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| 1 | He was most widely known to be a social butterfly. |
| 2 | Knew Linda Evans when she was only 18. |
| 3 | On Dynasty (1981), his character was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in real-life, he was born near Philadelphia, in a New Jersey borough of Penns Grove. |
| 4 | His first wife, Parker McCormick, died in 1980, at age 62. |
| 5 | Longtime friends of: Barbara Stanwyck, Dick Van Patten, Richard Anderson, Jane Wyatt and Vito Scotti. |
| 6 | At least nine actors named him as their favorite actor: Billy Dee Williams, Richard Hatch, Rock Hudson, John Saxon, Pat Crowley, Carole Cook, Barbara Stanwyck, Charlton Heston and Kerry Armstrong, all nine worked with him on Dynasty (1981). |
| 7 | He was an avid fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers. |
| 8 | He was a movie buff. |
| 9 | Had a knee replacement (2000). |
| 10 | Was a very popular student at Abraham Lincoln High School. He was occasionally at the top of his class. |
| 11 | When he was younger, he favorite president was Warren Harding. |
| 12 | Met Cloris Leachman on an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), where the two became lifelong friends, for 55 years, from 1955 until Forsythe's own death in 2010. |
| 13 | His first stage role was in New York. |
| 14 | When he was younger, he was interested in sports. |
| 15 | In 1962, Forsythe was one of the actors to have ruled the ranks of other sitcom male lead stars, such as Andy Griffith, Danny Thomas, Alan Young, Robert Young, Fred MacMurray, Buddy Ebsen and Ernest Borgnine. |
| 16 | Marla Gibbs's daughter, Angela Elayne Gibbs, was going to work with him. |
| 17 | When John was young, he wanted to become a sportswriter. |
| 18 | It was Ronald Reagan's (who used to be married to Jane Wyman) idea for Noreen Corcoran, to play Forsythe's niece on Bachelor Father (1957). Forsythe liked her, and she got the role. |
| 19 | Long lives ran in his family. |
| 20 | He was involved in the writing of the scripts of Dynasty (1981). |
| 21 | As a Board of Director of the Hollywood Race Track, he was also responsible for washing cars. |
| 22 | When Forsythe wanted to become an actor, he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan, New York, where the school had acting classes, free of charge. |
| 23 | Moved from New York City, New York to Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, in 1957. |
| 24 | His character on Bachelor Father (1957), was based on two well-known Beverly Hills bachelors at the time. Forsythe combined their names and used it for his own in the program. |
| 25 | John's father, Samuel Jeremiah Freund, was born in New York, to Polish Jewish immigrants. John's mother, Mary Materson (Blohm), was born in Pennsylvania, to David Hyat Blohm, a Russian Jewish immigrant, and to Mary S. Materson, who was born in Maryland, to Jewish immigrants from Prussia. |
| 26 | His second wife, Julie Warren, was born in Detroit, Michigan. |
| 27 | Attended Elizabeth Taylor's 60th birthday on February 27, 1992. |
| 28 | Began his television series Dynasty (1981) at age 63. |
| 29 | Acting ran in his family. |
| 30 | He was a devoted environmentalist. |
| 31 | Had played tennis with Steve Kanaly. |
| 32 | His first wife, Parker McCormick, and his second wife, Julie Warren, were both actresses. |
| 33 | Had appeared on the front cover of TV Guide six times. |
| 34 | Acting mentor and friends with Noreen Corcoran, Heather Locklear and Linda Evans. |
| 35 | Created the character of Blake Carrington on Dynasty (1981). Occasionally written as an underhanded J.R. Ewing-esque cad, but Forsythe saw his character as a good guy, and would occasionally encouraged the writers that he was playing the lead, not the villain. |
| 36 | Forsythe's lines for an entire episode of Charlie's Angels (1976) would be recorded in a sound studio in a matter of minutes, after which he would have lunch in the network's commissary and then head for the track. |
| 37 | Moved from Penn's Grove, New Jersey to Brooklyn, New York City in 1929 with his family, when young John was only 11, prior to the Great Depression. |
| 38 | Had played Cloris Leachman's son in The Powers That Be (1992), in real-life, Forsythe was 8 years Leachman's senior. |
| 39 | After being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, he underwent surgery. His surgery was so successful that he was discharged from the hospital, whose cancer was considered to be in remission [2006]. |
