ABC Stage 67
Evening Primrose Producer |
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Tales of the Unexpected
Welcome to the TV.com guide to Tales of the Unexpected . This collection of twist-in-the-tail stories of suspense, horror and black comedy (in the early seasons, all by Roald Dahl) was... more The Paper Chase
Based on the movie, which was based on the novel written by John Jay Osborn, The Paper Chase is a classroom drama about students in Harvard Law School. The two main characters are: Charles W.... more The Winds of War
1983 award-winning miniseries based on Herman Wouk's novel which follows the family of Victor 'Pug' Henry as they observe the beginning of WWII from around the world. more
Welcome to the TV.com guide to Tales of the Unexpected . This collection of twist-in-the-tail stories of suspense, horror and black comedy (in the early seasons, all by Roald Dahl) was... more The Paper Chase
Based on the movie, which was based on the novel written by John Jay Osborn, The Paper Chase is a classroom drama about students in Harvard Law School. The two main characters are: Charles W.... more The Winds of War
1983 award-winning miniseries based on Herman Wouk's novel which follows the family of Victor 'Pug' Henry as they observe the beginning of WWII from around the world. more
