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Biography

A supporting actor known mainly for playing gruff, authoritarian types. His best known television role was that of Chief Peter B. Clifford in the…more

Born

4/24/1922, Salmon,Idaho

Died

5/20/2005

Birth Name

John Donovan Cannon

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- True Stories
  Voice
  - S 7: Ep 3 The Donner Party
    5/20/93
- McCloud
  Peter B. Clifford, Chief of Detectives, City of New York
  - S 7: Ep 7 The Return of Sam McCloud
    11/12/89
  - S 7: Ep 6 McCloud Meets Dracula
    4/17/77
  - S 7: Ep 5 London Bridges
    3/6/77
  - S 7: Ep 4 The Moscow Connection
    1/23/77
  - S 7: Ep 3 The Great Taxicab Stampede
    1/16/77
  - + 41 More Credits
- Call to Glory
  Gen. Mike Hampton
  - S 1: Ep 22 The JFK Years (2)
    6/30/85
  - S 1: Ep 21 The JFK Years (1)
    6/30/85
  - S 1: Ep 20 Just in Time
    2/12/85
  - S 1: Ep 19 Fathers and Sons
    1/29/85
  - S 1: Ep 18 Images
    1/22/85
  - + 19 More Credits
Recurring Role (9)

Role
- Alias Smith and Jones
  Harry Briscoe
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Long Chase
    9/16/72
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg
    1/27/72
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Reformation of Harry Briscoe
    11/11/71
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Legacy of Charlie O'Rourke
    4/22/71
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Girl in Boxcar #3
    2/11/71
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Chandler
  - S 4: Ep 30 The Judgment (2)
    8/29/67
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Todd Collison
  - S 3: Ep 2 Middle of a Heat Wave
    9/21/65
- The Nurses (1962)
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 18 A Question of Murder
    1/26/65
- The Nurses (1962)
  Dr. McAllister
  - S 2: Ep 1 No Score
    9/26/63
  - S 1: Ep 32 They are as Lions
    6/6/63
  - S 1: Ep 9 Two Black Candles
    11/22/62
- The Nurses (1962)
  Dr. Kevin McAllister
  - S 1: Ep 24 A Question of Mercy
    3/21/63
- The Defenders (1961)
  District Attorney
  - S 2: Ep 17 Man Against Himself
    1/12/63
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Voices of Death
    9/15/62
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Attack
    12/9/61
- The Defenders (1961)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 27 The Last Six Months
    3/31/62
- The Defenders (1961)
  Manetto
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Locked Room
    2/10/62
Guest Star (68)

