John Forsythe

JOHN FORSYTHE d2010. American stage, film actor, producer and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades. His acting career began in films in 1943. He signed up with Warner Bros aged 25 as a minor contract player. He then starred in The Captive City (1952). He also enjoyed a long successful television career, starring in three television series in three genres : as the single playboy father Bentley Gregg in the sitcom Bachelor Father (1957–1962) / as the unseen millionaire Charles Townsend in the crime drama Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)—a role he reprised in the 2000 and 2003 film adaptations and most famously as Blake Carrington in Dynasty (1981–1989)