John Forsythe was an American actor, producer, narrator, drama teacher, and philanthropist, best known for his TV roles, such as ‘Bentley Gregg’ in the sitcom ‘Bachelor Father’ (1957–1962), ‘Charles Townsend’ in ‘Charlie's Angels’ (1976–1981), and ‘Blake Carrington’ in ‘Dynasty’ (1981–1989). He earned two ‘Golden Globe’ nominations and two ‘Emmy’ nominations for his role in ‘Dynasty.’ In a career spanning over 6 decades, John established himself as a successful TV personality. He made his film debut in an uncredited role in ‘Northern Pursuit’ in 1943. Some of his popular films include ‘The Captive City’ (1952), ‘Madame X’ (1966), ‘The Happy Ending’ (1969),’Scrooged’ (1988), ‘Charlie's Angels’ (2000), and ‘Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle’ (2003). He made his TV debut in a TV film ‘Stage Door’ in 1948. Some of his popular TV shows are ‘To Rome with Love’ (1969-1971), ‘The Colbys’ (1985-1986), and ‘The Powers That Be’ (1992-1993).Â
Based on a novel of the same name, this crime drama film tells the story of two ex-convicts who plan to rob a wealthy family. In order to leave no witnesses, they murder the entire family as well. However, within some time, they face the repercussions of their actions.
Arthur Kirkland is a defense attorney who finds himself in a moral crisis when he is forced to defend a judge accused of rape, whom he thinks may be guilty.
The Trouble With Harry is a comedy mystery film, which tells the story of a dead body of a young man which appear in the residence of a small hamlet. Now locals must not only determine why and how he was killed, but what to do with the body.
RCMP Corporal Wagner captures Nazi leader Colonel Hugo von Keller but comes under suspicion from his own force for seemingly being sympathetic to the German cause. Wagner is discharged from the force but is actually a double agent assigned to find and stop the German saboteurs’ led by Keller.
A bored homemaker walks out of her husband of sixteen years in order to escape her dull and unhappy marriage and travels to Bahamas. There she meets a gigolo, who betrays her when he learns that she is not wealthy. Slowly, she realizes that she cannot buy happiness in this way and returns to find a job and new education opportunity.
Don, a writer for a TV show, has been having an affair with Paula Ranier, an actress who acts in the same show. However, Paula eventually starts blackmailing Don that if she doesn’t receive $ 2,500, she will inform his wife about their relationship. Don agrees to give her the money, but he finds her dead, when he goes to deliver it.
Goodbye & Amen is a thriller film which revolves around a plot to overthrow an African nation’s government by a CIA agent. However, his friend interferes in the country’s politics, which makes his mission difficult.
The mean and nasty television executive, Frank Cross, treats his staff members with disrespect, he is indifferent towards his family, and also, he has lost his beloved, Claire, due to his uncaring nature. But on Christmas Eve, a visit from the ghosts of the Christmas past, present and future, make him appreciate the true Holiday spirit and think about his wrong actions.
Based on a novel of the same name, this spy thriller film revolves around a French intelligence agent who gets entangled in the politics of the Cold War, just before the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Bob and his wife Jane are tired of their hectic life in the middle of New York City. Despite having a successful career, Bob decides to abandon his position of a reporter, and moves with Jane to a little town in California, where he buys the struggling newspaper of the area. However, since their city ways don’t go well with their new neighbors, things get complicated.
After being bored of entertaining the wives of the VIPs, Joan Fisk, the daughter of the American ambassador to France, decides to conduct an experiment by herself.
Joe Martin is a fire fighter in Los Angeles who is assigned by the chief of his department to investigate a suspicious fire in a fur store that may have been set by the owner Thomas Fender himself. It also seems that his predecessor who had investigated the very same fire site was killed. This causes more suspicion to fall on Fender.
Natalie, Dylan and Alex are three 'Angel' femmes fatales who work as private investigators for unseen millionaire Charlie to rescue kidnapped software genius Eric Knox and recover his revolutionary voice-recognition system. The three talented and attractive women, apart from utilizing their sex appeal, also employ various disguises, high-tech equipments, and martial arts to save the day.
In this second movie in Charlie's Angels film series, the three Angels return - this time they are tasked by Charles Townsend to locate a pair of rings that contains the details of every person in FBI’s witness protection programme. Five people on the list have already turned up dead and the Angels must use their every skill to uncover the true culprits.
John Forsythe Awards
| Dynasty | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama | 1984 |
| Dynasty | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama | 1983 |
