Inside Life and Tragic Final Years of 'The Fugitive' Star David Janssen

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  • @PeterOHalloran-hf2ho
    @PeterOHalloran-hf2ho 4 місяці тому +10

    Bring back all of those great shows The fugitive been up their with the best of them

  • @robertm.-certifieddaytrade4939
    @robertm.-certifieddaytrade4939 Рік тому +44

    He was AWESOME in the fugitive!!!!
    A MASTERPIECE...

    • @dicksanders8206
      @dicksanders8206 Рік тому +10

      Best show ever on television. They had 3-dimensional characters, dramatic story lines, and great music. I still watch this show today (in 2023). Still my favorite show.

    • @scottmiller6495
      @scottmiller6495 Рік тому +6

      Mine too The Fugitive is still the greatest Drama Television Series of All Time, and it made along with The Outer Limits A B C a powerful major Network!!!!!

    • @Stiffd1
      @Stiffd1 10 місяців тому +2

      I was so surprised to learn he had an ego bigger than mine(!) and tumultuous hissy fits on-set. He was one of the golden legends of the b/w screen. Love him.

    • @adamnoman4658
      @adamnoman4658 9 місяців тому

      No.
      - -

  • @mariaperry8444
    @mariaperry8444 11 місяців тому +24

    He was handsome man love watching the figtive watch it every Sunday at 2am ❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @6Haunted-Days
      @6Haunted-Days 10 місяців тому +1

      Ummm it's on UA-cam for free as in all of it why wait every week for 2am 🤣

    • @karenharris722
      @karenharris722 10 місяців тому +2

      @@6Haunted-Days Why don't you stop pissing everyone off?!!

    • @BrianCarnevaleB26
      @BrianCarnevaleB26 3 місяці тому

      just watched it. woke up after 4 solid hours of sleep.
      what a great show!
      4 packs a smokes day, what was he thinkin? He looked much older than he was.
      Always liked him.
      RIP

  • @marirothbauer5407
    @marirothbauer5407 4 місяці тому +4

    Yes true he was about to do another series when he died.
    He was extremely popular. Never heard a bad word about him. Charisma just oozed from him. Very sad he died so young it has been 44 years
    Hard to believe.
    💙 💘 💙

  • @carriedenison6803
    @carriedenison6803 6 місяців тому +13

    My Mom loved him!! ❤❤❤ He was Great in The Fugitive

    • @carriedenison6803
      @carriedenison6803 6 місяців тому

      I stay up late on Sunday Nights and watch The Fugitive at 1:00 am ❤
      David Jansen was So Handsome ❤ sad he passed away so Young 😥 48 😥

  • @alfredodedarc
    @alfredodedarc 3 місяці тому +3

    He was a human being with all the flaws, weaknesses and strengths we all have.

  • @karenharris722
    @karenharris722 11 місяців тому +13

    I try to watch The Fugitive on Monday mornings (2 a.m.) on MeTV in the Seattle area. Totally awesome show!

    • @6Haunted-Days
      @6Haunted-Days 10 місяців тому

      Ummm it's on UA-cam for free the whole series why wait once a week for a tv 🙄🤣 you old people are funny it didn't occur to you to search for it on UA-cam or Pluto or Tubi?!? All free.

    • @karenharris722
      @karenharris722 10 місяців тому +3

      @@6Haunted-Days Unduly harassed anyone else of late, TWIT?!!

    • @waynepeters6071
      @waynepeters6071 9 місяців тому +2

      @@karenharris722
      Well said

    • @philiphatfield-ev4kj
      @philiphatfield-ev4kj 7 місяців тому +1

      My Dad loved "The Fugitive", but he said that at the end of the final episode, it would have been perfect if a dozen or so law enforcement officers from several states had showed up to arrest Kimble for the various crimes he committed while on the run. The IRS would have been after him as well for all of the fake names that he used to get jobs!

    • @karenharris722
      @karenharris722 7 місяців тому

      @@philiphatfield-ev4kj Well, I guess that's show biz!

  • @malcolmcook7007
    @malcolmcook7007 Рік тому +15

    Great actor with style and class! Great TV OHara!

