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Richard Jaeckel
Age: 70 (passed away Jun. 14th, 1997)
Height: 5' 7"
Birth Place: Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
Born: Oct. 10th, 1926
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Richard Jaeckel's Main TV Roles
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BIOGRAPHY: Stocky tough-guy character actor Richard Jaeckel remains one of Hollywood's most prolific supporting stars. Born in Long Island, New York, on October 10, 1926, Jaeckel's family moved to Los Angeles when he was still in his teens. After graduation from Hollywood High School, Jaeckel was discovered by a casting director while working as a mailboy for 20th Century-Fox. Although he had some reluctance to act, Jaeckel accepted a key part in the war epic Guadalcanal Diary (1943) and remained in films for over 50 years, graduating from playing baby-faced teenagers (like Dick Clark (I), Jaeckel never seemed to age) to gunfighters and hired killers with ease. From 1944-48 he served in the US Navy, and after his discharge he co-starred in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) with John Wayne (I). Jaeckel's other notable roles in films include one of a trio of GIs accused of raping a German girl in Town Without Pity (1961)--a standout performance--and The Dirty Dozen (1967) as tough MP Sgt. Clyde Bowren, who goes along on the mission to keep an eye on the prisoners he's trained, a role he reprised in a made-for-TV sequel in 1985. Jaeckel also received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his funny but tragic performance in Sometimes a Great Notion (1970). Although he appeared in over 70 films, he was very active in television series such as "Frontier Circus" (1961), "Banyon" (1972), "Firehouse" (1974), "Salvage 1" (1979), "At Ease" (1983), "Spenser: For Hire" (1985) and "Supercarrier" (1988). From 1991-94 he played Lt. Ben Edwards on the hit series "Baywatch" (1989). He passed away after a three-year battle with melanoma cancer on June 14, 1997, at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. Jaeckel was 70 years old.
TRIVIA:
- Jaeckel had the distinction of being cast as an "irregular" supporting player in films alongside the likes of 'Paul Newman (I)' (qv), 'Burt Lancaster' (qv) and 'Glenn Ford (I)' (qv).
- His son, Barry, is a former touring PGA golfer.
- Met actor 'Robert Blake (I)' (qv) while they were filming _Town Without Pity (1961)_ (qv) and they became good friends, remaining close until the day Jaeckel died. Blake once said that Jaeckel was the only guy he had ever met who was "crazier than me".
- According to 'Robert Osborne (II)' (qv) in "Academy Awards 1972 Oscar Annual," Jaeckel got the role in _Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)_ (qv) when 'Paul Newman (I)' (qv) ran into him at Malibu Beach. Jaeckel was relaxing and swimming with his family and friends, and as Newman watched him playing with his own children, he thought that Jaeckel would be just right to play his brother in the film. Newman subsequently stood up for casting Jaeckel at later conferences with studio management, and he got the part, and an Oscar nomination.
- Has been in three different projects about outlaw Billy the Kid. In 1954 he played Billy the Kid in an episode of _"Stories of the Century" (1954)_ (qv). In 1970 he appeared in _Chisum (1970)_ (qv) as Jess Evans, a former sidekick of Billy the Kid, and then in 1973 he appeared in _Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)_ (qv) as Sheriff Kip McKinney, who assists in capturing the infamous outlaw.
- Although Jaeckel was battling cancer, director 'Joe Dante (I)' (qv) had originally hoped that he would be able to return to work and provide the voice of Link Static for his project _Small Soldiers (1998)_ (qv). This film reunited Jaeckel's fellow cast members from _The Dirty Dozen (1967)_ (qv). Jaeckel died from his cancer before shooting began.
- Father of 'Richard Jaeckel Jr.' (qv).
- In the early seventies, he and his wife owned a German Shepherd named "Cruncher.".
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