Jack Ging
Jack Ging | |
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 Ging in a 1964 publicity photo | |
| Born | Jack Lee Ging November 30, 1931 Alva, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | September 9, 2022 (aged 90) La Quinta, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of Oklahoma |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1958–1994 |
| Spouses |
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| Children | 4 |
Jack Lee Ging (November 30, 1931 – September 9, 2022) was an American actor. He was best known as General Harlan "Bull" Fulbright on NBC's television adventure series The A-Team, and for his supporting role in the final season of Tales of Wells Fargo starring Dale Robertson.
Early life
[edit]Born on November 30, 1931, in Alva, Oklahoma,[1] Ging was the son of a couple who farmed on the outskirts of Alva, Oklahoma. Both sets of his grandparents were participants in the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893.[2] When he was young, his parents divorced, and his mother began working as a "Harvey Girl". Although his mother had custody of him, her irregular hours as a waitress led to his living with relatives. Eventually, he settled with a family named Domenici while he attended a Catholic school. Later, he attended St. Michael's boarding school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He left there when his mother became ill, resulting in their return to Oklahoma, where she lived with his grandmother while he lived with an aunt and uncle.[3]
Before turning to acting, Ging served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years and was honorably discharged.[4] During the 1950s, he played college football at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He scored five touchdowns during his time at Oklahoma and played in the 1954 Orange Bowl game.[5]
Career
[edit]Ging starred in the war film Sniper's Ridge (1961) and played Will Coleman in Where the Red Fern Grows (1974). Other film credits include Hang 'Em High (1968), Play Misty for Me (1971), and High Plains Drifter (1973), all opposite Clint Eastwood.[6][7] He also appeared in the horror films Die Sister, Die! (1972)[7] and Sssssss (1973), as well as the action film That Man Bolt (1973).[6][7] He appeared in TV movies such as Terror in the Sky (1971) and The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974).[7][8]
Ging portrayed Dan Wright in NBC's The Man and the Challenge (1959–1960). He also starred in "Dead Men don't pay no debts", an episode of Bat Masterson, playing a small-town sheriff in love with a girl whose name is the same as the man he's sworn to kill. He portrayed a raider in eight episodes of the 1958–1959 syndicated western series Mackenzie's Raiders. Thereafter, he appeared as Beau McCloud in thirteen episodes in the last season of the ABC western series Tales of Wells Fargo.[9]: 1051 [10]
In 1960, Ging appeared in one episode of The Twilight Zone, "The Whole Truth". He made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, including, in 1962, playing Danny Pierce in "The Case of the Lonely Eloper". From 1962 to 1964, he played a young psychiatrist in NBC's 62-episode medical drama The Eleventh Hour.[9]: 303 In 1966 he played "Simon Dobbs", a blind ex-lawman trying to cope with his new affliction, on the episode "Stage Stop" (S12E10) on the TV Western Gunsmoke.[8]
Ging had a recurring role as Lieutenant Dan Ives, one of many of Joe Mannix's Los Angeles Police Department contacts on Mannix from 1967 to 1975. Ging's other roles were on The Roaring 20s, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Wiseguy, B. J. and the Bear, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance. In 1981, Ging played Tracy Winslow in the episode "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" of ABC's The Greatest American Hero. From 1984 to 1985, Ging played the arrogant Lieutenant Ted Quinlan on the adventure/detective series Riptide; his character was killed off and he went on to appear on The A-Team, on which he made two guest appearances as villains. His roles as a regular on TV programs included that of Chuck Morris on the short-lived CBS crime drama Dear Detective[9] and Admiral Conte on the NBC adventure series The Highwayman.[9]: 462
Athletic accomplishments
[edit]In addition to his achievements in football during his college years, Ging played for one season with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League after he graduated.[3][11][12] He also was a "Crosby golf tournament winner, [and a] Clint Eastwood Celebrity Tennis tournament champion."[13]
Personal life
[edit]Jack and Katie Ging married "right out of high school".[3] After they divorced, he wed Gretchen Graening on April 19, 1956. They had one son and divorced in September 1973. On September 23, 1978, Ging married Sharon Ramona Thompson in Los Angeles. They had two daughters.[4]
Ging died of natural causes at his home in La Quinta, California, on September 9, 2022, at the age of 90.[1][11]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys![6][7] | Hoxie's Driver | Uncredited |
| 1959 | Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow[6][7] | Tony | |
| 1960 | Desire in the Dust[6][7] | Peter Marquand | |
| Tess of the Storm Country[6][7] | Peter Graves | ||
| 1961 | Sniper's Ridge[6][7] | Private Sharack | |
| 1966 | Intimacy[6][7] | Jim Hawley | |
| 1968 | Hang 'Em High[6][7] | Marshal Ace Hayes | Uncredited |
| 1971 | Terror in the Sky[7][8] | Controller | |
| Play Misty for Me[6][7] | Frank | ||
| 1972 | Die Sister, Die![7][14] | Edward Price | Filmed in 1972, released in 1978 |
| 1973 | High Plains Drifter[6][7] | Morgan Allen | |
| Sssssss[6][7] | Sheriff Dale Hardison | ||
| That Man Bolt[6][7] | Connie Mellis | ||
| 1974 | Where the Red Fern Grows[6][7] | Papa | |
| The Disappearance of Flight 412[7][8] | Green | ||
