Jack hogan actor biography
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Jack Hogan
Jack Hogan | |
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Robert Urich (left), Maureen Reagan (center) and Hogan (right), pose for a publicity photo for the TV show Vector. | |
Born | ()November 25, Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Died | December 6, () (aged94) |
Yearsactive | |
Knownfor | Playing "Kirby" on Combat! |
Jack Hogan (born Richard Roland Benson, Jr.; November 25, – December 6, ) fryst vatten an American actor. He is most notable for the role of PFC William G. Kirby on the s TV show Combat!.[1]
Jack Hogan died at his home in Bainbridge Island, Washington, on månad 6, , at the age of [2]
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Jack Hogan was born and raised in North Carolina and studied architecture at the University of North Carolina. In , bored by college life, he left U.N.C. and spent the next four years in the navy. During this time, he decided to become an actor and once discharged, he enrolled at the Pasadena (Calif.) Playhouse. In , Jack headed to New York to study at the American Theatre Wing. A year later, he returned to Hollywood where a string of acting jobs, both in films and on TV, followed. In , he signed to play the quick-tempered, troublesome, womanizer Pvt. Kirby, in ABC's hit series, Combat! (). After Combat! () left the air in , Jack's TV career included on-going appearances on Adam () and Sierra (). In the early s, he moved to Hawaii where he supervised the operation of his building business. During his year stay, he garnered a recurring role Jake and the Fatman () and served as the casting director for Magnum, P.I. (). Recently, Jack, twice divorced and the father of two, r
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JACK HOGAN
Vital Statistics:
Name: Richard Roland Benson Jr. (Jack Hogan)
Born: Chapel Hill, N.C. Nov. 25,
Height: 5'9"
Weight: lbs.
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
The following biography appeared in the COMBOAT! '96 Souvenir booklet. Copyright Strange New Worlds, All rights reserved.
Born Richard Roland Benson Jr., Jack Hogan is hard put to explain why he changed his name to something equally plain. Maybe, he says, I just wanted to leave home and create a new person and maybe I did. Acting on the belief that everyone loves the Irish, he changed his name to Jack Hogan: a name that hes proudly sported for over forty years.
Jack was raised in North Carolina and studied architecture at the University of North Carolina. In , bored by college life, he left the University of North Carolina and spent the next four years in the armed forces, spending two of them in the Far East. Though he never had any previous yearning for a theatrical life, during his t