Jan Merlin
Date of birth: 1925-04-03
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
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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.
Movie Credits
Time Trackers
1989-05-01
When an evil scientist steals his colleague's time machine his colleague's beautiful, brilliant daug
Six Bridges to Cross
1955-01-21
Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967-06-30
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised cr
False Identity
1990-06-08
When Rachel, a radio personality, discovers a Purple Heart at a garage sale she decides to find out
The Hindenburg
1975-12-25
Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the
Illegal
1955-10-09
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find o
The Twilight People
1972-06-01
A kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human
Big House, U.S.A
1955-03-03
A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963-11-06
Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of strangers. Th
Guns of Diablo
1964-10-04
14-year-old Kurt Russell plays Jamie, an orphaned boy heading westward with a wagon train. Charles B
Covenant
1985-08-05
A powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces of e
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
1958-03-30
An outlaw must decide whether to stick his neck out for an innocent man.
A Day of Fury
1956-05-02
Town marshal Alan Burnett life is saved by a stranger he meets on the trail. His rescuer turns out t
Hell Bent for Leather
1960-02-01
When Clay Santell stops in the town of Sutterville after having his horse stolen, he is mistaken by
A Strange Adventure
1956-08-24
A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabi
Screaming Eagles
1956-05-27
A group of young soldiers parachute into France in preparation for D-Day.
Silk 2
1990-08-22
Silk, the smoothest, toughest, and sexiest cop in Honolulu is hot on the trail of ruthless art smugg
The Peacemaker
1956-11-01
A former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the ne
Running Wild
1955-11-11
To get evidence against a crooked garage owner, a rookie cop masquerades as a hard case who wants a
I Escaped from Devil's Island
1973-09-01
In 1916, a group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana
Strategy of Terror
1969-01-01
A reporter and a New York City cop team up to find out who is trying to assassinate a UN leader. Fi
Nowhere to Run
1989-03-01
Rural Texas, 1960 -- An age of good times and innocence, when growing up was supposed to be easy. Si
Take the Money and Run
1969-08-18
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
1992-11-16
A teenage mother is forced to give up her baby for adoption and, 19 years later, when she tries to c
Flight to Nowhere
1946-09-30
A couple on board a plane find themselves mixed up in a plot to steal atomic secrets.
Buried Alive
1990-05-09
A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However
Woman and the Hunter
1957-01-13
When embittered safari guide David Kirby accepts a fateful commission to lead a hunting trip for wea
Aliens From Another Planet
1982-03-10
A senator is sent to inspect a project that can send people into the future or past & decide if it i
The Slams
1973-09-26
Rival prison factions surround a Los Angeles convict who has $1.5 million stashed on the outside.
Permanent Record
1988-04-22
David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very succ