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Jack Ging
Ging as Beau McCloud (center) with Suzanne Lloyd and Howard Keel in TV's
Tales of Wells Fargo, 1961
Born
Jack Lee Ging

(1931-11-30)November 30, 1931
Alva, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedSeptember 10, 2022(2022-09-10) (aged 90)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1958–1994
Spouse(s)Katie Ging (1952–1954; divorced); 1 child
Gretchen Graening (1956–1972; divorced); 1 child
Ramona Ging (1978–2022); 2 children
Keenan Wynn, Linda Evans, and Ging in an episode of TV's The Eleventh Hour (1963)

Jack Lee Ging (November 30, 1931 – September 10, 2022) was an American actor, 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

Ging was the son of a couple who farmed outside of Alva, Oklahoma. Both sets of his grandparents were participants in the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893.[1] 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.[2]

Before turning to acting, Ging served in the United States Marine Corps for four years and was honorably discharged.[3] 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.[4]

Career

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. He also appeared in the horror films Die Sister, Die! (1972), Sssssss (1973), and That Man Bolt (1973). He appeared in TV movies such as Terror in the Sky (1971) and The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974).[citation needed]

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.[5]: 1051 [6] (Ging had previously played a villain on a different episode of the series.)

In 1960, he 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.[5]: 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.

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[5] and Admiral Conte on the NBC adventure series The Highwayman.[5]: 462 

Athletic accomplishments

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.[2] He also was a "Crosby golf tournament winner, [and a] Clint Eastwood Celebrity Tennis tournament champion."[7]

Personal life and death

Jack and Katie Ging married "right out of high school".[2] He had one child with her.[citation needed] 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.[3]

Ging died at his home in Palm Springs, California, on September 10, 2022, at the age of 90.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1958 Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! Hoxie's Driver Uncredited
1959 Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow Tony
1960 Desire in the Dust Peter Marquand
1960 Tess of the Storm Country Peter Graves
1961 Sniper's Ridge Pvt. Sharack
1966 Intimacy Jim Hawley
1968 Hang 'Em High Marshal Ace Hayes Uncredited
1971 Terror in the Sky Controller
1971 Play Misty for Me Frank
1972 Die Sister, Die! Edward Price Filmed in 1972, released in 1978
1973 High Plains Drifter Morgan Allen
1973 Sssssss Sheriff Dale Hardison
1973 That Man Bolt Connie Mellis
1974 Where the Red Fern Grows Father
1974 The Disappearance of Flight 412 Green
1977 Another Man, Another Chance Preacher Uncredited

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1958–1959 Mackenzie's Raiders Lieutenant /
Lieutenant Sanders /
Otis Matthews		 8 episodes
1959 Wanted Dead or Alive Royer Episode: "Bad Gun"
1959 Tales of Wells Fargo Stacy Episode: "Return of Doc Bell"
1959–1960 Bat Masterson Clark Bassett /
Billy Webb		 2 episodes
1960–1962 Perry Mason Robert Samuel Chapman /
James Kincannon /
Danny Pierce		 3 episodes
1961 The Twilight Zone Young Man Episode: "The Whole Truth"
1961 Sea Hunt Lou James Episode: "Rescue"
1961 Tales of Wells Fargo Beau McCloud 13 episodes
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Detective Parks Episode: "Keep Me Company"
1962–1964 The Eleventh Hour Dr. Paul Graham 59 episodes
Ging was a regular in season 1 of 2 seasons
1963 Dr. Kildare Dr. Paul Graham Episode: "Four Feet in the Morning"
1967 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Lt. John Singleton Mosby 2 episodes:
"Willie and the Yank: The Deserter",
"Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders"
1968 Mannix James Spencer Episode: "The End of the Rainbow"
1970–1974 Mannix Lt. Dan Ives 7 episodes
1974–1979 Barnaby Jones Various roles 4 episodes
1975, 1977 Kojak Leo Becker / Hackford 2 episodes
1978 Fantasy Island Sgt. Gus Fallon Episode: "Trouble, My Lovely / The Common Man"
1978 Starsky & Hutch Ray Pardee Episode: "The Game"
1979 B. J. and the Bear Inspector /
Treasury Agent Paul Mason		 2 episodes
1979 Dear Detective Det. Chuck Morris 4 episodes
1980 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo Dr. Richard Peterson Episode: "First to Finish, Last to Show"
1980 Galactica 1980 Captain Bannister Episode: "The Super Scouts"
1980 Hart to Hart Drew Kendall Episode: "What Murder?"
1981 Quincy M.E. Mickey Langford Episode: "Dead Stop"
1982 The Fall Guy Johnson Episode: "How Do I Kill Thee... Let Me Count the Ways"
1983 The Winds of War Destroyer Commander Baldwin Episode: "The Changing of the Guard"
1983 The A-Team SWAT Captain Stark /
Border Patrol Lt. Taggart		 2 episodes
1984–1985 Riptide Lt. Ted Quinlan 31 episodes
1985–1986 The A-Team Gen. Harlan 'Bull' Fulbright 6 episodes
1986 Highway to Heaven Michael Gunn Episode: "Code Name: FREAK"
1988 War and Remembrance Cmdr. William Berscher Episode: "Part III"
1991–1992 P.S. I Luv U Chief Hollings 6 episodes
1994 Wings Coach Dan Mattay Episode: "Boys Will Be Girls"

See also

References

  1. ^ Hopper, Hedda (December 11, 1962). "TV's Jack Ging Lesson in Overcoming Failure". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Barnum, Mike (July 2017). "Jack Ging: A Nice Life". Classic Images (505): 66–77.
  3. ^ a b Aaker, Everett (2017). Television Western Players, 1960–1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 189–190. ISBN 9781476628561. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  4. ^ 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 7 September 2017.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Jack Ging Dies at 90". NBC Palm Springs. 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
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