Stroke of Genius

Credits include: The Descendants, Max Payne, The Good German, The Wizard and The Fabulous Baker Boys

Credits include: The Changeling, Asylum, The Telephone Book, Space: 1999 and Puzzle of a Downfall Child

Son of Greek immigrants. Soldier during World War II. Studied psychology. Worked as journalist for ABC News. The bald-headed actor played character roles, often as sadistic or psychotic types. He became a TV favorite in the 1970s when his role as Det. Theo Kojak in the TV movie The Marcus-Nelson Murders was expanded into the gritty Kojak TV series, lasting from 1973-78.

David Janssen was born to be a TV star. The Janssen family settled in Hollywood when he was a teenager and he attended Fairfax High School, where he developed an interest in acting. His film debut was a bit part in It's a Pleasure (1945), and at the age of 18 signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox. However, the studio dropped him after allegedly becoming disenchanted with his odd hairline and big prominent ears. Janssen had better luck at Universal, where he signed on in the early 1950s and bec

Born into a wealthy family - his father was president of the Pennsylvania Railroad - but he had no desire to go into the family business. He always wanted to be an actor, and to that end got a job managing a radio station. From there he went into vaudeville, then into stage work in both musicals and dramas, gaining a reputation as a solid and reliable stage actor.? A versatile actor, he could play anything from a priest to a senator to a hotel clerk to a gunfighter to a cranky, cantankerous ol

Credits include: The Duel at Silver Creek, The Naked Dawn, Underwater!, Apache Rifles and Walk the Proud Land

Credits include: Nothing But a Man, The Plot Against Harry and Stroke of Genius

Credits include: Human Desire, The Small One, Super Friends, Dragnet and Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show

Credits include: Vertigo, Sabrina, Shane, Caged and Mighty Joe Young

Credits include: Broken Arrow, Blue Sunshine, Knock on Any Door, Shockproof and The Tall Men

Credits include: Kojak, Siege of Terror, Stroke of Genius and Kojak: The Belarus File

Credits include: May God Have Mercy, Panic, Stroke of Genius, The Other Side of the Coin and Streetcar, Do You Read Me?