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Richard Jaeckel (1926–1997)


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... See full bio »

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1989-1994 Baywatch (TV series)
Lt. Ben Edwards / Captain Ben Edwards / Al Gibson
 
1993 Martial Outlaw (video)
Mr. White
 
1991 China Beach (TV series)
Dad Winslow
Quest (1991) … Dad Winslow
 
1990 The King of the Kickboxers
Captain O'Day
 
1990 Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
DEA Agent John Page
 
1989 Ghetto Blaster
Mike Henry
 
1988 Supercarrier (TV series)
Master Chief Sam Rivers
Deadly Enemies (Pilot) (1988) … Master Chief Sam Rivers
 
1987 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Dr. Chatsworth
The Way to Dusty Death (1987) … Dr. Chatsworth
 
1985-1987 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
Lt. Martin Quirk
Homecoming (1987) … Lt. Martin Quirk (credit only)
 
1985 Cover Up (TV series)
Joe Stanton
Murder Offshore (1985) … Joe Stanton
 
1984 Goma-2
Martin
 
1984 Masquerade (TV series)
Spanish Gambit (1984)
 
1984 The Love Boat (TV series)
Frank Bannon
 
1984 The Fix
Charles Dale
 
1983 The Awakening of Candra (TV movie)
Robert Harrison
 
1983 Dallas (TV series)
A.D.A. Percy Meredith
 
1983 At Ease (TV series)
Maj. Hawkins
Valentine's Day (1983) … Maj. Hawkins
 
1983 Fantasy Island (TV series)
 
1983 Matt Houston (TV series)
Kip Williams
The Rock and the Hard Place (1983) … Kip Williams
 
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel
Controller #2 (as Richard H. Jaeckel)
 
1982 Cold River
Mike Allison
 
1982 King's Crossing (TV series)
Josh McCall
The Home Front (1982) … Josh McCall
 
1982 McClain's Law (TV series)
 
1982 Blood Song
Frank Hauser
 
1981 ...All the Marbles
Bill Dudley (Reno referee)
 
1976-1981 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Irv Hartwig / Murphy
Sylvia: Part 2 (1981) … Irv Hartwig
Sylvia: Part 1 (1981) … Irv Hartwig
The Long Road Home (1976) … Murphy
 
1980 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Bud Fischer
Island Angels (1980) … Bud Fischer
 
1980 Herbie Goes Bananas
Shepard
 
1980 Reward (TV movie)
Capt. Randolph
 
1972-1980 Insight (TV series)
Henry Burke
Princess (1980)
The System (1972) … Henry Burke
 
1980 The $5.20 an Hour Dream (TV movie)
Albert Kleinschmidt
 
1979 Lou Grant (TV series)
Dan Staley
Witness (1979) … Dan Staley
 
1979 Delta Fox
Santana
 
1979 Pacific Inferno
Robert 'Dealer' Fletcher
 
1979 Salvage 1 (TV series)
Jack Klinger
Energy Solution (1979) … Jack Klinger
Up, Up and Away (1979) … Jack Klinger
Mermadon (1979) … Jack Klinger
 
1979 The Dark
Det. Dave Mooney
 
1979 Mr. No Legs
Chuck
 
1979 Champions: A Love Story (TV movie)
Peter Scoggin, Jr.
 
1978 Centennial (TV mini-series)
Sgt. Lykes
The Wagon and the Elephant (1978) … Sgt. Lykes
 
1978 Go West, Young Girl (TV movie)
Billy
 
1978 Black Sheep Squadron (TV series)
Major John Duncan
The Iceman (1978) … Major John Duncan
 
1977 Speedtrap
Billy
 
1977 Big Hawaii (TV series)
Cal Seward
You Can't Lose 'Em All (1977) … Cal Seward
 
1977 Carter Country (TV series)
Bill Peterson
Out of the Closet (1977) … Bill Peterson
 
1977 Kingston: Confidential (TV series)
The Anonymous Hero (1977)
 
1977 The Fantastic Journey (TV series)
York
The Innocent Prey (1977) … York
 
1977 Day of the Animals
Prof. Taylor MacGregor
 
1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming
Capt. Stanford Towne
 
1974-1977 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Ed Kern / Jack Hughes
Adventure in Satan's Canyon (1974) … Jack Hughes
 