Role
- Law & Order
  Chet Burton
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Secret Sharers
    3/12/91
- The Highwayman
  Cmdr. Briggs
  - S 1: Ep 5 Send in the Clones
    4/8/88
- Murder, She Wrote
  Sheriff McCoy
  - S 3: Ep 3 Unfinished Business
    10/12/86
- Blacke's Magic
  Billy Maddox
  - S 1: Ep 7 Address Unknown
    2/26/86
- Hell Town
  Hapstead
  - S 1: Ep 15 One Ball
    12/25/85
- Murder, She Wrote
  Bill Carmody
  - S 1: Ep 22 Funeral at Fifty-mile
    4/21/85
- Remington Steele
  Kevin Masters/"Le Renard"
  - S 2: Ep 21 Hounded Steele
    5/15/84
- The Master
  Jason Hunter
  - S 1: Ep 11 Failure To Communicate
    5/4/84
- Matt Houston
  Albert Perone
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Ghost of Carter Gault
    10/28/83
- The Fall Guy
  David Charles
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Chameleon
    4/6/83
- Remington Steele
  Elliot Walsh
  - S 1: Ep 18 Steele in the News
    3/4/83
- Fantasy Island
  Dutch Schultz
  - S 6: Ep 15 Return to the Cotton Club / No Friends Like Old Friends
    2/26/83
- Disneyland
  Deranian
  - S 28: Ep 19 Beyond Witch Mountain
    2/20/82
- The Fall Guy
  Jed
  - S 1: Ep 14 Soldiers of Misfortune
    2/10/82
- B.J. and the Bear
  Gorley
  - S 2: Ep 3 Cain's Cruiser
    10/13/79
- Sword of Justice
  Frank Blaine
  - S 1: Ep 0 A Double Life
    9/10/78
- The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  Jason Fox
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (1)
    10/2/77
- The Hardy Boys Mysteries
  Jason Fox
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom
    10/2/77
- Cannon
  Lt. Kelly Redfield
  - S 1: Ep 0 Cannon (2)
    3/26/71
  - S 1: Ep 0 Cannon (1)
    3/26/71
- The Virginian
  Roy
  - S 9: Ep 13 Hannah
    12/30/70
- The Name of the Game
  Sam Walker
  - S 3: Ep 2 A Love To Remember
    9/25/70
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Pontius Pilate
  - S 19: Ep 4 Neither Are We Enemies
    3/13/70
- McCloud
  Peter B. Clifford
- The F.B.I.
  Cliff Wyant
  - S 5: Ep 18 Conspiracy of Corruption
    1/11/70
- Gunsmoke
  Jake MacGraw
  - S 15: Ep 12 MacGraw
    12/8/69
- Bonanza
  Colonel Jim Hudson
  - S 10: Ep 29 The Fence
    4/27/69
- The Mod Squad
  Van Marney
  - S 1: Ep 20 A Reign of Guns
    2/25/69
- The F.B.I.
  John Graham Evans
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Runaways
    10/13/68
- Lancer
  Morgan Price
  - S 1: Ep 2 Blood Rock
    10/1/68
- The Invaders
  Peter Kalter
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Organization
    1/30/68
- The Iron Horse
  Victor Lamphier
  - S 2: Ep 17 Dry Run To Glory
    1/6/68
- Cimarron Strip
  Bo
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Deputy
    12/21/67
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
  Pat Bridges
  - S 1: Ep 14 Find a Sonnett, Kill a Sonnett
    12/8/67
- The F.B.I.
  Robert Dewey
  - S 2: Ep 24 Flight Plan
    3/5/67
- Mission: Impossible
  Miklos Klaar
  - S 1: Ep 23 Action!
    3/4/67
- The Invaders
  Sheriff Ben Holman
  - S 1: Ep 1 Beachhead
    1/10/67
- Shane
  Reno
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Day the Wolf Laughed
    11/19/66
- The F.B.I.
  Mark Tabor
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake
    3/6/66
- A Man Called Shenandoah
  Jason Brewster
  - S 1: Ep 21 End of a Legend
    2/7/66
- Trials of O'Brien
  Polo Romaine
  - S 1: Ep 17 A Horse Called Destiny
    1/21/66
- Seaway
  Captain
  - S 1: Ep 11 Mutiny
    12/16/65
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Flory
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Night of the Deadly Bed
    9/24/65
- Twelve O'Clock High
  General Creighton
  - S 2: Ep 2 R/X for a Sick Bird
    9/20/65
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
  Falk
  - S 1: Ep 31 The Condemned
    4/12/65
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Dr. Webb
  - S 2: Ep 21 Memorandum For A Spy [2]
    4/9/65
  - S 2: Ep 20 Memorandum For A Spy [1]
    4/2/65
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Joe Brisson
  - S 3: Ep 23 Completely Foolproof
    3/29/65
- The Defenders (1961)
  Assistant District Attorney Ashley
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Unwritten Law
    2/4/65
- Rawhide
  Austin Ware
  - S 7: Ep 14 The Book
    1/8/65
- Profiles in Courage
  Sam Houston
  - S 1: Ep 5 Sam Houston
    12/13/64
- The Rogues
  Paul Mannix
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Boston Money Party
    12/6/64
- Gunsmoke
  Pike Beachum
  - S 10: Ep 10 Big Man, Big Target
    11/28/64
- Rawhide
  Jack Rose
  - S 7: Ep 3 Piney
    10/9/64
- The Defenders (1961)
  District Attorney
  - S 4: Ep 3 Hero of the People
    10/8/64
  - S 3: Ep 21 Drink Like a Lady
    2/29/64
- Camera Three
  Morris
  - S 9: Ep 36 The Blood Knot [Part II]
    6/14/64
  - S 9: Ep 35 The Blood Knot [Part I]
    6/7/64
- East Side/West Side
  Sam
  - S 1: Ep 16 One Drink at a Time
    1/27/64
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Paul Carrington
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Candidate
    12/6/63
- The Great Adventure
  Clarence King
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Great Diamond
    11/8/63
- Stoney Burke
  Mark Vickers
  - S 1: Ep 26 Weapons Man
    4/8/63
- Combat!
  Ted Slocum
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Quiet Warrior
    3/26/63
- The Untouchables
  Al Remp
  - S 4: Ep 21 The Man In The Cooler
    3/5/63
- The Untouchables
  Joe Lassiter
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Cooker In The Sky
    10/2/62
- Naked City
  Tom Keary
  - S 2: Ep 26 C3H5(NO3)3
    5/10/61
- The Play of the Week
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 26 A Cool Wind Over the Living
    3/27/61
- The Play of the Week
  George
  - S 2: Ep 14 A Clearing in the Woods
    1/2/61
- The United States Steel Hour
  Captain Tom Bryn
  - S 8: Ep 9 Operation Northstar
    12/28/60
- The United States Steel Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 8: Ep 8 Shame the Devil
    12/14/60
- Omnibus
  Andrew Jackson
  - S 8: Ep 1 He Shall Have Power
    11/13/60
- The Play of the Week
  Poins
  - S 2: Ep 1 Henry IV
    9/26/60

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