| 1977 | Another Man, Another Chance[6] | Preacher | Uncredited |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958–1959 | Mackenzie's Raiders[15] | Lieutenant / Lieutenant Sanders / Otis Matthews |
8 episodes |
| 1959 | Wanted Dead or Alive | Royer | Episode: "Bad Gun"[16] |
| Tales of Wells Fargo[8] | Stacy | Episode: "Return of Doc Bell" | |
| 1959–1960 | Bat Masterson[8] | Clark Bassett / Billy Webb |
2 episodes |
| 1960–1962 | Perry Mason[8][17] | Robert Samuel Chapman / James Kincannon / Danny Pierce |
3 episodes |
| 1961 | The Twilight Zone[8][17] | Young Man | Episode: "The Whole Truth" |
| Sea Hunt[17] | Lou James | Episode: "Rescue" | |
| Tales of Wells Fargo[8] | Beau McCloud | 13 episodes | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents[8][17] | Detective Joe Parks | Season 7 Episode 4: "Keep Me Company" | |
| 1962–1964 | The Eleventh Hour[8][17] | Dr. Paul Graham | 59 episodes Ging was a regular in season 1 of 2 seasons |
| 1963 | Dr. Kildare[8] | Dr. Paul Graham | Episode: "Four Feet in the Morning" |
| 1967 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color[18][19] | Lieutenant John Singleton Mosby | 2 episodes: "Willie and the Yank: The Deserter", "Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders" |
| 1968 | Mannix[8] | James Spencer | Episode: "The End of the Rainbow" |
| 1970–1974 | Mannix[8] | Lieutenant Dan Ives | 7 episodes |
| 1974–1979 | Barnaby Jones[8] | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 1975, 1977 | Kojak[8][17] | Leo Becker / Hackford | 2 episodes |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island[8] | Sergeant Gus Fallon | Episode: "Trouble, My Lovely / The Common Man" |
| Starsky & Hutch[8][17] | Ray Pardee | Episode: "The Game" | |
| 1979 | B. J. and the Bear[8] | Inspector / Treasury Agent Paul Mason |
2 episodes |
| Dear Detective[8] | Detective Chuck Morris | 4 episodes | |
| 1980 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo[8][17] | Dr. Richard Peterson | Episode: "First to Finish, Last to Show" |
| 1980 | Galactica 1980[20] | Captain Bannister | Episode: "The Super Scouts" |
| Hart to Hart[8][17] | Drew Kendall | Episode: "What Murder?" | |
| 1981 | Quincy M.E.[17] | Mickey Langford | Episode: "Dead Stop" |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero | Lieutenant Tracy Winslow | Episode: "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" |
| 1982 | The Fall Guy[8][17] | Johnson | Episode: "How Do I Kill Thee... Let Me Count the Ways" |
| 1983 | The Winds of War[8] | Destroyer Commander Baldwin | Episode: "The Changing of the Guard" |
| The A-Team[8][17] | SWAT Captain Stark / Border Patrol Lieutenant Taggart |
2 episodes | |
| 1984–1985 | Riptide[8] | Lieutenant Ted Quinlan | 31 episodes |
| 1985–1986 | The A-Team[8][17] | General Harlan 'Bull' Fulbright | 6 episodes |
| 1986 | Highway to Heaven[8][17] | Michael Gunn | Episode: "Code Name: FREAK" |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance[8] | Commander William Berscher | Episode: "Part III" |
| 1991–1992 | P.S. I Luv U[14] | Chief Hollings | 6 episodes |
| 1994 | Wings[8][17] | Coach Dan Mattay | Episode: "Boys Will Be Girls", (final appearance) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Barnes, Mike (September 12, 2022). "Jack Ging, Actor in 'The A-Team' and Clint Eastwood Films, Dies at 90". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ Hopper, Hedda (December 11, 1962). "TV's Jack Ging Lesson in Overcoming Failure". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
- ^ a b c Barnum, Mike (July 2017). "Jack Ging: A Nice Life". Classic Images (505): 66–77.
- ^ a b Aaker, Everett (2017). Television Western Players, 1960–1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 189–190. ISBN 9781476628561. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ Conner, Floyd (2011). Football's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of the Great Game's Outrageous Characters, Fortunate Fumbles, and Other Oddities. Potomac Books, Inc. ISBN 9781597974684. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Jack Ging". American Film Institute. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Jack Ging – Filmography". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Jack Ging". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^ Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", West Texas Historical Review, Vol. 89 (2013), p. 113
- ^ a b Haring, Bruce (September 12, 2022). "Jack Ging Dies: Actor In 'Mannix' And 'The A-Team' Was 90". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "'The A-Team' and 'Hawaii Five-O' actor Jack Ging dead at 90". Edmonton Sun. September 12, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ Smith, Sarah (April 6, 1985). "Living in a Celebrity World: Now, Adam Ging Tries to Make Name for Himself". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
- ^ a b "Jack Ging". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
- ^ Parish, James Robert; Terrace, Vincent (1989). The Complete Actors' Television Credits, 1948–1988: Actors. Scarecrow Press. p. 201. ISBN 9780810822047.
- ^ "Bad Gun (1959)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Jack Ging List of Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
- ^ Marill, Alvin H. (June 1, 2011). Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders. Scarecrow Press. p. 54. ISBN 9780810881334.
- ^ Ramage, James A. (February 5, 2010). Gray Ghost: The Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby. University Press of Kentucky. p. 54. ISBN 9780810881334.
- ^ Lentz, Harris M. (2001). Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Television shows. McFarland. p. 1846. ISBN 9780786409518.
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- Male actors from Greater Los Angeles
- Male actors from Oklahoma
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- People from Alva, Oklahoma
- United States Marine Corps personnel of the Korean War
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