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Jack Sheldon is the son of Jen Loven (1909-1989), who taught many of the Hollywood entertainment elite and their children to swim at her famous Jen Loven Swim School in Hollywood. Jack was known mostly for his sidekick status on the The Merv Griffin Show in the 70s. Jack has a large family, with two sons Kevin and John... See full bio »

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2004 ALF's Hit Talk Show (TV series)
– Tom Green (2004)
 
2000-2001 Family Guy (TV series)
'Vagina Junction' Conductor / The Bill
– Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington (2001) … The Bill (voice)
– Running Mates (2000) … 'Vagina Junction' Conductor (voice) (uncredited)
 
1999 Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (TV movie)
Trumpet
 
1999 Hard Time: The Premonition (TV movie)
Trumpet
 
1998 Hard Time (TV movie)
Trumpet
 
1998 Mike Hammer, Private Eye (TV series)
Des Long
– Songbird: Part 2 (1998) … Des Long
– Songbird: Part 1 (1998) … Des Long
 
1997 Johnny Bravo (TV series)
Chef / Sensitive Male / The President
– Going Batty/Berry the Butler/Red Faced in the White House (1997) … The President (voice) / Chef (voice)
– The Sensitive Male/Bravo Dooby Doo (1997) … Sensitive Male (voice)
 
1996 Dear God
Homeless Trumpeter
 
1996 The Simpsons (TV series)
The Amendment
– The Day the Violence Died (1996) … The Amendment (voice)
 
1994 Radioland Murders
Ruffles Reed
 
1993 Lush Life (TV movie)
Norman
 
1991 For the Boys
Wally Fields
 
1989 Goofy About Health (short)
Doctor (voice) (uncredited)
 
1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series)
Piano Player
– 11001001 (1988) … Piano Player
 
1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series)
Mike Kirby
– Sighting 4008: The Desert Springs Incident (1978) … Mike Kirby
 
1976 Freaky Friday
Lloyd
 
1976 Police Story (TV series)
Hofstedder
– 50 Cents-First Half Hour, $1.75 All Day (1976) … Hofstedder
 
1975 Police Woman (TV series)
Jeff
– The Company (1975) … Jeff
 
1973-1975 Schoolhouse Rock! (TV series)
Conjunction Junction Conductor / The Bill
– I'm Just a Bill (1975) … The Bill
– Conjunction Junction (1973) … Conjunction Junction Conductor (voice)
 
1973-1974 The Girl with Something Extra (TV series)
Jerry Burton
– The New Broom (1974) … Jerry Burton
– The Not-So-Good Samaritan (1974) … Jerry Burton
– Three for the Road (1974) … Jerry Burton
– Irreconcilable Sameness (1974) … Jerry Burton
– The Sour Grapevine (1974) … Jerry Burton
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1973 Adam's Rib (TV series)
Peter
– For Richer, for Poorer (1973) … Peter
 
1972 Banyon (TV series)
Shorty Durbin
– The Clay Clarinet (1972) … Shorty Durbin
 
1972 A Day at the White House
 
1971 Adam-12 (TV series)
Philip Heyes
– Anniversary (1971) … Philip Heyes
 
1968-1970 Dragnet 1967 (TV series)
Chester Albertson / Darryl Walton / Leon Hardy / …
– Burglary: Baseball (1970) … Darryl Walton
– A.I.D.: The Weekend (1970) … Robert Bass
– Burglary: Mister (1969) … Chester Albertson
– Juvenile: DR-35 (1969) … Ted Patterson
– Frauds: DR-28 (1969) … Mr. Levin
See all 7 episodes »
 
1969-1970 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
Freddie Kirby / Ronnie Coleman
– Selma Plout's Plot (1970) … Ronnie Coleman
– The Organ Fund (1969) … Freddie Kirby
 
1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Waiter
– Homecoming (1969) … Waiter
 
1969 Under the Yum Yum Tree (TV movie)
Charlie Prokter
 
1966 Run Buddy Run (TV series)
Buddy Overstreet
– Buddy Overstreet, Please Come Home (1966) … Buddy Overstreet
– The Sky Is Falling (1966) … Buddy Overstreet
– Goodbye, Wendell (1966) … Buddy Overstreet
– Mr. D's Revenge (1966) … Buddy Overstreet
– Buddy Overstreet, Forgive Me (1966) … Buddy Overstreet
See all 13 episodes »
 
1964-1965 The Cara Williams Show (TV series)
Fletcher Kincaid
– Paradise Freezes Over (1965) … Fletcher Kincaid
– Paradise Lost and Found (1965) … Fletcher Kincaid
– Cara's Private War Against Poverty (1965) … Fletcher Kincaid
– Fletcher Succedes in Business Without Really Trying (1965) … Fletcher Kincaid
– Will Cara's Success Spoil Frank Bridges? (1965) … Fletcher Kincaid
See all 15 episodes »
 