| 40 | Following his death, he was interred at Oak Hill Cemetary in Santa Barbara, California. |
| 41 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6549 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. |
| 42 | After he provided his voice in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), he retired from acting at age 85. |
| 43 | Immediately following the death of his second wife, Julie Warren, in 1994, ex-Dynasty (1981) co-star, Linda Evans lived in Forsythe's guest house for a couple of days. |
| 44 | He and Aaron Spelling were close friends from 1976. |
| 45 | Was also friends with Jane Wyman. Coincidentally, Forsythe starred on Dynasty (1981), before Wyman starred on Falcon Crest (1981), in the same year. |
| 46 | Had met future Dynasty (1981) co-star, Linda Evans, and her family, when she was only 15 years old. At the time, she guest-starred alongside Forsythe on an episode of Bachelor Father (1957). |
| 47 | Was raised in the same city as Leona Helmsley, who in turn attended the same high school as Forsythe. |
| 48 | John Forsythe was deceased on April 1, 2010. His third wife, Nicole Carter, died on May 11, 2010, just five weeks after he died. |
| 49 | His ex-Charlie's Angels (1976) co-star, Cheryl Ladd, was also his next-door neighbor and longtime friend. |
| 50 | He died only six days before his Dynasty (1981) co-star Christopher Cazenove. |
| 51 | Attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, but left after three years to be an announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York. |
| 52 | He was an original member of the Actors Studio in New York City. |
| 53 | Based his Dynasty (1981) character Blake Carrington on MCA Chairman Lew Wasserman. |
| 54 | Survived by six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. |
| 55 | Had starred in the original 1953 hit Broadway production of "The Teahouse of the August Moon". |
| 56 | Had appeared in a stage production of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons", directed by Elia Kazan. |
| 57 | Had played baseball in both high school and college. He dropped out of college in his junior year and took parts on radio soap operas. |
| 58 | Spokesman/sponsor of the World Wildlife Fund, supported the American Cancer Society and the United Nations Association. |
| 59 | Although his greatest success came on television and his film credits are comparatively skimpy, he nonetheless appeared in two films each by major directors: Alfred Hitchcock in The Trouble with Harry (1955) and Topaz (1969) and Richard Brooks in In Cold Blood (1967) and The Happy Ending (1969). |
| 60 | He loved sports, since he was a child. As a child, he was a baseball fanatic. |
| 61 | When he starred in Bachelor Father (1957), he moved his family from New York to California. |
| 62 | Was a celebrity spokesperson for Michelob Beer in the late 1970s. |
| 63 | Buck Jones and Ken Maynard were said to be his idols. |
| 64 | His father worked as a ditch digger in a cemetery during the Great Depression. |
| 65 | As a little boy, he was a huge fan of the radio series "Amos and Andy", and would listen to the show avidly. |
| 66 | Became an actor against the wishes of his father. Did not become an actor until he was 30. |
| 67 | His father worked with the Dupont Company and was a New York City stockbroker. His mother was a housewife. |
| 68 | As an acting teacher, he taught up-and-coming actors Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Julie Harris and Patricia Neal at the same school. He even taught his future Dynasty (1981) co-star Joan Collins acting when she was just a teenager. |
| 69 | Attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a part-scholarship, where he majored in English Literature. His minor was history. |
| 70 | Had successfully underwent quadruple bypass surgery, after developing heart problems [1979]. |
| 71 | His daughters, Page Forsythe and Brooke Forsythe, were both huge fans of The Beatles and Blood Sweat & Tears. |
| 72 | Before he was a successful actor, he once worked as a waiter in the same restaurant with Kirk Douglas. |
| 73 | Is a national officer of the American Cancer Society since the early 1970s. |
| 74 | Turned down the lead role on Trapper John, M.D. (1979), which went to Pernell Roberts. |
| 75 | His two siblings smoked a lot, which eventually led to the cancer that took over their lives. |
