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Thayer David (1927–1978)

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He was David Thayer Hersey from an upper crust Medford, Massachusetts family. After secondary school he began attending Harvard University. Along with several students he founded the Brattle Theatre Company in 1946. After working closely on Brattle with fellow Harvard graduates and his father,Thayer Frye Hersey, David took the stage name Thayer David in honor of his father... See full bio »

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David Thayer Hersey
in Medford, Massachusetts, USA

Died:

(age 51) in New York City, New York, USA
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1979 Nero Wolfe (TV movie)
Nero Wolfe
 
1978 House Calls
Phil Pogostin
 
1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
– The Strange Fate of Flight 608 (1977)
 
1977 The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)
Edward Byron
– Pilot (1977) … Edward Byron
 
1977 Washington: Behind Closed Doors (TV mini-series)
Elmer Morse
– Part 5 (1977) … Elmer Morse
– Part 4 (1977) … Elmer Morse
– Part 3 (1977) … Elmer Morse
 
1977 Sudden Death
 
1977 The Amazing Howard Hughes (TV movie)
Floyd Odlum
 
1977 The Rhinemann Exchange (TV mini-series)
Industrialist
 
1977 Fun with Dick and Jane
Deacon
 
1977 Roots (TV mini-series)
Harlan
– Episode #1.6 (1977) … Harlan
– Part Five (1977) … Harlan
 
1976 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Doyle Weston
– Double Exposure (1976) … Doyle Weston
 
1976 Rocky
George Jergens
 
1976 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Ron Meeker
– Target: Angels (1976) … Ron Meeker
 
1976 Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (TV movie)
Nikita Khrushchev
 
1976 Switch (TV series)
Paul Berryman
– The Twelfth Commandment (1976) … Paul Berryman
 
1976 The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
Josiah Widdicombe (Mormon patriarch)
 
1976 Columbo (TV series)
Magic Shop Owner
– Now You See Him (1976) … Magic Shop Owner
 
1976 Petrocelli (TV series)
MacIver
– The Night Visitor (1976) … MacIver
 
1976 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
George Felton
– Omaha Tiger (1976) … George Felton
 
1976 Peeper
Frank Prendergast
 
1975 Kojak (TV series)
Mr. B / Tyrone
– Secret Snow, Deadly Snow (1975) … Mr. B
– Acts of Desperate Men (1975) … Tyrone
 
1975 Hearts of the West
Bank Manager
 
1975 Harry O (TV series)
Peter MacNamara
– Shades (1975) … Peter MacNamara
 
1975 The Invisible Man (TV series)
Jack Pierson
– Eyes Only (1975) … Jack Pierson
 
1975 Ellery Queen (TV series)
Marcus Halliday
– The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne (1975) … Marcus Halliday (uncredited)
 
1975 The Eiger Sanction
Dragon
 
1975 Fore Play
General
 
1975 The Secret Night Caller (TV movie)
Mr. Henry
 
1975 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Carl Birrell
– Say Goodbye to Jennifer (1975) … Carl Birrell
 
1974 The Missiles of October (TV movie)
Narrator (uncredited)
 
1973 The Werewolf of Washington
Inspector
 
1973 Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Minister Pollard
 
1973 Save the Tiger
Charlie Robbins
 
1972 The Stoolie
Lattimore
 
1972 Savages
Otto Nurder, a Capitalist
 
1971 Night of Dark Shadows
Rev. Strack
 
1966-1971 Dark Shadows (TV series)
Professor Timothy Stokes / Ben Stokes / Count Petofi / …
– Episode #1.1245 (1971) … Ben Stokes
– Episode #1.1230 (1971) … Ben Stokes
– Episode #1.1198 (1971) … Professor Timothy Stokes
– Episode #1.1187 (1971) … Professor Timothy Stokes
– Episode #1.1184 (1971) … Mordecai Grimes
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1970 Little Big Man
Rev. Silas Pendrake
 
1970 House of Dark Shadows
Professor T. Eliot Stokes
 
1969 Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon (TV movie)
Seth Blakely
 
1967-1969 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Cortez / Hannibal Egloff
– The Night of the Spanish Curse (1969) … Cortez
– The Night of the Samurai (1967) … Hannibal Egloff
 
1967 The Crucible (TV movie)
 
1966 Lamp at Midnight (TV movie)
Magini
 
1965 The Trials of O'Brien (TV series)
Regis Thurlow
– Leave It to Me (1965) … Regis Thurlow
 
1962-1963 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Mr. Fenwick
– The Health Fraud (1963) … Mr. Fenwick
– Smash Up (1962)
 
1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Gerald Wolters
– The Forgery (1962) … Gerald Wolters
 
1960 Family Classics: The Three Musketeers (TV movie)
Monsieur de Treville
 
1960 The Story of Ruth
Hedak
 
1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth
Count Saknussem
 
1959 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Dr. Fenton
– The Fallen Idol (1959) … Dr. Fenton
– Billy Budd (1959)
 
1958 Wolf Larsen
Mugridge
 
1958 A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Oscar Binding
 
1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– The Canterville Ghost (1958)
 
1958 Suspicion (TV series)
Turko
– The Eye of Truth (1958) … Turko
 
1957 Baby Face Nelson
Connelly
 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Prosser
– Dual Control (1957) … Prosser
 
1957 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Andre Girard
– The Bottle Imp (1957) … Andre Girard
 
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1991 Dark Shadows: Behind the Scenes (video)
Professor Stokes
 

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(1956) He acted in George Bernard Shaw's play, "Saint Joan", at the Phoenix Theatre in New York City in a Cambridge Drama Festival Production with Siobhan McKenna, Kent Smith, Ian Keith, Earle Hyman, Frederic Tozere, Michael Wager, Earl Montgomery, Dickie Moore, Dennis Patrick and Peter Falk... See more »
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