1965 Gilligan's Island (TV series)
Lucky
– Little Island, Big Gun (1965) … Lucky
 
1964 The Nut House!! (TV movie)
 
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1973-2009 Schoolhouse Rock! (TV series)
– FatCat Blue: The Clean Rivers Song (2009) (performer: "FatCat Blue: The Clean Rivers Song")
– Report from the North Pole (2009) (performer: "Report from the North Pole")
– The Little Things We Do (2009) (performer: "The Little Things We Do")
– Windy and the Windmills (2009) (performer: "Windy and the Windmills")
– I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College (2002) (performer: "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College")
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2008 Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (documentary) (music: "California Cool", "Freaky Friday", "Charlie's Cavern", "Wait and See", "Groovus Mentus", "Bodega Bay", "Swimming in the Riviera", "Pink Lady", "Jack's Blues", "Enemy", "49 Women" / lyrics: "California Cool", "Freaky Friday", "Bodega Bay", "Swimming in the Riviera", "Enemy", "49 Women" / performer: "Stardust", "The Joint Is Jumpin'", "California Cool", "Love Is Here to Stay", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "Freaky Friday", "Conjunction Junction", "I'm Just a Bill", "Sugar Blues", "Wait and See", "Groovus Mentus", "Bodega Bay", "After You've Gone", "Swimming in the Riviera", "Pink Lady", "Jack's Blues", "Enemy", "Where Do You Start", "The Shadow of Your Smile", "It Had To Be You", "49 Women")
 
2007 King of California (writer: "49 Women")
 
2006 Relative Strangers (performer: "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive", "On the Sunny Side of the Street")
 
2004 Teacher's Pet (performer: "Take the Money and Run")
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series)
– Mare Tranquilitatis (1998) (writer: "Bodega Bay" / performer: "Bodega Bay")
– Spider (1998) (writer: "Bodega Bay" / performer: "Bodega Bay")
 
1996 Bogus (performer: "Me And My Shadow")
 
1996 The Simpsons (TV series)
– The Day the Violence Died (1996) (performer: "The Amendment Song")
 
1995 Stuart Saves His Family (performer: "On The Sunny Side Of The Street")
 
1994 Speechless (performer: "Count Your Blessings")
 
1989 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– Superdome (1989) (lyrics: "Conjunction Junction")
 
1982 One from the Heart (performer: "Picking Up After You", "I Beg Your Pardon", "The Tango", "Circus Girl")
 
1973 The Long Goodbye (performer: "The Long Goodbye")
 
1969-1970 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
– Selma Plout's Plot (1970) (performer: "Talk to the Animals" - uncredited)
– The Organ Fund (1969) (performer: "The Fountain in the Park" - uncredited)
 
1965 The Sandpiper (performer: "The Shadow of Your Smile")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (16 titles)
2001 James Dean (TV movie) (musician: trumpet)
 
1994 Speechless (musician: trumpet - uncredited)
 
1991-1993 Homefront (TV series) (main title vocal - 4 episodes)
– The Lacemakers (1993) (main title vocal)
– On the Rebound (1993) (main title vocal)
– Signed, Crazy in Love (1993) (main title vocal)
– Splitting Hairs (1991) (main title vocal)
 
1992 Mr. Saturday Night (musician: trumpet solos)
 
1992 Noises Off... (featured musician)
 
1991 For the Boys (musician: trumpet - uncredited)
 
1991 The Object of Beauty (musician: trumpet)
 
1976 Freaky Friday (musician: trumpet - uncredited)
 
1973 The Long Goodbye (musician: trumpet - uncredited)
 
1971 Klute (musician: trumpet - uncredited)
 
1966 The Munsters (TV series) (musician: trumpet - 1 episode)
– The Musician (1966) (musician: trumpet)
 
1965 The Sandpiper (musician: trumpet - uncredited)
 
1964 The Pawnbroker (musician: trumpet - uncredited)
 
1963 Charade (musician: trumpet - uncredited)
 
1962 Hatari! (musician: trumpet - uncredited)
 
1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's (musician: trumpet - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
2009 According to Dom (documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Secret's Out (TV series)
Himself
– I've Loved You So Long (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 August 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 August 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 May 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2004 ALF's Hit Talk Show (TV series)
Himself
– Joe Mantegna/Merv Griffin (2004) … Himself
 
1988 Let's Get Lost (documentary)
Himself
 
1974 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 13 May 1974 (1974) … Guest Appearance
 
1970 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself / Trumpet player
 
1968 The Pat Boone Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 January 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1964 Here's Edie (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.11 (1964) … Himself
 
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Personal Details

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In 1968, he co-starred in an unsold comedy pilot for CBS called "Missy's Men", about how three soldiers (Dwayne Hickman and Daniel J. Travanti played the others) bring a Korean orphan girl to San Francisco and attempt to raise her.

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Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Trivia:

Jazz musician/singer/character actor, probably best known as Merv Griffin's trumpet-playing sidekick on his 1970s TV talk show and as the star of cult TV hit, Run Buddy Run. See more »

Trademark:

Most noted, musically that is, for his method of "TRIPLETONGUEING" while playing the trumpet. A feat not many can do. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius