Jan Merlin

Acting

Jan Merlin

Born April 3, 1925 · New York City, New York, USA

Died September 20, 2019 · aged 94

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.

Known For

Take the Money and RunTake the Money and Run · 1969
Take the Money and Run
★ 7.11969
MovieComedyCrime
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood StoryA Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story · 1992
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
★ 7.31992
MovieDramaTV Movie
A teenage mother is forced to give up her baby for adoption and, 19 years later, when she tries to contact her son, she learns that he died, under questionable circumstances when he was three years old.
The HindenburgThe Hindenburg · 1975
The Hindenburg
★ 6.31975
MovieHistoryThriller
Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
Buried AliveBuried Alive · 1990
Buried Alive
★ 6.71990
MovieThrillerCrime
A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish toxins backfires in surprising ways.
The St. Valentine's Day MassacreThe St. Valentine's Day Massacre · 1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
★ 6.31967
MovieHistoryCrime
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.
The Twilight PeopleThe Twilight People · 1972
The Twilight People
★ 4.61972
MovieScience FictionHorror
A kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human creations.
Guns of DiabloGuns of Diablo · 1964
Guns of Diablo
★ 5.41964
MovieRomanceWestern
14-year-old Kurt Russell plays Jamie, an orphaned boy heading westward with a wagon train. Charles Bronson is a wagon scout Linc Murdock, who runs into difficulties when he meets old flame Maria, who is now married to corrupt lawman Rance Macklin. The jealous Macklin has Murdock arrested, but Maria frees him, permitting Murdock and Jamie to embark on a new adventure involving a "lost" gold mine. Edited from TV series, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Flight to NowhereFlight to Nowhere · 1946
Flight to Nowhere
★ 5.11946
MovieMystery
A couple on board a plane find themselves mixed up in a plot to steal atomic secrets.

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Mission: ImpossibleMission: Impossible · 1966
Mission: Impossible
★ 7.61966
SeriesAction & AdventureCrime
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.

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