John Mcgiver - Turner Classic Movies

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The son of Irish immigrants, John McGiver was a notable character actor who made over a hundred appearances in both film and television. He got his start working in commercials in the 1960s, and appeared in the first in a popular series of "Do you know me?" ads for American Express. A large man with a thick New York City accent, McGiver was a versatile actor who could play everything fro...

Filmography

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The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

The Great Man's Whiskers (1973)

Tom Sawyer (1973)

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Midnight Cowboy (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Everybody's Talkin'

Glass Bottom Boat, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Hunting For Mermaids

Biography

The son of Irish immigrants, John McGiver was a notable character actor who made over a hundred appearances in both film and television. He got his start working in commercials in the 1960s, and appeared in the first in a popular series of "Do you know me?" ads for American Express. A large man with a thick New York City accent, McGiver was a versatile actor who could play everything from a kindly salesman in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to an ill-fated politician in the 1962 film version of "The Manchurian Candidate." His most notable role, however, came in 1969's Academy Award-winner for Best Picture, "Midnight Cowboy," in which he stood out as the fanatical religious nut, Mr. O'Daniel. His last major role came in 1971 as the recurring character Dr. Luther Quince on the NBC sitcom "The Jimmy Stewart Show," which lasted for a single season. McGiver lived with his wife, Ruth, and 10 children in West Fulton, New York, until his sudden death from a heart attack at the age of 61 in 1975.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

The Great Man's Whiskers (1973)

Tom Sawyer (1973)

Mayor Sam Bolden

The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971)

Warren Sorenson

Sam Hill: Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Fitzwilly (1967)

The Spirit Is Willing (1967)

Made in Paris (1966)

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

Marriage on the Rocks (1965)

A Global Affair (1964)

Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)

William Cadwalader

Johnny Cool (1963)

My Six Loves (1963)

Take Her, She's Mine (1963)

Who's Minding the Store? (1963)

Who's Got the Action? (1962)

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Sen. Thomas Jordon

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

Period of Adjustment (1962)

Stewart P. McGill

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Tiffany's salesman

Bachelor in Paradise (1961)

Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961)

The Gazebo (1960)

I Married a Woman (1958)

Once Upon a Horse... (1958)

Love in the Afternoon (1957)

The Man in the Raincoat (1957)

Cast (Special)

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001)

Mirror, Mirror, Off the Wall (1969)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)

Life Events

Photo Collections

The Apple Dumpling Gang - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Disney's The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Midnight Cowboy (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Everybody's Talkin' From director John Schlesinger, from Waldo Salt’s screenplay and the James Leo Herlihy novel, the captivating opening, shot on location in Big Spring, Texas, introducing Jon Voight as Joe Buck, and Fred Neil’s song performed by Harry Nilsson, in the 1969 Best Picture winner, Midnight Cowboy, also starring Dustin Hoffman.

Glass Bottom Boat, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Hunting For Mermaids Opening vignette clarifies the title, Arthur Godfrey as tour-boat operator Axel, Doris Day his daughter in costume as a part time helper, and Rod Taylor as a recreational fisherman, in The Glass Bottom Boat, 1966, directed by Jerry Lewis-comedy veteran Frank Tashlin.

Fitzwilly (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Among The Godless! Title character Dick Van Dyke, at a New York society bar, demonstrating a basic betting scam, then conspiring with fellow domestic staffers (Sam Waterston, John McGiver) to keep their broke mistress afloat, in Delbert Mann's Ftizwilly, 1967.

Mame (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Open A New Window Early in their acquaintance, Lucille Ball the title character and Kirby Furlong as Patrick Dennis, her nephew and new ward, in a portion of director Gene Saks’ elaborate staging of one of composer Jerry Herman’s better known numbers from the hit Broadway musical, Mame, 1974.

Love In The Afternoon (1957) -- (Movie Clip) What Happened To Lincoln Teenage cellist Ariane (Audrey Hepburn) eavesdropping as her Paris detective father (Maurice Chevalier) manages his resolute American client (John McGiver), followed by talk of Flanagan (Gary Cooper), in Billy Wilder's Love In The Afternoon, 1957.

Love In The Afternoon (1957) -- (Movie Clip) My Foolish Husband? Do-gooding Paris teenager Ariane (Audrey Hepburn) enters from the ledge to warn playboy Flanagan (Gary Cooper) and paramour (Lise Bourdin) that her husband (John McGiver) is coming with a gun, in Billy Wilder's Love In The Afternoon, 1957.

Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) That Communist Tart! Brain-washed former Korean War POW Raymond (Laurence Harvey), now under friendly investigation by his colleague Marco (Frank Sinatra), recalls a summer with Josie (Leslie Parrish), her senator father (John McGiver), and his mother (Angela Lansbury) ruining it, in The Manchurian Candidate, 1962.

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