  • @alpha7ization
    @alpha7ization Рік тому +17

    Just started watching these again on you tube....great acting and scenery ...it reminded me of a simpler time. But yeah the never ending threat of Gerard and Kimbles ability to elude him made the show

  • @eshjane
    @eshjane Рік тому +16

    I always watched this show because he was so handsome ❤.

  • @ruffknight9549
    @ruffknight9549 5 місяців тому +5

    Best show ever.....IMO.

  • @davidlovera2879
    @davidlovera2879 Рік тому +32

    I think he was a great actor in "The Fugitive".. Lots of actors back then smoked or drank alcohol , not realizing that it would eventually catch up with them..He always displayed a calm demeanor in the series, "The Fugitive".. He was a very good actor*.. 💯💖💞👍👌✌️🎥🎬😊⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐✝️🇺🇸

    • @richardparisette7910
      @richardparisette7910 Рік тому +6

      I agree completely. He made every episode interesting. There was something about his
      Looks and voice that
      made him a true star.

    • @ralphshelley9586
      @ralphshelley9586 8 місяців тому +1

      WW2 gi's were given cartons of cigs!

  • @ralphshelley9586
    @ralphshelley9586 11 місяців тому +11

    Watching 1963 season. Great look back on the world at 10.

  • @Stiffd1
    @Stiffd1 10 місяців тому +11

    William Conrad also another legend of the small screen was the familiar v/o to 'The Fugitive' and then later became Fat CANNON.

    • @bailey9r
      @bailey9r 4 місяці тому +1

      Before "The Fugitive" Conrad was the voice of Matt Dillon for nine years on the radio version of "Gunsmoke".

  • @helendurham7156
    @helendurham7156 2 місяці тому +1

    Love Harry-O! Very good acting. Cool and kind of Macho..

  • @mansurazeez2229
    @mansurazeez2229 Рік тому +36

    Lt. Gerard's obsession to capture Dr Richard Kimble made these two characters in the Fugitive series like cat and mouse chase until the end when both Gerard and Kimble caught the one-armed man as the real killer. Good acting by David Jansen (Dr Richard Kimble) and Barry Morse (Lt. Gerard).

    • @michaelgillespie1206
      @michaelgillespie1206 Рік тому +1

      I always thought that show was stupid as hell, that detective would not have had a full time job searching for "The Fugitive", besides, as soon as he left L.A. county, he would have been out of his jurisdiction.

    • @mansurazeez2229
      @mansurazeez2229 Рік тому +3

      @@michaelgillespie1206 it's just a tv series.

    • @DariusSarrafi
      @DariusSarrafi Рік тому +2

      @@michaelgillespie1206 Apparently you haven't been watching shows like Forensic Files. The FBI often gets help from local cops! BTW, Girard was modeled after Inspector Javert of Les Miserables!

    • @thehair1474
      @thehair1474 Рік тому +4

      Who could ever forget the final Fugitive episode, when they finally got the one armed man to confess to the murder, and Gerard gives Kimble the gun. That horrific fight on the top of the amusement park ride, and the climax when Gerard shoots the one armed man dead. OMG, it was a national sensation and the entire country tuned in.

    • @Daniel-sh3os
      @Daniel-sh3os 9 місяців тому +1

      @@michaelgillespie1206 You were really looking for realism in a tv show, especially back then? You must of loved shows like Quincy and Murder She Wrote.

  • @jackeaker9192
    @jackeaker9192 3 місяці тому +1

    Fugitive not only a great show but showed america at a great time.never thought he was acting.always seemed a sad person.but timeless .haunted by Conrad's voice my whole life.

  • @barneyrubbles2485
    @barneyrubbles2485 Рік тому +20

    'The Fugitive' i watched in ireland, it was a great show.

  • @philiphatfield-ev4kj
    @philiphatfield-ev4kj Рік тому +49

    This is crap. This iconic actor was always in demand. Johnny Carson said that he was one of the nicest persons he ever met.

