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Home/People/Jan Merlin
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Born
Apr 3, 1925Died: Sep 20, 2019
Lived 94 years
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

30
Movies
12
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Jan Merlin

Acting

Biography
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.
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story poster

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story

as Jury Foreman
1992
Silk 2 poster

Silk 2

as Hancock Gish
1990
False Identity poster

False Identity

as Potter - Pete
1990
Buried Alive poster

Buried Alive

as Attorney
1990
Time Trackers poster

Time Trackers

as Max Barker
1989
Nowhere to Run poster

Nowhere to Run

as Mr. Groker
1989
Permanent Record poster

Permanent Record

Cast
1988
Covenant poster

Covenant

as Karl
1985
Aliens From Another Planet poster

Aliens From Another Planet

as Centauri
1982
The Hindenburg poster

The Hindenburg

as Speck
1975
The Slams poster

The Slams

as Saddler
1973
I Escaped from Devil's Island poster

I Escaped from Devil's Island

as Rosenquist
1973
The Twilight People poster

The Twilight People

as Steinman
1972
Take the Money and Run poster

Take the Money and Run

as Al - Bank Robber
1969
Strategy of Terror poster

Strategy of Terror

as Jon
1969
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre poster

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

as Willie Marks
1967
Guns of Diablo poster

Guns of Diablo

as Rance Macklin
1964
Gunfight at Comanche Creek poster

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

as Nielson
1963
Hell Bent for Leather poster

Hell Bent for Leather

as Travers
1960
Cole Younger, Gunfighter poster

Cole Younger, Gunfighter

as Frank Wittrock
1958