Roy Thinnes
Roy Thinnes ( born April 6, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor who is best known for presenting the David Vincent in the sci-fi series The Invaders.
Life
Thinnes began in the late 1950s to take on small roles in television series. Between engagements he worked as a hotel secretary and as a representative of vitamins.
He had in 1965 started with General Hospital, but in 1967 he was replaced by his role as architect David Vincent, who accidentally learns of the invasion of the aliens and then have to convince " an unbelieving world " believe that " the silent invasion " is already a first moderate success has a cult star.
Thinnes married his Vega co-star Lynn Loring, with whom he also in the movie accident in space (1969 ) played. In the 1970s, he was seen in giants in the sky (1974) and The Hindenburg (1975).
But he remained a television actor primarily. He played alongside Jane Wyman in Falcon Crest and Chris Carter put him as the alien Jeremiah Smith in three episodes of The X-Files - The Files a.
In 1995 he was allowed to return in a television mini-series again as David Vincent ( in a cameo ).