    • @wayneshook6968
      @wayneshook6968 Рік тому +8

      I think l saw the episode where they found the one armed man but l would like to see it again

    • @wayneshook6968
      @wayneshook6968 Рік тому +12

      I am still big fan of The Fugitive

    • @philiphatfield-ev4kj
      @philiphatfield-ev4kj Рік тому

      @@wayneshook6968 I am too, but "Harry O" had the potential to be just as good, but the idiots who ran ABC in the 1970's moved it around so much that it never achieved the ratings it deserved.

    • @6Haunted-Days
      @6Haunted-Days 10 місяців тому

      And? He was mediocre actor and was in demand but starred in crap tv movies of the week and junk....why you acting lien he was some screen legend of movies? 🤣🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @karenharris722
      @karenharris722 10 місяців тому

      @@6Haunted-Days And why are you acting like a GD JERK?!!

  • @loribragg2947
    @loribragg2947 Рік тому +14

    I watched The Fugitive as a kid in the 1960s. I don’t remember much, only that I felt sad for Richard Kimble. I just watched the remake of The Fugitive with Harrison Ford (one of my favorite films) and started thinking about the original tv series. I have to say that Janssen’s work ethic, combined with heavy use of alcohol and cigarettes aged him well past his actual age of 48. But back then, just about everybody smoked and drank in Hollywood. Considering the insane hours he worked, it’s not surprising he found relief in cigarettes and alcohol. Today’s overworked actors either do drugs and alcohol, or go the other route and become health nuts. The latter seems a better choice; they’ll certainly live longer and extend their career as well.

    • @Stiffd1
      @Stiffd1 10 місяців тому +4

      I think it's due to his earlier athletic merits. And boyish, shy on screen presence made him a hit, especially as Kimble. A human torch that burned so brightly and so quickly... x

    • @loribragg2947
      @loribragg2947 10 місяців тому +2

      @@Stiffd1 I think being very shy and working in a field that puts you in the spotlight is a peculiar stress in itself. I know Paul Newman was very introverted and used alcohol just to function normally around cast and crew. When he finally quit drinking (or cut back; I don’t know if he ever fully quit) it was noted that he pretty much stayed in his trailer on set.

    • @karenharris722
      @karenharris722 10 місяців тому +1

      My husband died from smoking. I just never understood this type of addiction!

    • @loribragg2947
      @loribragg2947 10 місяців тому +1

      @@karenharris722 I had a great uncle that was a chain smoker. He got emphysema from it. I had terrible asthma, and from my child’s viewpoint it seemed to me he was perpetually in the throes of an asthma attack. He died when I was about seven years old. He was addicted right up to his death. I never had any desire to smoke because of that.

    • @karenharris722
      @karenharris722 10 місяців тому +1

      @@loribragg2947 I never did either, Lori. I couldn't stand the smell of it let alone smoke myself.

  • @aquillafleetwood4209
    @aquillafleetwood4209 Рік тому +15

    Cigarettes, has sent many to an early grave! Glad I only tried a few in my younger days!
    I liked the Fugitive!

    • @revrotunda3206
      @revrotunda3206 Рік тому +4

      Cigarettes don’t kill everyone at 48 but 4 packs a day is more than excessive. He was reportedly a heavy drinker which will age a person dramatically. He looked 68 instead of 48 before he died.

    • @karenharris722
      @karenharris722 5 місяців тому

      @@revrotunda3206 My husband smoked for forty years, and it killed him too. I hate being a widow!

    • @teodinu883
      @teodinu883 4 місяці тому

      Yes, he looked twenty years older. ​@revrotunda3206

  • @MsBackstager
    @MsBackstager Рік тому +24

    I never heard of him being difficult on the set.

    • @shannoncrystal2013
      @shannoncrystal2013 Рік тому +8

      nor did I.

    • @thehair1474
      @thehair1474 Рік тому +11

      @@shannoncrystal2013 nor has anyone.

    • @silverguard8105
      @silverguard8105 Рік тому +8

      He wasn't. He was beloved in Hollywood. Many people he worked with attended his funeral.

    • @MsBackstager
      @MsBackstager Рік тому +6

      @@silverguard8105 Women costars especially loved him.

    • @thehair1474
      @thehair1474 Рік тому +7

      @@MsBackstager ask Angie Dickinson, in particular. ALL his female co-stars loved him.

  • @joanshannon5385
    @joanshannon5385 Рік тому +17

    He was not difficult on set.

