John Forsythe is an American actor who is best known for his role in television shows such as Climax!, The John Forsythe Show, Tail Gunner Joe, Dynasty, and Charlie's Angels. He has been highly awarded for both his acting talent and his voice talent and is considered by some a living legend.
Early Life:
John Lincoln Freund was born on January 29th 1981 to a Wall Street business man; Samuel Jeremiah Freund. His mother's name was Blanche Materson and she was a stay at home mom who keep the family together during the Great Depression of 1930s when business was not that good for his father. John was always a bright kid at the age of sixteen he graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School and went to attend the University of North Carolina. Despite his father's objections he decided to pursue a career in acting, and this turned out to be a very good decision.
TV Career:
After getting into the film industry it did not take long for John's career to pick up; first he landed small roles in shows such as Kraft Television Theater, Starlight Theater, and Lights Out. But after only a few short years he career was well on the way. He landed his first big role when he was featured in five episodes of the show Suspense. On this show he played the character David and when his days on the show were over people started to recognize what a great actor he really was. But things did not always go the way he wanted; during World War II he had to take a break from his career to enlist in the Army Air Corps. After spending his time defending his country his acting career was back on tract. One of his biggest –yet little known- roles was as the voice of Charles Townsend in the hit TV show Charlie's Angles. Because the character was not shown this role went uncredited to make sure that nobody would know how Charles looked. Just after Charlie's Angels ended John landed the role which most people remember him for; he played the part of Blake Carrington in 217 episode of the TV show Dynasty and is the only actor to appear in every episode of this show.
Other achievements:
John was such a great actor that he won two Golden Globe awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Drama for his work on Dynasty. In addition he won two TV Land Awards for Favorite Heard-But-Not-Seen Character for the voice work he did on Charlie's Angels. When you count up all his awards you will reach a grand total of 8 awards, 13 nominations, and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This star is located at 6549 Hollywood Blvd. so if you are ever in the area go check it out. All things considered I say that John Forsythe was one of the best actors ever to live, if you want to argue about that I'll just let his awards do the talking.
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