DAVID BRIAN BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
David Brian was born August 5, 1914 in New York City. He entered show business with a music routine in vaudeville, taking a break to join the Coast Guard during the war. After, he turned to acting on the New York stage. In 1949 he was persuaded by Joan Crawford to try film acting, and consequently moved to Hollywood to do so. In the same year, he was given a contract with Warner Brothers. His feature debut was in "Flamingo Road" (1949), in which he played a politician obsessed with Crawford's carnival girl character. In the same year, he also married actress Lorna Gray, his second wife.
Next he starred in the twice Golden Globe nominated "Intruder in the Dust" (1949) - with one of the nominations belonging to him for Best Supporting Actor. It was followed by a lead in the Oscar nominated Bette Davis feature "Beyond the Forest" (1949). Brian performed opposite Crawford in his next, "The Damned Don't Cry" (1950), about a New York socialite who climbs the ladder of success man by man until she finds herself in a very compromising situation with some rich gangsters, the head honcho being Brian. Yet again he appeared alongside the actress for "This Woman is Dangerous" (1952), although this time she played the gangster.
For the remaining duration of the decade, the actor portrayed an assortment of cowboys in various big-screen westerners. The most notable include his characters Austin McCool in Gary Cooper's "Springfield Rifle" (1952), Ken Childs in John Wayne's "The High and Mighty" (1954), and Dick Braden in Rory Calhoun's "Dawn at Socorro" (1954).
Throughout the 1950's and 1960's Brian was also active in television. He made appearances in shows ranging from comedic to dramatic - about forty different series in all. In 1954 he starred as District Attorney Paul Garrett in his courtroom drama "Mr. District Attorney", reprising a role he had formerly held on radio. Other shows include the drama "Rawhide" (1959-61), comedy "I Dream of Jeannie" (1965-70), sci-fi "Star Trek" (1966-69), and western "Gunsmoke" (1955-75).
David Brian passed away at the age of seventy on July 5, 1993 in Sherman Oaks, California, due to cancer and heart failure. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in the category of television and motion pictures.
Filmography
1983 Father's Day
1975 Archer
1973 Police Story
1973 Hec Ramsey
1972 Search
1972 Mission: Impossible
1972 The Manhunter
1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1971 The Seven Minutes
1970 The Immortal
1969 The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1969 The Name of the Game
1969 Childish Things
1968 Mannix
1968 Cimarron Strip
1968 Star Trek
1968 The Destructors
1967 Hondo
1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 Castle of Evil
1966 Iron Horse
1966 Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1966 Branded
1966 Honey West
1965 I Dream of Jeannie
1965 Laredo
1965 Profiles in Courage
1964 Daniel Boone
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 Death Valley Days
1963 The Dakotas
1963 Laramie
1962 How the West Was Won
1962 Target: The Corruptors
1961 Pocketful of Miracles
1961 Cain's Hundred
1960 The Untouchables
1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1959 Rawhide
1959 Alcoa Theatre
1959 The Rabbit Trap
1958 Ghost of the China Sea
1958 Target
1956 Crossroads
1956 Accused of Murder
1956 The White Squaw
1956 The First Traveling Saleslady
1956 No Place to Hide
1956 Fury at Gunsight Pass
1956 Celebrity Playhouse
1955 Timberjack
1954 Dawn at Socorro
1954 The High and the Mighty
1954 The Ford Television Theatre
1954 Mr. District Attorney
1954 G.E. True Theater
1953 Schlitz Playhouse
1953 The Revlon Mirror Theater
1953 Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
1953 A Perilous Journey
1952 Million Dollar Mermaid
1952 Springfield Rifle
1952 This Woman Is Dangerous
1951 Fort Worth
1951 Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951 Inside Straight
1950 Breakthrough
1950 The Great Jewel Robber
1950 The Damned Don't Cry
1949 Beyond the Forest
1949 Intruder in the Dust
1949 Flamingo Road
1935 'G' Men
