John Lincoln Freund was born on 29th January 1918, in Penns Grove, New Jersey USA, of Russian and Prussian-Jewish (mother) and Polish-Jewish (father) immigrants descent. As John Forsythe, he was a Golden Globe Award-winning actor, producer, drama teacher, as well as a philanthropist, best known for his role as Blake Carrington in the cult series “Dynasty” (1981-1989). Forsythe also played in “Bachelor Father” from 1957 to 1962, “Charlie’s Angels” (1976-1981), and “Scrooged” (1988). His career started in 194 and ended in 2006. He passed away in 2010.
Have you ever wondered how rich John Forsythe was at the time of his death? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Forsythe’s net worth was as high as $5 million, earned largely through his successful acting career.
John Forsythe Net Worth $5 Million
John Forsythe was the eldest of three children of Blanche Materson and Samuel Jeremiah Freund, and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where he went to Abraham Lincoln High School. Then he studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and before serving in the US Army Air Corps, he started his acting career in Delmer Daves’ Oscar-nominated movie “Destination Tokyo” (1943) starring Cary Grant and John Garfield.
From 1949 to 1955, Forsythe played in ten episodes of “Studio One in Hollywood”, and then in such movies as “The Captive City” (1952) and “Escape from Fort Bravo” (1953) alongside William Holden and Eleanor Parker. In 1955, John starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s Golden Globe Award-winning “The Trouble with Harry” with Shirley MacLaine, while from 1957 to 1962, he played Bentley Gregg in 157 episodes of “Bachelor Father”, which increased his net worth significantly. From 1965 to 1966 Forsythe worked in “The John Forsythe Show”, and then had roles in such movies as “Madame X” (1966), and in Richard Brooks’ Oscar-nominated “In Cold Blood” (1967) with Robert Blake and Scott Wilson. In 1969, John teamed up with Brooks again in his Oscar-nominated film “The Happy Ending” starring Jean Simmons and Shirley Jones, and played Michael Endicott in 48 episodes of “To Rome with Love” (1969-1971). His net worth was rising steadily.
From the early ‘70s, Forsythe mostly worked on television and had roles in such TV movies as George Schaefer’s Golden Globe Award-nominated “Amelia Earhart” (1976) and Jud Taylor’s Primetime Emmy Award-winning “Tail Gunner Joe” (1977) with Peter Boyle. From 1976 to 1981, he played Charles Townsend in 109 episodes of Golden Globe Award-nominated series “Charlie’s Angels”, and then in 1979 John appeared alongside Al Pacino in Norman Jewison’s Oscar-nominated “…and justice for all.” In 1980, Forsythe had a part in Michael O’Herlihy’s Primetime Emmy Award-nominated “A Time for Miracles” starring Kate Mulgrew, while from 1981 to 1989, John played Blake Carrington in 217 episodes of a Golden Globe Award-winning series “Dynasty”, for which he personally received two Golden Globes as well. The show’s international popularity and success helped him to increase his net worth significantly.
Forsythe ended the ‘80s with a role in Richard Donner’s Oscar-nominated “Scrooged” (1988) starring Bill Murray, while from 1992 to 1993, he played Sen. William Franklin Powers in 21 episodes of “The Powers That Be”. John’s later parts were in “Charlie’s Angels” (2000) alongside Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, and Cameron Diaz, and in “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” (2003), for which he received $5 million.
Regarding his personal life, John Forsythe was married to Parker McCormick from 1939 to 1943 and had one child with her. From 1943 John was married to Julie Warren until she died in 1994, and had two children with her, while in 2002, he married Nicole Carter and was with her until his death. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2006, and died from pneumonia on the 1st April 2010, in Santa Ynez, California, USA
