New Yorker who, after schooling at City College, found work as a doorman before entering show business with a song-and-dance routine in vaudeville and in night clubs. He did a wartime stint with the Coast Guard and returned to acting on the New York stage after the war. Persuaded by 'Joan Crawford as John Gill, a Federation cultural observer on the planet Ekos whose experiment in creating a government based on National Socialist principles goes disastrously wrong. In private life, Brian was a noted fundraiser for the Volunteers of America, a well-known nonprofit charitable organisation.
David Brian began his career as a dancer before moving to Hollywood.
His poetry is on exhibit in the library at Kent State and Boston University.
Attended and graduated from City College of New York.
Served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
In private life, he was a celebrated fundraiser for the Volunteers of America, a well-known nonprofit charitable organization.
David Brian passed away on July 15, 1993, only three weeks from what would have been his 79th birthday on August 5.
Humankind is but the pieces in a game, plastic soldiers waging war between boy gods. .
