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John McGiver

John McGiver

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 Jordan in the original film version of The Manchurian Candidate. He also appeared on many TV shows and commercials, including a Baggies spot in the 1960s, as well as the first of a popular series of commercials for the American Express charge card ("Do you know me?").

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Movies Starring John McGiver (37)

The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly gang of sh ...

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'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)

When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind. ...

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Mame (1974)

The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifes ...

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Arnold (1973)

Karen marries Arnold at his funeral and continues to get his money as long as she stays by his coffin. Meanwhile, various oddball relatives after Arnold's wealth are being killed in a creative variety of ways. ...

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The Great Man's Whiskers (1972)

A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard. ...

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Harvey (1972)

Elwood P. Dowd's constant companion is Harvey, a six-foot tall invisible rabbit. To his sister, his obsession with Harvey has been a thorn in her plans to marry off her daughter. However, when she decides to put Elwood in a mental institution, a mix-up occ ...

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Lawman (1971)

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives ther ...

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Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971)

An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, he must find out who killed a visiting preacher. ...

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The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971)

A dedicated women's libber and a male chauvinist cop become roommates. ...

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The Littlest Angel (1969)

Adapted from the book by Charles Tazewell. Michael, a shepherd boy living in Biblical times, finds himself transported to Heaven on his eighth birthday. Michael doesn't fully understand where he is, or why he's there. A guardian angel named Patience is giv ...

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Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida. ...

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Fitzwilly (1967)

When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, leads the household staff to rob from various businesses by charging goods to various wealthy people and ...

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The Spirit Is Willing (1967)

When Ben and Kate Powell rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve gets blamed for the destruction caused by three unruly ghosts. ...

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The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

Bruce, the owner of an aerospace company, is infatuated with Jennifer and hires her to be his biographer so that he can be near her and win her affections. Is she actually a Russian spy trying to obtain aerospace secrets? ...

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Made in Paris (1966)

A pretty fashion buyer visiting Paris on business is courted by a famous designer. Boris Sagal's 1966 romantic comedy stars Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna, Chad Everett, Edie Adams, John McGiver, Reta Shaw and Count Basie. ...

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Marriage on the Rocks (1965)

Ad-agency president Dan Edwards goes to Mexico to celebrate his nineteenth wedding anniversary and winds up getting divorced by mistake, whereupon his wife Valerie marries his best friend Ernie Brewer by mistake. ...

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Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)

Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger ...

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A Global Affair (1964)

Bob Hope becomes surrogate father to a baby found abandoned at the United Nations. Director Jack Arnold's 1964 comedy also stars Yvonne De Carlo, Robert Sterling, John McGiver and Lilo Pulver. ...

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Who's Minding the Store? (1963)

Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store dynasty. Mrs. Tuttle, Barbara's mother, is determined to split the two lovers, and hires Norman in an atte ...

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Take Her, She's Mine (1963)

After reluctantly packing up his daughter, Mollie, and sending her away to study art at a Paris college, Frank Michaelson gives new meaning to the term "concerned parent." Reading Mollie's letters describing her counter-culture experiences and beatnik frie ...

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Johnny Cool (1963)

A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S. ...

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My Six Loves (1963)

A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property. ...

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Who's Got the Action? (1962)

A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money. ...

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Period of Adjustment (1962)

A newlywed couple on their honeymoon visit friends who are having marital problems of their own. ...

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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, ...

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Big Deal in Laredo (1962)

A timid man with money problems gets into a big card game with some high-rollers. ...

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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns out to be ugly and broken down. Daughter Katey, embarrassed by her braces, refuses to go to the beach, as ...

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Something's Got to Give (1962)

Something's Got to Give (1962) was an unfinished film starring Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, and Cyd Charisse, intended as a remake of My Favorite Wife. Production was plagued by Monroe's frequent absences due to illness, leading to her firing and rehiring, ...

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Bachelor in Paradise (1961)

A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct. ...

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Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way. ...

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Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961)

Two platonic college friends spend a weekend away together. One is romanced by a member of the coast guard. ...

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The Gazebo (1959)

TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there. ...

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Once Upon a Horse... (1958)

Two zany cowboys steal a herd of cattle only to discover it costs more to feed them than they are worth. ...

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I Married a Woman (1958)

Advertising executive Marshall Briggs finds his work in conflict with his love-life with fashion model Janice Blake. ...

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Love in the Afternoon (1957)

A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with a client's wife. ...

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The Man in the Raincoat (1957)

In the absence of his wife, a clarinet player is induced by a friend to meet a call girl, but arrived after a crime. Perceived by some people leaving the scene of the crime covered by his raincoat, he became the only suspect for the police. His only hope i ...

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The Stingiest Man in Town (1956)

This is a musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Ebenezer Scrooge is given a chance to reform and save his soul. He is visited by 4 ghosts and is shown visions of his past life and the consequences of his life on others. ...

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