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John Daheim

Actor

John Daheim

Born June 16, 1916 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USADied September 22, 199170 films

Aka, John Day - he was a stunt man, stunt coordinator, and actor, mostly in smaller roles, though he was the lead in the 1946 B-movie, Detour to Danger.

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Strangers on a Train posterFirst watchStrangers on a Train19517.7as Detective at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Spartacus poster7.5Spartacus196020,000 Leagues Under the Sea poster7.120,000 Leagues Under the Sea1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers poster7.1Seven Brides for Seven Brothers1954Silver Streak poster6.7Silver Streak1976Von Ryan's Express poster7.1Von Ryan's Express1965Where the Sidewalk Ends poster7.2Where the Sidewalk Ends1950Support Your Local Sheriff! poster6.9Support Your Local Sheriff!1969The Pride of the Yankees poster7.3The Pride of the Yankees1942

Filmography

70 films as actor
  1. 1981Going Ape!Clown
  2. 1979The In-LawsT Man #3
  3. 1976Silver StreakEngineer #2
  4. 1972ProbeGuard (uncredited)
  5. 1971Support Your Local GunfighterBrawler (uncredited)
  6. 1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is HereSam Wood (uncredited)
  7. 1969The Lost ManOfficer Parsons (uncredited)
  8. 1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Brawler at Emma's (uncredited)
  9. 1968Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?Bus Driver (uncredited)
  10. 1967FitzwillyMan Who Gets Slapped (uncredited)
  11. 1967GunnHood (uncredited)
  12. 1967In Like FlintZowie Guard in Fabulous Face Gym (uncredited)
  13. 1966PenelopeBank Guard (uncredited)
  14. 1966Duel at DiabloStableman at Fort Creel (uncredited)
  15. 1966The SilencersStudent Guard (uncredited)
  16. 1965Von Ryan's ExpressAmerican Soldier (uncredited)
  17. 1965Baby the Rain Must FallTough Patron
  18. 1964Youngblood HawkeDrunken New Year's Eve Celebrant (uncredited)
  19. 1963The Thrill of It AllMounted Policeman (uncredited)
  20. 1963The Ugly AmericanLate Arrival at Meeting
  21. 1960SpartacusCapua Guard (uncredited)
  22. 1959WestboundRuss
  23. 1959Gundown at SandovalPvt. Jeff Clay
  24. 1958The BadlandersLee
  25. 1957Night PassageLatigo
  26. 1956Johnny ConchoTownsman (uncredited)
  27. 1956Star in the DustJiggs Larribee
  28. 1956The ConquerorTartar Guard Sounding Alarm (uncredited)
  29. 1955The Square JungleAl Gorski
  30. 1955I Died a Thousand TimesHolden (uncredited)
  31. 1955Panther Girl of the KongoCass
  32. 195420,000 Leagues Under the SeaNautilus Seaman (uncredited)
  33. 1954Seven Brides for Seven BrothersMember of Second Barn Raising Team (uncredited)
  34. 1954Yankee PashaFirst Mate Miller (as John Day)
  35. 195399 River StreetBud
  36. 1953The Man from the AlamoCavish
  37. 1953SeminoleScott (as John Day)
  38. 1952Wild Horse AmbushHenchman Turk
  39. 1952MacaoDet. Lt. Daniel Lombardy (uncredited)
  40. 1952Colorado SundownDusty Hurley aka John Stocker
  41. 1951The RacketMannick (uncredited)
  42. 1951His Kind of WomanSeaman (uncredited)
  43. 1951Strangers on a TrainDetective at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
  44. 1951Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible ManRocky Hanlon
  45. 1950Sunset in the West
  46. 1950Where the Sidewalk EndsScalise Hoodlum (uncredited)
  47. 1950Trigger, Jr.
  48. 1950BackfireBingo - Prizefighter (uncredited)
  49. 1949ChampionJohnny Dunne
  50. 1948Raw Deal(uncredited)
  51. 1947The HuckstersTaxi Driver (uncredited)
  52. 1947The TrespasserUndetermined - ?Fight Stuntman
  53. 1946Daughter of Don QMorris Kelso (Artist-Thug) [Ch. 11]
  54. 1946Detour to DangerSteve
  55. 1945Jeep-HerdersSgt. "Gimpy" Edwards
  56. 1944Passage to MarseilleSeaman (uncredited)
  57. 1943The KansanSaloon Brawler
  58. 1943This Is the ArmySoldier (uncredited)
  59. 1943Secret Service In Darkest AfricaCave Heavy
  60. 1942The Pride of the YankeesReporter in Hospital (uncredited)
  61. 1942BroadwayAndy (uncredited)
  62. 1942Two Yanks in TrinidadSeaman (uncredited)
  63. 1940Two Girls on BroadwayReporter (uncredited)
  64. 1940It's a DateSleepy-Eyed Man (uncredited)
  65. 1940Broadway Melody of 1940Barker (uncredited)
  66. 1940The Fighting 69thSoldier (uncredited)
  67. 1939Dancing Co-EdAssistant Stage Director (uncredited)
  68. 1939Sky PatrolRyan
  69. 1939Stunt PilotTex
  70. 1939Cafe SocietyReporter (uncredited)