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David Brian (August 5, 1914 – July 15, 1993) was a film actor.

This New York City-born leading man began his acting career on stage in musicals as a dancer.

Brian was signed by Warner Bros. in 1949 and appeared in such films as The Damned Don't Cry! and Flamingo Road with Joan Crawford, and Beyond the Forest with Bette Davis. He also had a role in the John Wayne movie The High and the Mighty of 1954 as Ken Childs.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Brian was very active in television with guest roles in dozens of shows ranging from dramatic to comedic, from Rawhide to I Dream of Jeannie. In the mid-1950s, he was the lead actor in the TV show Mr. District Attorney.

He died at the age of 78 of heart disease and cancer in Sherman Oaks, California in 1993.

Filmography

Movies

• Flamingo Road (1949)
• Beyond the Forest (1949)
• Intruder in the Dust (1949)
• The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
• Breakthrough (1950)
• Inside Straight (1951)
• Fort Worth (1951)
• Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)
• This Woman is Dangerous (1952)
• Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
• The High and the Mighty (1954)
• Timberjack (1955)
• The First Travelling Saleslady (1956)
• The Rabbit Trap (1959)
• A Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
• How the West was Won (1962)
• The Rare Breed (1968)
• The Destructors (1969)
• The Seven Minutes (1971)

Television

• Mr District Attorney (1954 - 1955)
• The Immortal (1970)
• Star Trek: The Original Series in episode: Patterns of Force

External links

• David Brian at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• David Brian at the Internet Movie Database
• David Brian at Allmovie