John McGiver
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New York City, New York
Portly, tight-jawed John McGiver had intended to become a professional actor upon graduating from Catholic University in Washington D.C., but he became an English teacher at New York's Christopher Columbus High School instead. One day in the mid-1950s, McGiver bumped into one of his old Catholic University classmates, who'd become an off-Broadway producer; the star of the producer's newest play had just walked out, and would McGiver be interested in taking his place? This little favor led to a 20-year career in TV and films for the balding, bookish McGiver. He was featured in such films as Love in the Afternoon (1957), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and Mame (1974). McGiver's funniest screen portrayal was the thick-eared landscaper in The Gazebo (1959), who insisted upon referring to the title object as a "GAZE-bow". In 1964, John McGiver starred as Walter Burnley, supervisor of a department store complaint department, on the weekly TV sitcom Many Happy Returns.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
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— | 2011 |
56% | The Apple Dumpling Gang |
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— | 1975 |
33% | Mame |
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— | 1974 |
71% | 'Twas the Night Before Christmas |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Arnold |
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— | 1973 |
63% | Lawman |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | The Littlest Angel |
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— | 1969 |
88% | Midnight Cowboy |
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— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | Fitzwilly |
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— | 1967 |
No Score Yet | The Spirit Is Willing |
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— | 1967 |
57% | The Glass Bottom Boat |
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— | 1966 |
No Score Yet | Made in Paris |
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— | 1966 |
No Score Yet | Marriage on the Rocks |
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— | 1965 |
No Score Yet | A Global Affair |
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— | 1964 |
64% | Man's Favorite Sport? |
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— | 1964 |
40% | Who's Minding the Store? |
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— | 1963 |
No Score Yet | Take Her, She's Mine |
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— | 1963 |
40% | Johnny Cool |
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— | 1963 |
No Score Yet | Who's Got the Action? |
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— | 1963 |
No Score Yet | My Six Loves |
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— | 1963 |
71% | Period of Adjustment |
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— | 1962 |
97% | The Manchurian Candidate |
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— | 1962 |
80% | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation |
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— | 1962 |
No Score Yet | Bachelor in Paradise |
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— | 1961 |
89% | Breakfast at Tiffany's |
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— | 1961 |
No Score Yet | The Gazebo |
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— | 1959 |
No Score Yet | I Married a Woman |
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— | 1958 |
88% | Love in the Afternoon |
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— | 1957 |
No Score Yet | Man in the Raincoat |
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— | 1957 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Bewitched
1964-1972
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No Score Yet |
The High Chaparral
1967-1971
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No Score Yet |
The Wild Wild West
1965-1969
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100% |
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
1964-1968
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90% |
Gilligan's Island
1964-1967
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No Score Yet |
I Dream of Jeannie
1965-1970
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No Score Yet |
The Fugitive
1963-1967
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No Score Yet |
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961-1966
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No Score Yet |
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-1971
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82% |
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
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No Score Yet |
Bonanza
1959-1973
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No Score Yet |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-1962
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Quotes from John McGiver's Characters
Mr. O'Daniel: | Say, why about you and me get right down on our knees, right now. How's that strike you? |