1977 Kit Carson and the Mountain Men (TV movie)
Ed Kern
 
1977 The Oregon Trail (TV series)
The Scarlet Ribbon (1977)
 
1976 Gemini Man (TV series)
Nik Radinski
Suspect Your Local Police (1976) … Nik Radinski
 
1976 McCloud (TV series)
Sheriff Matheson
Bonnie and McCloud (1976) … Sheriff Matheson
 
1976 Mako: The Jaws of Death
Sonny Stein
 
1976 Jigsaw John (TV series)
Sheriff
Homicide 96403 (1976) … Sheriff
 
1976 Grizzly
Arthur Scott
 
1976 Baretta (TV series)
Downing
Aggie (1976) … Downing
 
1976 Joe Forrester (TV series)
Pressure Point (1976)
 
1975 Ellery Queen (TV series)
Nick McVey
The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument (1975) … Nick McVey
 
1975 The Kill
Ming
 
1975 Walking Tall Part II
Stud Pardee
 
1975 Cannon (TV series)
Cy Carter
The Wrong Medicine (1975) … Cy Carter
 
1975 The Drowning Pool
Franks
 
1975 The Last Day (TV movie)
Grat Dalton
 
1963-1975 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Pence Fraley / Larkin / O'Ryan
Larkin (1975) … Larkin
The Raid: Part 2 (1966) … Pence Fraley
The Raid: Part 1 (1966) … Pence Fraley
Two of a Kind (1963) … O'Ryan
 
1974 Petrocelli (TV series)
Sergeant Sanford
Counterplay (1974) … Sergeant Sanford
 
1974 Lucas Tanner (TV series)
Coach Ed Scoley
Winners and Losers (1974) … Coach Ed Scoley
 
1974 Police Story (TV series)
Sergeant Wilson
Fathers and Sons (1974) … Sergeant Wilson
 
1974 Movin' On (TV series)
Red Wallace
Roadblock (1974) … Red Wallace
 
1974 Born Innocent (TV movie)
Mr. Parker
 
1974 Firehouse (TV series)
Hank Myers
False Alarm (1974) … Hank Myers
Randall's Pride (1974) … Hank Myers
No Way Out (1974) … Hank Myers
 
1971-1974 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Devlin / Sgt. Sam Ryker
Selkirk's War (1974) … Devlin
Death Watch (1971) … Sgt. Sam Ryker
 
1973 The Outfit
Chemey
 
1973 Shaft (TV series)
Det. Sgt. Lew Turner
The Enforcers (1973) … Det. Sgt. Lew Turner
 
1973 Partners in Crime (TV movie)
Frank Jordan
 
1973 The Red Pony (TV movie)
James Creighton
 
1973 Firehouse (TV movie)
Hank Myers
 
1972-1973 Banyon (TV series)
Lt. Pete McNeil
Meal Ticket (1972) … Lt. Pete McNeil
 
1972 Ironside (TV series)
Caesar
The Countdown (1972) … Caesar
 
1972 Ulzana's Raid
Sergeant
 
1972 Emergency! (TV series)
Defense Attorney
Kids (1972) … Defense Attorney
 
1971 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Edward Trask
Run for the Money (1971) … Edward Trask
 
1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
Barth
Operation: Offset (1971) … Barth
 
1971 Deadly Dream (TV movie)
Delgreve
 
1970 Sometimes a Great Notion
Joe Ben Stamper
 
1970 Chisum
Jess Evans
 
1969 Latitude Zero
Perry Lawton
 
1969 Stoney
Dirk
 
1968 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Melchek
The White Birch (1968) … Melchek
 
1964-1967 Bonanza (TV series)
Dibbs / Mitch Devlin
Night of Reckoning (1967) … Dibbs
Between Heaven and Earth (1964) … Mitch Devlin
 
1966-1967 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Christopher Cable / Sergeant Stryker
The Night of the Cadre (1967) … Sergeant Stryker
The Night of the Grand Emir (1966) … Christopher Cable
 
