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James Franciscus

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Biography

Excerpts of this Bio taken from 1964 Motion Picture Magazine in which he talks to Claire Harris about his life.. James Franciscus, second son…more

Born

1/31/1934, Clayton, Missouri

Died

7/8/1991

Birth Name

James Grover Franciscus

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (6)

Role
- Hunter
  James Hunter
  - S 1: Ep 9 Yesterday, Upon the Stair
    5/27/77
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Costa Rican Connection
    4/22/77
  - S 1: Ep 7 The K Group (Part 2)
    4/15/77
  - S 1: Ep 6 The K Group (Part 1)
    4/8/77
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    3/18/77
  - + 4 More Credits
- Doc Elliot
  Benjamin Elliot
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Pharmacist
    5/1/74
  - S 1: Ep 13 Things That Might Have Been
    4/3/74
  - S 1: Ep 12 Survival
    3/27/74
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Gold Mine
    3/13/74
  - S 1: Ep 10 A Time to Grow
    3/6/74
  - + 9 More Credits
- Longstreet
  Mike Longstreet
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Sound of Money Talking
    3/2/72
  - S 1: Ep 22 Through Shattering Glass
    2/24/72
  - S 1: Ep 21 Field of Honor
    2/17/72
  - S 1: Ep 20 Sad Songs and Other Conversations
    2/10/72
  - S 1: Ep 19 Anatomy of a Mayday
    2/3/72
  - + 19 More Credits
- Mr. Novak
  John Novak
  - S 2: Ep 30 Once a Clown
    4/27/65
  - S 2: Ep 29 And Then I Wrote
    4/20/65
  - S 2: Ep 28 The Firebrand
    4/13/65
  - S 2: Ep 27 There's a Penguin in my Garden
    4/6/65
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Student Who Never Was
    3/30/65
  - + 55 More Credits
- The Investigators (1961)
  Russ Andrews
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Dead End Man
    12/28/61
  - S 1: Ep 12 Something for Charity
    12/21/61
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Mind's Own Fire
    12/14/61
  - S 1: Ep 10 Panic Wagon
    12/7/61
  - S 1: Ep 9 Death Leaves a Tip
    11/30/61
  - + 8 More Credits
- Naked City
  Det. Jim Halloran (1958-1959)
  - S 1: Ep 39 A Wood of Thorns
    6/23/59
  - S 1: Ep 38 The Canvas Bullet
    6/16/59
  - S 1: Ep 37 Saw My Baby There
    6/9/59
  - S 1: Ep 36 The Scorpion Sting
    6/2/59
  - S 1: Ep 35 The Bloodhounds
    5/26/59
  - + 34 More Credits
Guest Star (36)

Role
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 129 March 21, 1980
    3/21/80
  - S 18: Ep 52 November 14, 1979
    11/14/79
  - S 17: Ep 24 Week of October 23, 1978
    10/23/78
  - S 12: Ep 38 October 17, 1973
    10/17/73
- Celebrity Tennis
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 36 June 27, 1975
    6/27/75
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 101 February 4, 1975
    2/4/75
  - S 11: Ep 174 May 14, 1974
    5/14/74
  - S 11: Ep 27 October 9, 1973
    10/9/73
  - S 10: Ep 98 February 13, 1973
    2/13/73
  - S 10: Ep 40 November 10, 1972
    11/10/72
  - + 2 More Credits
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 45 December 31, 1974
    12/31/74
- Ghost Story
  Paul
  - S 1: Ep 4 At the Cradle Foot
    9/29/72
- Insight
  Guest Star
  - S 12: Ep 18 The Man From Inner Space
    1/1/72
- Longstreet
  Mike Longstreet
- The Virginia Graham Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 34 Jul y 28, 1970
    7/28/70
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 87 December 30, 1969
    12/30/69
  - S 4: Ep 67 December 21, 1971
    12/21/71
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 44 October 30, 1969
    10/30/69
- The F.B.I.
  Mitchell Flynn
  - S 4: Ep 2 Out of Control
    9/29/68
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 65 June 24-28, 1968
    6/24/68
- Judd for the Defense
  Father William Chitwood
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Devil's Surrogate
    2/23/68
- The F.B.I.
  Charles Burnett
  - S 2: Ep 28 Force of Nature
    4/9/67
- Combat!
  Pvt. Harris
  - S 5: Ep 9 Decision
    11/15/66
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Captain Thomas Carpenter
  - S 2: Ep 27 Cross-Hairs on Death
    3/21/66
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Larry Martin
  - S 2: Ep 23 Escape Into Jeopardy
    5/28/65
- Dr. Kildare
  Stan Fisher
  - S 2: Ep 19 Jail Ward
    2/14/63
- Ben Casey
  John Wickware
  - S 1: Ep 31 So Oft It Chances in Particular Men
    5/21/62
- The Americans
  Lt. Hannon
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Invaders
    3/27/61
- General Electric Theater
  Bill Taylor
  - S 9: Ep 25 Love Is a Lion's Roar
    3/19/61
- The June Allyson Show
  Tom Grover
  - S 2: Ep 16 The Guilty Heart
    1/16/61
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Mr. Ben Kendall
  - S 6: Ep 15 Summer Shade
    1/10/61
- Rawhide
  Andy Nye
  - S 2: Ep 28 Incident of the Murder Steer
    5/13/60
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  William Tyre
  - S 5: Ep 28 Forty Detectives Later
    4/24/60
- Black Saddle
  Quinn Jackson
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Penalty
    4/22/60
- Hennesey
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Annapolis Man
    2/22/60
- Wagon Train
  John Colter
  - S 3: Ep 19 The Benjamin Burns Story
    2/17/60
- The Millionaire
  (Unknown)
  - S 6: Ep 20 Millionaire Margaret Stoneham
    2/3/60
- Father Knows Best
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 11 Turn the Other Cheek
    12/14/59
- The Rifleman
  Philip Simmons
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Legacy
    12/8/59
- The Twilight Zone
  Lieutenant Mueller
  - S 1: Ep 10 Judgment Night
    12/4/59
- Whirlybirds
  Jerry Lambert /Tom Drake
  - S 3: Ep 32 Dead Wrong
    11/9/59
- Studio One
  Johnny
  - S 10: Ep 35 The Strong Man
    6/9/58
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Tom Nelson
  - S 1: Ep 38 Deliver the Body
    6/7/58
- Studio One
  Guest Star
  - S 10: Ep 31 Kurishiki Incident
    5/12/58
  - S 9: Ep 18 A Walk in the Forest
    2/11/57

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- James Franciscus attended Yale University and his classmate was (future talk show host) Dick Cavett.
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- In Jane Fonda's autobiography "My Life So Far" she talks about her first love whom she met during College drama class, and that actor is James Franciscus.
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