Richard Hanley Jaeckel (October 10, 1926 â€" June 14, 1997) was an
American actor of film and television. Jaeckel became a well-known
character actor in his career, which spanned six decades. He received
a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his role in the 1971
adaptation of Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion.Jaeckel was born
October 10, 1926, in Long Beach, New York, the son of Richard Jaeckel
and Millicent Hanley. His father was active in the family's fur
business, and his mother was a stage actress. His birth name was R
Hanley Jaeckel, with only the initial rather than a first name. He
attended The Harvey School and other private schools. The family lived
in New York until 1934, when they moved to Los Angeles, where his
father operated a branch of the family business. He graduated from
Hollywood High School.A short, tough man, Jaeckel played a variety of
characters during his 50 years in films and television. Jaeckel got
his start in the business at the age of seventeen while he was
employed as a mailboy at 20th Century Fox studios in Hollywood.:8 A
casting director auditioned him for a role in the 1943 film
Guadalcanal Diary; Jaeckel won the role and settled into a lengthy
career in supporting parts.He served in the United States Merchant
Marine from 1944 to 1949, then starred in two of the most remembered
war films of 1949: Battleground and Sands of Iwo Jima with John Wayne.
One of Jaeckel's shortest film roles was in The Gunfighter, in which
his character is killed by Gregory Peck's character in the opening
scene. He played the role of Turk, the roomer's boyfriend, in the
Academy Award-winning 1952 film Come Back, Little Sheba, with Shirley
Booth, Burt Lancaster, and Terry Moore. In 1960, he appeared as Angus
Pierce in the western, Flaming Star, starring Elvis Presley. He played
Lee Marvin's able second-in-command, Sgt. Bowren, in the 1967 film The
Dirty Dozen for director Robert Aldrich, and reprised the role in the
1985 sequel, The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission. Jaeckel appeared in
several other Aldrich films, including Attack (1956), Ulzana's Raid
(1972), and Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977).
American actor of film and television. Jaeckel became a well-known
character actor in his career, which spanned six decades. He received
a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his role in the 1971
adaptation of Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion.Jaeckel was born
October 10, 1926, in Long Beach, New York, the son of Richard Jaeckel
and Millicent Hanley. His father was active in the family's fur
business, and his mother was a stage actress. His birth name was R
Hanley Jaeckel, with only the initial rather than a first name. He
attended The Harvey School and other private schools. The family lived
in New York until 1934, when they moved to Los Angeles, where his
father operated a branch of the family business. He graduated from
Hollywood High School.A short, tough man, Jaeckel played a variety of
characters during his 50 years in films and television. Jaeckel got
his start in the business at the age of seventeen while he was
employed as a mailboy at 20th Century Fox studios in Hollywood.:8 A
casting director auditioned him for a role in the 1943 film
Guadalcanal Diary; Jaeckel won the role and settled into a lengthy
career in supporting parts.He served in the United States Merchant
Marine from 1944 to 1949, then starred in two of the most remembered
war films of 1949: Battleground and Sands of Iwo Jima with John Wayne.
One of Jaeckel's shortest film roles was in The Gunfighter, in which
his character is killed by Gregory Peck's character in the opening
scene. He played the role of Turk, the roomer's boyfriend, in the
Academy Award-winning 1952 film Come Back, Little Sheba, with Shirley
Booth, Burt Lancaster, and Terry Moore. In 1960, he appeared as Angus
Pierce in the western, Flaming Star, starring Elvis Presley. He played
Lee Marvin's able second-in-command, Sgt. Bowren, in the 1967 film The
Dirty Dozen for director Robert Aldrich, and reprised the role in the
1985 sequel, The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission. Jaeckel appeared in
several other Aldrich films, including Attack (1956), Ulzana's Raid
(1972), and Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977).
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