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Jun 14, 1997 · A journeyman player of Hollywood films and action TV series who also has acted in martial arts movies, Jaeckel came up in the waning days of the studio system and has played supporting parts--often pugnacious ones--in some "A" movies and numerous leads in "B" movies and low-budget actioners. Breaking in as a delivery boy at Fox Studios, the ...
Blond, blue-eyed and stocky, the baby-faced Richard Jaeckel was a prolific character actor who specialised in ebullient, pugnacious youths, notably in war films and westerns.
Feb 9, 2023 · It wasn't traumatizing for me because Richard Jaeckel was a really nice man also. [Laughs] These guys were such good actors. My mom loved to be on the set because she was a fan of both of those ...
Jun 16, 1997 · Richard Jaeckel, a character actor best known for playing tough guys in films such as ``The Dirty Dozen'' and ``Sands of Iwo Jima,'' has died. He was 70. The stocky, baby-faced actor who also played combat cowards and comic foils, died Saturday night at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, nursing supervisor Ann Walsh said Monday.
Richard Jaeckel. Actor: Starman. Stocky tough-guy character actor Richard Jaeckel was 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.
Jun 18, 1997 · Richard Jaeckel, a veteran character actor remembered for his supporting roles in war films and Westerns, has died at age 70. Jaeckel, who played a churlish sergeant in “The Dirty Dozen,” died ...
Mar 10, 2014 · By Garry Armstrong on 03/10/2014 • ( 34 ) Boston, 1973. I don’t remember the exact date, but it was warm. We shot in shirtsleeves in the lobby of the TV station. I couldn’t get a studio and was being urged to get the shoot finished as quickly as possible. The “suits” were unimpressed with Richard Jaeckel. James Coburn was the hot ...
