Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Dr. Richard Kimble in The Fugitive.

A close friend of Richard Harris, who was so upset by Janssen`s death that he sat outside a cathedral in New York for hours in the snow upon hearing the news.

Was close friends with Stuart Whitman.

Mother, Berniece Janssen.

As a contract player at Universal-International in the 1950s, he attended Universal`s acting classes with a fellow Universal contractee, Clint Eastwood. The two became friends, and Eastwood is still friends with Janssen`s widow, Dani.

His last role was in the film Inchon (1981). When the film was edited for general release, his entire part was deleted.

Brother of Teri Janssen and Jill Janssen.

Twisted his right knee in 1948 while pole vaulting for reporters from the Hollywood Citizen News.

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, only about a block away from the Chinese Theater. When it was placed there, it was in front of David`s favorite ice cream shops as a child. The star dedication was on his mother`s birthday.

His mother and both of his sisters appeared as extras in "The Fugitive" (1963).

Born at 10:00am-CST.

Spouse: Dani Crayne (4 October 1975 - 13 February 1980) (his death); Ellie Graham (23 August 1958 - 25 August 1970) (divorced)

Born in Naponee, Nebraska, USA