John McGiver

Actor Nov 5 (died age 61) New York City, New York, USA 1953–1976 (23 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Irwin McGiver (November 5, 1913 – September 9, 1975) was a character actor who made more than a hundred appearances in television and motion pictures over a two-decade span from 1955 to 1975. The owl-faced, portly actor with the mid-Atlantic accent was known for his performances as the religious fanatic Mr. O'Daniel in the film Midnight Cowboy; as the kindly Tiffany's salesman in Breakfast at Tiffany's; and as the ill-fated, but honorable Senator Jord…

Known For

Film

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Tiffany's Salesman

Film

Midnight Cowboy

Mr. O'Daniel

Film

The Manchurian Candidate

Sen. Thomas Jordan

Film

Love in the Afternoon

Monsieur X

Film

Man's Favorite Sport?

William Cadwalader

Film

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Leonard Sharpe

Film

Lawman

Sabbath Mayor Sam Bolden

Film

Who's Minding the Store?

John P. Tuttle

Filmography

Acting (59)

Movies (39)

Tom Sawyer

1976

as Judge Thatcher

5.2

The Apple Dumpling Gang

as Leonard Sharpe

Mame

as Mr. Babcock

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

as Mayor (voice)

Arnold

as Governor

Harvey

as Dr. William R. Chumley

6.8

The Great Man's Whiskers

1972

as Andrew Hogan

Lawman

1971

as Sabbath Mayor Sam Bolden

6.5

The Feminist and the Fuzz

1971

as Warren Sorensen

4.5

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

1971

as Judge Hathaway

8.0

Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall

1969

as Brock

Midnight Cowboy

1969

as Mr. O'Daniel

7.5

The Littlest Angel

1969

as Angel of the Peace

5.3

Fitzwilly

1967

as Albert

6.0

The Spirit Is Willing

1967

as Uncle George

5.4

The Glass Bottom Boat

as Ralph Goodwin

Made in Paris

as Roger Barclay

Marriage on the Rocks

1965

as Shad Nathan

5.6

Man's Favorite Sport?

1964

as William Cadwalader

A Global Affair

as Mr. Snifter

Johnny Cool

as Oscar B. 'Oby' Hinds

5.1

Who's Minding the Store?

as John P. Tuttle

Take Her, She's Mine

as Hector G. Ivor

My Six Loves

as Judge Harris

Big Deal in Laredo

as C.P. Ballinger

The Manchurian Candidate

1962

as Sen. Thomas Jordan

7.5

Period of Adjustment

1962

as Stewart P. McGill

5.8

Something's Got to Give

1962

as Judge

7.7

Who's Got the Action?

1962

as Judge Fogel

5.2

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

1962

as Martin Turner

6.4

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

as Tiffany's Salesman

7.6

Bachelor in Paradise

1961

as Austin Palfrey

6.3

Love in a Goldfish Bowl

as Dr. Frawley

The Gazebo

as Sam Thorpe

I Married a Woman

as Girard

Once Upon a Horse...

as Mr. Tharp

Love in the Afternoon

1957

as Monsieur X

7.0

The Man in the Raincoat

1957

as O'Brien

6.4

The Stingiest Man in Town

1956

as Two Gentlemen

3.5

Television (20)

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

7.0

The Jimmy Stewart Show

as Dr. Luther Quince

Love, American Style

as Tom

Mr. Terrific

as B. J. Reed

I Dream of Jeannie

as Wilfred

Honey West

as Mr. Brillig

Bewitched

Gilligan's Island

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Mr. Mozart

The Rogues

as Horatio T. White

Many Happy Returns

The Fugitive

as Jake Devlin

The Patty Duke Show

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Justin Addison

The Lucy Show

as Mr. Irwin

Ensign O'Toole

as Arthur Ainsley

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as Collins

The Twilight Zone

as Shannon

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Harold George Goames

7.8

The United States Steel Hour

1953

6.2