1967 The Time Tunnel (TV series)
Sgt. Mueller
The Ghost of Nero (1967) … Sgt. Mueller
 
1966 Once Before I Die
Lt. Custer
 
1963-1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
Mike Woods / Willie
The Case of the Bogus Buccaneers (1966) … Mike Woods
The Case of the Lover's Leap (1963) … Willie
 
1965 Luke and the Tenderfoot (TV movie)
Man
 
1965 Town Tamer
Johnny Honsinger
 
1963-1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Boxer / Milt Woodman / Tom
Off Season (1965) … Milt Woodman
Death of a Cop (1963) … Boxer
 
1965 Nightmare in the Sun
Motorcyclist
 
1964 Suspense (TV series)
The Leader (1964)
 
1964 The New Phil Silvers Show (TV series)
Danny
Keep Cool (1964) … Danny
 
1964 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Capt. Mike Doweling
Specimen: Unknown (1964) … Capt. Mike Doweling
 
1964 The Virginian (TV series)
Pat Wade
A Matter of Destiny (1964) … Pat Wade
 
1964 Temple Houston (TV series)
Coley
The Case for William Gotch (1964) … Coley
 
1963 Combat! (TV series)
Sgt. Buxman
Gideon's Army (1963) … Sgt. Buxman
 
1963 4 for Texas
Pete Mancini
 
1963 The Young and the Brave
Cpl. John Estway
 
1963 The Dakotas (TV series)
Cal Storm
Fargo (1963) … Cal Storm
 
1961-1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
Barker / Piper
The Lily Legend Story (1963) … Piper
The Chalice (1961) … Barker
 
1962 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
John Tyree
The Predators (1962) … John Tyree
 
1961-1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)
Tony Gentry
The Daring Durandos (1962) … Tony Gentry (credit only)
The Race (1962) … Tony Gentry
The Clan MacDuff (1962) … Tony Gentry
The Good Fight (1962) … Tony Gentry
 
1961 Town Without Pity
Cpl. Birdwell "Birdie" Scott
 
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
The Mechanic
Incident in a Small Jail (1961) … The Mechanic
 
1961 Lawman (TV series)
Al Janaker
Blue Boss and Willie Shay (1961) … Al Janaker
 
1961 The Tall Man (TV series)
Denver
The Grudge Fight (1961) … Denver
 
1960 The Untouchables (TV series)
Hans Eberhardt
The Otto Frick Story (1960) … Hans Eberhardt
 
1960 Flaming Star
Angus Pierce
 
1960 The Rebel (TV series)
Clyde Traskel / Marshal Roader
Run, Killer, Run (1960) … Clyde Traskel
The Rattler (1960) … Marshal Roader
 
1960 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Bob Bent
The Office Caper (1960) … Bob Bent
 
1960 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Len Lassiter
The Kinfolk (1960) … Len Lassiter
 
1960 The Gallant Hours
Lt. Cmdr. Roy Webb
 
1960 Platinum High School
Hack Marlow
 
1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Tod Mulvey
The Man in the Middle (1960) … Tod Mulvey
 
1959 Tightrope (TV series)
Cruncher
The Cracking Point (1959) … Cruncher
 
1958-1959 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Spencer
The Days of November (1958) … Spencer
 
1959 Naked City (TV series)
Lance
Baker's Dozen (1959) … Lance
 
1959 Trackdown (TV series)
Frank Wilson
The Protector (1959) … Frank Wilson
 
1959 The Texan (TV series)
Clint Gleason
The Man Behind the Star (1959) … Clint Gleason
 
1959 Behind Closed Doors (TV series)
Von Kellwitz
Message from Hardenburg (1959) … Von Kellwitz
 
1958 Cimarron City (TV series)
Webb Martin
The Blood Line (1958) … Webb Martin
 
1958 Flight (TV series)
Parachute Jump (1958)
 
1958 When Hell Broke Loose
Karl
 
1958 The Gun Runners
Blond Henchman on Boat [Script name: Buzurki]
 
1955-1958 The Millionaire (TV series)
Joey Saxon / John Hawley
The Betty Hawley Story (1958) … John Hawley
The Nancy Marlborough Story (1955) … Joey Saxon
 
