James Franciscus
James Franciscus was born in Clayton, Missouri, United States on January 31st, 1934 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 57, James Franciscus biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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James Grover Franciscus (January 31, 1934-1991), an American actor best known for his appearances in feature films and in four television series, including Mr. Novak, The Investigators, and Longstreet.
Personal life
Kathleen "Kitty" Wellman, the daughter of film director William A. Wellman, was married on March 28, 1960. They had four children: Jamie, Kellie, Korie, and Jolie.
Carla Ankney was he married after the couple's divorce in 1980.
They were still married at the time of Franciscus' 1991 death from emphysema in North Hollywood, California, at 57.
Life and career
Franciscus was born in Clayton, Missouri, to Lorraine (née Grover) and John Allen Franciscus, who were killed during World War II when James was nine years old. Franciscus received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and theatre arts from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he was lauded as a scholar of magna cum lauded. He was a classmate of Dick Cavett and Bill Hinnant.
In the half-hour version of ABC's Naked City, Jim Halloran was his first big role. The Franciscus guest appeared on the CBS military comedy-drama Hennesey, starring Jackie Cooper, and on the NBC drama about family conflicts in the American Civil War entitled The Americans. He was soon cast in the 13-week series The Investigators, which aired from October 5 to December 28, 1961, and CBS followed him. Russ Andrews, an insurance detective, appeared as a co-star alongside James Philbrook. In the 1961 episode "The Empty Heart" of CBS anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Franciscus was also cast in the role of Tom Grover. He appeared in numerous film and television series throughout the 1960s and 1970s, preceded by a minor role in "Judgment Night" in 1959, and "Summer Shade" in 1961.
In 1961, he appeared in I Passed for White (1960), and in 1963, he appeared as Mike Norris in the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour. He appeared on Combat!, The F.B.I. He has also appeared on Combat! The White Stallions' Miracle was a miracle. Franciscus may be best known for his appearances in NBC's Mr. Novak (1963–65) and ABC's Longstreet (1971–72), which included his blind character learning martial arts lessons in Jeet Kune Do from Bruce Lee as Li Tsung in four episodes, as well as his vocal appearance in Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973). He appeared on Waterworld, alongside Lloyd Bridges, from 1972 to 1975. He appeared in his fifth television series, the short-lived Hunter, as a shadow agent in 1977.
He appeared in films from the 1960s and 1970s, including Youngblood Hawke, Snow Treasure, The Incredible Doberman, Marooned, Beneath the Apes, When Time Ran Out, The Valley of Gwangi, and The Greek Tycoon. Franciscus discovered film work with Italian cinema over the years. In 1971, he appeared in Dario Argento's second film, The Cat o' Nine Tails. He appeared in Antonio Margheriti's Killer Fish in 1979, and in 1980, he appeared in director Enzo G. Castellari's Jaws-inspired Great White (aka The Last Shark). He stayed in film and television roles. Franciscus went back to writing screenplays and producing when less prominent roles were given. He appeared as an associate producer and screenwriter on the film 29th Street, starring Anthony LaPaglia and Danny Aiello, in 1991, the year of his death; it was his last project.