Jan Merlin Movies
Supporting and occasional lead actor
Jan Merlin made his debut playing Roger Manning in the sci-fi-adventure television series
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950). He made his first film appearances in 1955 in such films as
Six Bridges to Cross and thereafter appeared frequently in Westerns or sci-fi films through the late '60s. During the '70s, his film career was sporadic as
Merlin focused his energies on writing for the soap opera Another World, winning two Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Writing in the process. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide