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Jack Hogan

{{Short description|American actor (1929–2023)}}

{{for|New Zealand dual-international|John Hogan (rugby)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jack Hogan

| image = Robert Urich Maureen Reagan and Jack Hogan.jpg

| caption = Robert Urich (left), Maureen Reagan and Jack Hogan, pose for a publicity photo for the television series The Specialists, 1974

| birth_name = Richard Roland Benson Jr.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|11|24}}

| birth_place = Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|12|6|1929|11|24}}

| death_place = Bainbridge Island, Washington, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1956–1993

| spouse = {{plainlist|

  • Barbara Bates
  • {{marriage|Joyce Nizzari|1967|1980|end=divorced}}

}}

| children = 2

}}

Richard Roland Benson Jr. (November 24, 1929 – December 6, 2023), known professionally as Jack Hogan, was an American actor most notable for the role of PFC William G. Kirby on the 1960s television show Combat!{{cite web|title=Jack Hogan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/32748/Jack-Hogan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122121419/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/32748/Jack-Hogan|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2014|archive-date=2014-01-22}}

Biography

Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Hogan was an architecture student in college before joining the Air Force, where he became a staff sergeant during the Korean War. After he returned to civilian life, he studied drama at the Pasadena Playhouse and in New York. He worked part-time as a lifeguard until he gained the role on Combat.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Erskine |title=He Saw Acting As Easy-Buck Job |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37507898/jack_hogan/ |accessdate=October 20, 2019 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=November 11, 1964 |location=Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |page=25}} He portrayed Sgt. Jerry Miller on the NBC-TV crime drama Adam-12.{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=8|edition=2nd}} In addition to acting, he was a casting director for Magnum, P.I. and operated a building business.{{cite book |last1=Kotar |first1=S. L. |last2=Gessler |first2=J. E. |title=Riverboat: The Evolution of a Television Series, 1959-1961 |date=2009 |publisher=BearManor Media |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfNACgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Richard+Roland+Benson%22&pg=PT227 |accessdate=18 November 2018 |language=en}}

Personal life and death

Hogan married Barbara Bates (not to be confused with actress Barbara Bates).

Jack Hogan died at his home in Bainbridge Island, Washington, on December 6, 2023, at the age of 94.{{cite web |last1=Zee |first1=Michaela |title=Jack Hogan, ‘Combat!’ Star, Dies at 94 |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/obituaries-people-news/jack-hogan-dead-combat-1235832803/ |website=Variety |access-date=December 10, 2023}}

Films

Television

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name | id=0389537}}

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Category:1929 births

Category:2023 deaths

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male television actors

Category:Male actors from North Carolina

Category:People from Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Category:20th-century American male actors

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