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Troy Donahue

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Mostly Credited As:

Troy Donahue

Birth Name:

Merle Johnson Jr.

Date Of Birth:

January 27, 1936 (Age 65)

Country Of Birth:

USA

Birth Place:

New York, New York

Date Of Death:

September 02, 2001

Cause Of Death:

Heart Attack (in Santa Monica, California)

Height:

6' 3" (1.9 m)

Spouse
Vicky Taylor	Mar/03/1979 - 1981	(divorced)
Valerie Allen	1966 - 1968	(divorced)
Suzanne Pleshette	Jan/04/1964 - Sep/08/1964	(divorced)
Alma Sharp	- Present	(divorced)

Troy Donahue was a journalism major at Columbia University when he decided to try his hand at acting. When Tab Hunter grew discontented with his Warner Bros. contract and bought it back from the studio, Warners signed Troy Donahue to replace him. Donahue did a couple of TV movies that aired on NBC in the late 1960s (Split Second to an Epitaph and The Lonely Profession), and in 1970 he took a role on the CBS daytime drama The Secret Storm.

Drug and alcohol problems proved to be an obstacle for his career. But by the early 1980s, Donahue put an end to his substance abuse and began rebuilding his career, appearing in numerous films.

Troy Donahue TV Appearances

Main cast

Show: SurfSide 6(1960)	As: Sandy Winfield II
Show: Hawaiian Eye(1959)	As: Philip Barton (S04)

Episode Cast Credits

Show: Monsters (1988)
	• Micro Minds	02x20: (Mar/04/1990)	As	Dr. Thomas Becker, [Starring Roles]
Show: Matt Houston (1982)
	• Joey's Here	01x10: (Dec/05/1982)	As	William "Willie" Hoyt
Show: Fantasy Island (1977) (1978)
	• The Proxy Billionaire / The Experiment	04x19: (Mar/21/1981)	As	Wallis Jaeger
	• The Appointment / Mr. Tattoo	02x09: (Nov/18/1978)	As	Jack Terry
Show: Laverne & Shirley (1976)
	• Studio City	06x03: (Dec/02/1980)	As	Himself
Show: The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978)
	• Dying Declaration	01x10: (Dec/15/1978)	As	Duane
Show: Vega$ (1978)
	• The Games Girls Play	01x02: (Sep/27/1978)	As	Teddy Howard
Show: CHiPs (1977)
	• Peaks and Valleys	02x01: (Sep/16/1978)	As	Bob Niles
Show: The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
	• Mystery of the Avalanche Express	02x19: (Feb/26/1978)	As	Unknown
Show: Ellery Queen (1975)
	• The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario	01x17: (Feb/08/1976)	As	Gilbert Mallory
Show: Ironside (1967)
	• Split Second to an Epitaph (2)	02x03: (Sep/26/1968)	As	Father Dugan
	• Split Second to an Epitaph (1)	02x02: (Sep/26/1968)	As	Father Dugan
Show: The Patty Duke Show (1963)
	• Operation: Tonsils	03x02: (Sep/22/1965)	As	Dr. Morgan, [Special Guest Stars]
Show: American Bandstand (1957)
	• Dick Clark's Celebrity Party	07x12: (Nov/23/1963)	As	Himself
	• AB-1026: Troy Donahue / Connie Stevens / Eddie Rambeau	04x221: (Jul/10/1961)	As	Himself
	• AB-979: Paul Revere and the Raiders	04x174: (May/04/1961)	As	Himself
Show: 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
	• Hot Tamale Caper (2)	03x38: (Jun/02/1961)	As	Sandy Winfield
	• Hot Tamale Caper (1)	03x37: (May/26/1961)	As	Sandy Winfield
	• Condor's Lair	02x20: (Feb/12/1960)	As	Star Bright
Show: The Alaskans (1959)
	• Heart Of Gold	01x30: (May/01/1960)	As	Ted Andrews
Show: Bronco (1958)
	• The Devil's Spawn	02x06: (Dec/01/1959)	As	Bart Donner
	• Backfire	01x15: (Apr/07/1959)	As	Roy Parrott
Show: Colt .45 (1957)
	• The Hothead	03x05: (Nov/01/1959)	As	Jim Gibson
Show: Sugarfoot (1957)
	• The Wild Bunch	03x02: (Sep/29/1959)	As	Ken Savage
Show: Maverick (1957)
	• Pappy	03x01: (Sep/13/1959)	As	Dan Jamison
Show: Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)
	• The Rawhide Kid	03x26: (Mar/16/1959)	As	Smith
Show: Wagon Train (1957)
	• The Hunter Malloy Story	02x16: (Jan/21/1959)	As	Ted Garner
Show: Rawhide (1959)
	• Incident at Alabaster Plain	01x02: (Jan/16/1959)	As	Buzz Travis