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Jan Merlin

Cast & creator

Jan Merlin

1925-04-03 (died at 94) New York City, New York, USAIMDb

Best known for Perry Mason, Bonanza, The Fugitive

Character actor, screenwriter, and author. He had recurring roles on Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1951-54) and The Rough Riders (1958-59). Merlin won a Daytime Emmy for writing Another World.

Movies

30

film credits

Series

16

television credits

Career

46

1946–1992 · acting roles

Credit score

6.4

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Tony Davis · 1957

Bonanza

Bonanza

Bill Enders · 1959

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Jan Karac · 1963

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Captain Danko · 1966

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Leon · 1966

Across film & television

Filmography (46)

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Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Tony Davis

Bonanza

Bonanza

Bill Enders

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Jan Karac

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Captain Danko

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Leon

The A-Team

The A-Team

Colonel Donald Davis

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Fred Colby

Baretta

Baretta

Slater

The Invaders

The Invaders

Post

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Angel Galley

Switch

Switch

Bradner

The Time Tunnel

The Time Tunnel

Centauri

12 O'Clock High

12 O'Clock High

Colonel Grulov

Frontier

Frontier

Clay Chandler

Jericho

Jericho

Lt. Karl Linck

The Rough Riders

The Rough Riders

The Hindenburg

The Hindenburg

Speck

Take the Money and Run

Take the Money and Run

Al - Bank Robber

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Willie Marks

Buried Alive

Buried Alive

Attorney

Six Bridges to Cross

Six Bridges to Cross

Andy Norris

Hell Bent for Leather

Hell Bent for Leather

Travers

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

Nielson

Silk 2

Silk 2

Hancock Gish

Covenant

Covenant

Karl

Guns of Diablo

Guns of Diablo

Rance Macklin

The Twilight People

The Twilight People

Steinman

Permanent Record

Permanent Record

Big House, U.S.A

Big House, U.S.A

Tommy (uncredited)

Woman and the Hunter

Woman and the Hunter

Robert Gifford

I Escaped from Devil's Island

I Escaped from Devil's Island

Rosenquist

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story

Jury Foreman

A Day of Fury

A Day of Fury

Billy Brand

Illegal

Illegal

Andy Garth

Time Trackers

Time Trackers

Max Barker

False Identity

False Identity

Potter - Pete

Running Wild

Running Wild

Scotty Cluett

Aliens From Another Planet

Aliens From Another Planet

Centauri

Screaming Eagles

Screaming Eagles

Lt. Pauling

Nowhere to Run

Nowhere to Run

Mr. Groker

The Slams

The Slams

Saddler

Cole Younger, Gunfighter

Cole Younger, Gunfighter

Frank Wittrock

Flight to Nowhere

Flight to Nowhere

(Unconfirmed) Hotel Bellboy

The Peacemaker

The Peacemaker

Viggo Tomlin

A Strange Adventure

A Strange Adventure

Al Kutner

Strategy of Terror

Strategy of Terror

Jon