Personal Info
Birth date
1918-10-26 (106 Years)
Day of death
1986-10-22
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also known as
-Ivor Francis
Biography
Ivor Francis (October 26, 1918 – October 22, 1986) was a Canadian-American character actor and acting teacher. He is the father of television soap opera actress Genie Francis. From Wikipedia
Filmography
Quincy, M.E.
7.5
Overview:
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.Love, American Style
6.056
Overview:
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.I Dream of Jeannie
7.831
Overview:
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".Happy Days
7.6
Overview:
In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.The Six Million Dollar Man
7.2
Overview:
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.The Waltons
7.1
Overview:
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.Little House on the Prairie
7.937
Overview:
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.Hawaii Five-O
7.1
Overview:
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".Hart to Hart
6.831
Overview:
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.Barney Miller
7.3
Overview:
Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.Ironside
6.8
Overview:
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.Cannon
6.5
Overview:
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.The Jeffersons
7.341
Overview:
Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.The Odd Couple
7.8
Overview:
Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.Mayberry R.F.D.
5.7
Overview:
Mayberry R.F.D. is an American television series produced as a spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show. When star Andy Griffith decided to leave his series, most of the supporting characters returned for the new program, which ran for three seasons on the CBS Television Network from 1968–1971. During the final season of The Andy Griffith Show, widower farmer Sam Jones and his young son Mike are introduced and gradually become the show's focus. Sheriff Andy Taylor takes a backseat in the storylines, establishing the sequel series. The show's first episode, "Andy and Helen's Wedding", had the highest ratings in recorded television history. Sheriff Taylor and newlywed wife Helen make guest appearances on RFD until late 1969, and then relocate with Opie. Mayberry R.F.D. was popular throughout its entire run, but was canceled after its third season in CBS's infamous "rural purge" of 1971. R.F.D. stands for "Rural Free Delivery", a quaint postal depiction of the rural Mayberry community.Get Smart
7.922
Overview:
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.Lou Grant
7.25
Overview:
The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.Starsky & Hutch
7.247
Overview:
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.The Mod Squad
6.3
Overview:
The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas. The iconic counter-culture police series earned six Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America award, and four Logies. In 1997 the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.Maude
6.8
Overview:
Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her fourth husband, Walter, their divorced daughter, Carol, and grandson Phillip.Room 222
6
Overview:
Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC for 112 episodes from September 17, 1969 until January 11, 1974. The show was broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 9:00 for its first two seasons before settling into its best-remembered time slot of Friday evenings at 9:00, following The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, and preceding The Odd Couple and Love, American Style. In 1970, Room 222 earned Emmy Awards in three categories: Outstanding New Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.Kojak
6.996
Overview:
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.Here Come the Brides
6
Overview:
Here Come the Brides is an American comedy Western series from Screen Gems that aired on the ABC television network from September 25, 1968 to April 3, 1970. The series was loosely based upon the Mercer Girls, Asa Mercer's efforts to bring civilization to old Seattle by importing marriageable women from the east coast of the United States in the 1860s, where the ravages of the American Civil War left towns short of men.Temperatures Rising
5
Overview:
Temperatures Rising is an American television sitcom that ran from September 12, 1972 to August 29, 1974 on the ABC network. The network had a good deal of faith in the low-rated series, which went through three cast changes, two different formats, and two time slots during its run.Night Gallery
7.8
Overview:
Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the connective link between the stories.Run, Joe, Run
6.3
Overview:
