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Thayer David (born David Thayer Hersey; March 4, 1927 – July 17, 1978) was an American film, stage, and television actor. He was best known for his work on the ABC serial Dark Shadows (1966–1971), as Dragon, the Albino ex-Nazi Director of C-2 in The Eiger Sanction (1975) and as the fight promoter Miles Jergens in Rocky (1976).
Thayer David. Actor: Rocky. He was David Thayer Hersey from an upper crust Winchester, Massachusetts family. After secondary school he began attending Harvard University. Along with several students he founded the Brattle Theatre Company in 1946.
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- Medford, Massachusetts, USA
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Jul 20, 1978 · Thayer David, an actor whose resonant voice and imposing bearing won him wide variety of stage and film roles, and who was a co‐founder of the Brattle Theater in Massachusetts, died in New...
Thayer David was an American film, stage, and television actor. He was best known for his work on the ABC serial Dark Shadows (1966–1971), as Dragon, the Albino ex-Nazi Director of C-2 in The Eiger Sanction (1975) and as the fight promoter Miles Jergens in Rocky (1976).
Learn about the life and career of Thayer David, a film and television actor who starred in "Dark Shadows" and "Rocky". Find out his date of birth, birth place, filmography, and cause of death.
- March 4, 1927
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Thayer David was a film and television character actor from the late 1950s through the late '70s. A veteran of the Broadway stage before launching into television on various theater programs, David may have lacked something in appearance, but he compensated with his voice.
Thayer David was a character actor who appeared in films like Journey to the Center of the Earth, Rocky, and The Eiger Sanction, and TV shows like Dark Shadows and Columbo. He died of a heart attack at 51 in 1978, after starring in the TV movie pilot Nero Wolfe.