| 76 | After starring in the movie The Trouble with Harry (1955), he went through a lot of trouble finding starring roles in high-budget box office films, hence, he worked in television. |
| 77 | His third wife, Nicole Carter, is 22 years his junior. |
| 78 | Met third wife, Nicole Carter, at the Breeders' Cup races. |
| 79 | Sold his costly stable of thoroughbreds in 2004. |
| 80 | Though he was not part of the Charlie's Angels (1976) cast, he was the only actor to have a voice role in every episode of the series. |
| 81 | Was the only actor to appear in all 220 episodes of Dynasty (1981). |
| 82 | Is the oldest of three children of Samuel Jeremiah and Blanche Materson Freund. |
| 83 | Before he was a successful actor, he worked as a baseball announcer and a drama teacher. |
| 84 | His Dynasty (1981), co-star, Linda Evans, would also guest-star alongside him on the same episode of The Love Boat (1977), in 1983. |
| 85 | Long before Joan Collins would co-star opposite him on Dynasty (1981), she was one of his drama students. They met in the 1940s. |
| 86 | Had 12 hobbies: traveling, flying, golfing, collects art, thoroughbred racing, playing tennis, riding horses, playing baseball, swimming, dining out, spending time with family and gardening. |
| 87 | Was very good friends with: Jane Wyman, Barbara Stanwyck, Gavin MacLeod, Angie Dickinson, Shirley MacLaine, Charlton Heston, Sammee Tong, Jane Wyatt, David Lowell Rich, Peter Mark Richman, Joan Collins, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Cary Grant, Richard Brooks, J. Michael Riva, Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, Cheryl Ladd, Kate Jackson, Abby Dalton, Ruta Lee, Cloris Leachman, Dick Van Patten, Aaron Spelling, Drew Barrymore, Beverly Garland, Brian Keith, Alfred Hitchcock, Vito Scotti, Robert Conrad, Mickey Rooney and Richard Anderson. |
| 88 | Began his contract career as a bit player for Warner Bros. in 1943. |
| 89 | At age 11, he and his family moved to Brooklyn, New York City. |
| 90 | Underwent quadruple bypass surgery. His operation was so successful that he was able to return to Charlie's Angels (1976) in 1979. |
| 91 | Remained friends with Linda Evans during and after Dynasty (1981). |
| 92 | Has not smoked since 1982, when he quit following his doctor's advice as he was at strong risk of developing emphysema. |
| 93 | Served on the Board of Directors of Hollywood Race Track, from 1972, and was still part of the committee. |
| 94 | Met second wife, Julie Warren, who was a theater companion and a successful actress. |
| 95 | (August 15, 1994) Second wife of 51 years, Julie Warren, died in hospital, after he made the difficult decision to turn off her life-support machine, several weeks after she went into a coma. |
| 96 | Left his movie career for service in World War II. He worked to recover injured soldiers who had developed speech problems. His military service finished before the war ended. |
| 97 | Originally met Kate Jackson at a race track. She would later star in Charlie's Angels (1976). |
| 98 | Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Blake Carrington on Dynasty (1981). |
| 99 | As a teenager, Linda Evans guest-starred in Bachelor Father: A Crush on Bentley (1960) as a girl who develops a crush on his character. Some twenty years later, Linda Evans co-starred with Forsythe on the television series Dynasty (1981) as his wife. |
| 100 | Father of daughters Page Forsythe and Brooke Forsythe with Julie Warren. He also has a son named Dall Forsythe with Parker McCormick. |
| 101 | (October 11, 2006) Diagnosed with colon cancer. |
| 102 | Was not the first choice for the role of Blake Carrington on Dynasty (1981). George Peppard was initially cast as Carrington. However, he quit one week into filming the series premiere due to creative differences with the writers. Forsythe auditioned for and was subsequently cast in the role. |
| 103 | (October 31, 1974) Had appeared in the episode titled "The Golden Blood of the Sun" for "The CBS Radio Mystery Theater". |
| 104 | Signed a $5,000,000 contract deal with the director of Charlie's Angels (2000) and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) to voice the famous voice of Charlie Townsend. |
| 105 | Attended and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York City, New York in 1934. |
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