Run, Joe, Run was a Saturday morning television program that aired on NBC from 1974 to 1976. It centered around Joe, a German Shepherd in the military's K-9 Corp., and his master, Sergeant Will Corey. One day, during training, Joe was falsely accused of attacking his master, a crime for which the dog would be put to sleep as punishment. However, he escaped before being killed and a $200 bounty was put on his head. Sgt. Corey believed Joe was innocent and also pursued him, hoping to find Joe before the authorities did. While on the run, Joe helped people he encountered. During the show's second season, Sgt. Corey, having never found Joe, was called back to duty. Joe then teamed with a hiker, Josh McCoy, and continued to help others, all the while still on the run. The show was considered as a cross between Lassie and The Fugitive. Like The Fugitive, and later, The Incredible Hulk, it centered around a falsely accused person running from authorities and helping out people he meets along the way. The show was produced by William P. D'Angelo Productions, who also produced the NBC young adult drama, Westwind.Dusty's Trail
5
Overview:
Dusty's Trail is an American Western/comedy series that aired in syndication from September 1973 to March 1974 starring Bob Denver and Forrest Tucker. The series is a western-themed reworking of Gilligan's Island. The series, set in the latter 19th century, is about a small, diverse cluster of lost travelers, who become separated from their wagon train.Judd for the Defense
7.5
Overview:
High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases throughout the U.S.Acting
1983Will There Really Be a Morning? as Drama Teacher
1981Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood as The Doctor
1980Sanford (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Nero Wolfe as Evers
1979Hart to Hart (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979240-Robert (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979The North Avenue Irregulars as Rev. Wainwright
1978The House of the Dead as The Mortician
1978Snavely as Chief
1977Lou Grant (1 Episode) as Unknown
1977Spider-Man as Prof. Noah Tyler
1977Fish (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1977Meeting of Minds (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1976Quincy, M.E. (4, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Howard Garfield
1976Monster Squad (1 Episode) as The Tickler
1976The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West as Brookhaven
1976The Return of the World's Greatest Detective as Spiner
1976State Fair as Judge
1976The Practice (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Starsky & Hutch (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975The Prisoner of Second Avenue as Psychiatrist
1975S.W.A.T. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Barney Miller (2, 1, 1 Episode) as Mr. Unger, Henry Mercurio, Dr. Otto Travis
1975The Jeffersons (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1974Little House on the Prairie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1974Run, Joe, Run (1 Episode) as Unknown
1974Busting as Judge Fred R. Simpson
1974Goodnight Jackie as Professor at Funeral
1974The Six Million Dollar Man (1 Episode) as Dr. Morton Craig
1974Happy Days (1 Episode) as Unknown
1973Superdad as Dr. Skinner on TV
1973Outrage as Judge Cox
1973Kojak (1, 1 Episode) as J. Warren Hale, Henry W. Keiler
1973The Magician (1 Episode) as Thomas Donald
1973Adam's Rib (1 Episode) as Judge
1973Dusty's Trail (26 Episodes) as Mr. Carter Brookhaven
1973The Suicide Club as Unknown
1973The Night Strangler as Dr. Webb
1972Kung Fu (1 Episode) as Poindexter
1972The Waltons (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1972Search (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972Maude (1 Episode) as Mr. Ferguson
1972Temperatures Rising (1 Episode) as Dr. Malloy
1972The Eyes of Charles Sand as Dr. Sam Ballard
1971The Last Child as Doctor Young
1971The Steagle as Rev. Ernest Barrow
1971Cannon (1 Episode) as Unknown
1970I Love My Wife as Dr. Korngold
1970Night Gallery (1 Episode) as Dr. Charles Cottrell (segment “Little Girl Lost”)
1970The Odd Couple (1 Episode) as Bengstrom
1970Pieces of Dreams as Father Paul Schaeffer
1970The Young Rebels (1 Episode) as Unknown
1970Hunters Are for Killing as Carl Farnell
1970How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? as Ward Collins
1969In Name Only as Father
1969Love, American Style (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969Room 222 (7 Episodes) as Unknown
1968Here Come the Brides (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968The Mod Squad (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968Mayberry R.F.D. (1 Episode) as Carl Brady
1968Hawaii Five-O (1 Episode) as Harry Beecham
1967Judd for the Defense (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Ironside (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965Get Smart (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965I Dream of Jeannie (1 Episode) as Ormandy
1961Splendor in the Grass as Dr. Judd (uncredited)