  • @johngomez7314
    @johngomez7314 10 місяців тому +9

    Whoever said he was mediocre is mediocre

  • @Marilynlovesebiking
    @Marilynlovesebiking Рік тому +13

    Agree, lots of errors on this video. He was a nice guy and hard worker. He was not difficult on set. Such BS on these stupid videos. I am watching just to see some photos of him.

  • @shaunw9270
    @shaunw9270 Рік тому +3

    I enjoyed The Fugitive and saw most of the b&w episodes on British TV reruns in the 80's. I never saw any of the colour episodes so I still haven't seen the concluding episodes.

    • @petevaldezbc1
      @petevaldezbc1 3 місяці тому

      I converted the season 4 episodes to B&W to keep consistency. It makes the last season hit better. If I watch them on my iPad I just apply the grayscale color filter

  • @PeterOHalloran-hf2ho
    @PeterOHalloran-hf2ho 4 місяці тому +1

    He was great friends with Richard Harris they lived close enough to each other he was one of the greats playing his roll as Dr Richard Kemble lost away to young ❤

  • @marirothbauer5407
    @marirothbauer5407 4 місяці тому +1

    Everyone loved him

  • @teodinu883
    @teodinu883 4 місяці тому +2

    He looks twenty years older. Heavydrinking and chainsmoking took his soul.

    • @frankdenardo8684
      @frankdenardo8684 Місяць тому

      It can do that the cigarettes and alcohol. He often drank hard liquor, usually Burboun.

  • @davedee4382
    @davedee4382 Рік тому +4

    The Fugitive is an American crime drama television series created by Roy Huggins and produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television. It aired on ABC from September 1963 to August 1967.
    O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (on-screen title is O'Hara, United States Treasury) was an American television crime drama starring David Janssen and broadcast by CBS during the 1971-72 television season.
    Harry O, sometimes spelled Harry-O, is an American private detective series that aired for two seasons on ABC from 1974 to 1976. It reran on CBS late night.

  • @linda2073
    @linda2073 10 місяців тому +6

    Suzanne Pleshett said he was the love of her life.

  • @roquefortfiles
    @roquefortfiles 4 місяці тому +2

    The guy was all of 48 when he died. He looked 68.

    • @frankdenardo8684
      @frankdenardo8684 Місяць тому

      The cigarettes and the consumption of alcohol can do it.

  • @travels129
    @travels129 4 місяці тому

    Was very popular suited that role

  • @leondraw1766
    @leondraw1766 Рік тому +6

    He had some gigantic ears lol.

    • @Marilynlovesebiking
      @Marilynlovesebiking Рік тому +3

      Yes. But he refused to do plastic surgery for them. He stated that people’s features are what made them stand out.

    • @revrotunda3206
      @revrotunda3206 Рік тому +3

      @@Marilynlovesebiking
      And he eventually had his hair styled to obscure his ears

    • @patsvideos4471
      @patsvideos4471 Рік тому +3

      There was nothing wrong with his ears

  • @allisonmcsurely1987
    @allisonmcsurely1987 Рік тому +11

    Good grief, this is messed up. So many errors, including wrong photos. Does no one fact check or edit anymore?

    • @bigbootyhunta
      @bigbootyhunta 9 місяців тому

      Suzanne Pleshette was gorgeous!

    • @markwood3389
      @markwood3389 4 місяці тому

      I blew soda out my nose when I saw that picture of Christopher Plummer at 2:05. 🤣

  • @davedee4382
    @davedee4382 Рік тому +3

    Are you sure? Wasn’t Harry O on CBS? Charlie’s on ABC?

    • @dicksanders8206
      @dicksanders8206 Рік тому +1

      The Fugitive was on CBS. Harry O on ABC. Harry O was canceled too soon. Probably because of the annoying Lt Trench, and also that crappy sports car they gave Harry to drive. Mannix got a good car. Details make a difference. Jannsen was a good actor.

    • @WendyQallab
      @WendyQallab Рік тому +2

      He looked far too old for his age. He was a great actor.

    • @davedee4382
      @davedee4382 Рік тому +3

      @@dicksanders8206 no. Now I watched the Fugitive when it originally aired. It was on ABC.