1958 The Naked and the Dead
Gallagher
 
1958 The Lineup
Sandy McLain
 
1957-1958 Panic! (TV series)
Lieutenant Wilson / Steve Bridges
Flight (1958) … Lieutenant Wilson
Mayday (1957) … Steve Bridges
 
1958 Cowboy
Paul Curtis
 
1958 The Gray Ghost (TV series)
The Hero (1958)
 
1955-1957 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
The Awakening (1957)
Night Must Fall (1956)
For These Services (1955)
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Sgt. Luke Mertz
Ain't No Time for Glory (1957) … Sgt. Luke Mertz
 
1956-1957 West Point (TV series)
The Harder Right (1957)
The Command (1957)
The Honor Code (1956)
 
1957 Crossroads (TV series)
Mort Claffey
The Light (1957) … Mort Claffey
Paratroop Padre (1957) … Mort Claffey
 
1957 Navy Log (TV series)
Lieutenant Bradshaw
War of the Whale Boats (1957) … Lieutenant Bradshaw
 
1957 Studio 57 (TV series)
 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Tower Room 14-A (1957)
 
1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Ed Miller
Smoke Jumpers (1956) … Ed Miller
 
1956 Attack
Pvt. Snowden
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Hordan
To Scream at Midnight (1956) … Hordan
 
1956 Front Row Center (TV series)
Mitch Mullin
Dinner Date (1956) … Mitch Mullin
 
1955 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
The Kid
Big Joe's Comin' Home (1955) … The Kid
 
1955 Apache Ambush
Lee Parker
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Ruby
The Petrified Forest (1955) … Ruby
 
1955 The Violent Men
Wade Matlock
 
1954 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Papa Was a Sport (1954)
 
1954 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Joe Thompson
Daughter of Mine (1954) … Joe Thompson
 
1954 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
Virgil Gaddis
Floodtide (1954) … Virgil Gaddis
 
1954 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
 
1954 The Public Defender (TV series)
Davey Davis / Jimmy Morse
The Last Appeal (1954) … Jimmy Morse
The Prize Fighter Story (1954) … Davey Davis
 
1954 The Shanghai Story
'Knuckles' Greer
 
1954 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Vinnie Harold
The Last Notch (1954) … Vinnie Harold
 
1954 Stories of the Century (TV series)
William H. Bonney alias Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid (1954) … William H. Bonney alias Billy the Kid
 
1953 Sea of Lost Ships
Ensign H.G. 'Hap' O'Malley
 
1953 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Stanley Warren
The Squeeze (1953) … Stanley Warren
 
1953 Big Leaguer
Bobby Bronson
 
1952 Come Back, Little Sheba
Turk Fisher
 
1952 Hoodlum Empire
Ted Dawson
 
1952 My Son John
Chuck Jefferson
 
1951 The Sea Hornet
Johnny Radford
 
1951 The Bigelow Theatre (TV series)
T.K.O. (1951)
 
1951 Fighting Coast Guard
Tony Jessup
 
1950 Wyoming Mail
Nate
 
1950 The Gunfighter
Eddie
 
1949 Sands of Iwo Jima
Pfc. Frank Flynn
 
1949 Battleground
Bettis
 
1949 City Across the River
Bull
 
1948 Jungle Patrol
Lt. Dick Carter
 
1944 Wing and a Prayer
Beezy Bessemer
 
1943 Guadalcanal Diary
Pvt. Johnny ('Chicken') Anderson
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1994 100 Years of the Hollywood Western (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The Making of 'Sands of Iwo Jima' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1972 The 44th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1967 Operation Dirty Dozen (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2008 How the West Was Lost (TV documentary)
Sheriff Kip McKinney (uncredited)
 
2003 Go West, Young Man! (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (Memorial Tribute)
 
1992-1996 Baywatch (TV series)
 
1987 Grizzly II: The Concert
Arthur Scott
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1980) TV commercial (w/John Colicos): Midas Muffler. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Richard H. Jaeckel

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I've put 50 years in movies and my wife and I have traveled all over the world. I've been very lucky. See more »

Trivia:

His wife, Antoinette, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease shortly before his death. See more »

Trademark:

Very often his character did not survive his movie. See more »

Nickname:

Jake See more »

Star Sign:

Libra