    • @dicksanders8206
      @dicksanders8206 Рік тому

      Yes, on Harry O, he did. That was a result of drinking and smoking, which killed hiim before age 50. Sad. @@WendyQallab

    • @dicksanders8206
      @dicksanders8206 Рік тому

      You're right, it was on ABC. I was in high school then so only caught episodes here and there. Great to see it as a mature adult. Such a good show.@@davedee4382

  • @alfredodedarc
    @alfredodedarc 3 місяці тому

    They tried a reboot. Much more difficult to pull off even in 2005 with all the ways people could be located even then.

  • @RaveDave871
    @RaveDave871 10 місяців тому +4

    Woke Hollywood overlooked him for awards n honors for not bein one of them eg his role in John Wayne's Green Berets

    • @markwood3389
      @markwood3389 4 місяці тому

      Woke Hollywood 🤣Someone's been watching too much right-wing media. It's not all about politics, dude. He wasn't gonna win an Oscar for Green Berets. 🤣

  • @joanshannon5385
    @joanshannon5385 Рік тому +3

    It was his first wife not the second.

  • @kevinmadden1645
    @kevinmadden1645 Рік тому +6

    Is there any truth to rhe rumor that Jansen was the illegitimate son of Clark Gable?

    • @rockyracoon3233
      @rockyracoon3233 11 місяців тому

      I heard a similar story about Pernell Robert's being the illegitimate son of Henry Fonda.

    • @clugul
      @clugul 4 місяці тому

      Gable wasn’t David’s father.

    • @kevinmadden1645
      @kevinmadden1645 4 місяці тому

      @@rockyracoon3233 That would explain why he was a kooky liberal .

    • @kevinmadden1645
      @kevinmadden1645 4 місяці тому

      @@clugul Maybe not but there is a resemblance,especially those jug ears.

  • @Farhad-q7i
    @Farhad-q7i 9 місяців тому +1

    How could he appear on the screen "during the 1980s" if he died in 1980?

    • @kathyherbinger3682
      @kathyherbinger3682 7 місяців тому

      Exactly. David Jansen showed the realness of people during his time when other shows were so phony. A true Hollywood icon during the 60's and 70's, who touched many people with his authenticity when most of Hollywood was just fake.

  • @jamesnini8475
    @jamesnini8475 Місяць тому

    What tragic. In the title, click bait. Just to pull you in.

  • @maryjanemccarthy2907
    @maryjanemccarthy2907 Рік тому +2

    🥰

  • @darrellbutler884
    @darrellbutler884 Рік тому +1

    Why did he seem to hate himself?

    • @rdesarle
      @rdesarle 11 місяців тому +4

      This story is BS.

  • @davedee4382
    @davedee4382 Рік тому +1

    Dani was gorgeous!!! She had been married to Buddy Grecco.

  • @peterm1826
    @peterm1826 8 місяців тому +1

    Millennial UA-camr. Who didn’t bother to check the facts before uploading garbage.

  • @marirothbauer5407
    @marirothbauer5407 4 місяці тому

    David smoked around 4pktsva day
    😱 that would mill anyone.

  • @tychosnova2896
    @tychosnova2896 4 місяці тому

    SPOILER ALERT!!!

  • @alrent2992
    @alrent2992 3 місяці тому +1

    Anybody smoking 4 packs a day and dies can not come as a shock. Those people were ignorant!

    • @Nanmoses2023
      @Nanmoses2023 2 місяці тому

      We all are ignorant, in many ways.

  • @6Haunted-Days
    @6Haunted-Days 10 місяців тому +2

    CHRIST he was only 49!? He looked 70! Hell he looked 49 in the Fuigitive series! LMFAO no way he was like 30?!? When it started? What TF. He was a mediocre actor I mean come on 🤣

    • @bigbootyhunta
      @bigbootyhunta 9 місяців тому

      I always thought he looked in his 40's and not in his 30's when The Fugitive aired. I really liked Harry-O also.

  • @mlevi9206
    @mlevi9206 7 місяців тому

    Clark’s son

    • @clugul
      @clugul 4 місяці тому +1

      Nope