Jan-Michael Vincent (July 15, 1944 â€" February 10, 2019) was an
American actor. He was best known for having played helicopter pilot
Stringfellow Hawke on the television series Airwolf (1984â€"1987) and
the protagonist, Matt Johnson, in the 1978 film Big Wednesday. He also
starred as Byron Henry in The Winds of War.Jan-Michael Vincent was
born in Denver, Colorado, where his father was stationed after
enlisting in the United States Army in 1941. His father, Lloyd
Whiteley Vincent (September 7, 1919 â€" August 30, 2000), was born in
Tulare, California and raised in nearby Hanford, California in the San
Joaquin Valley. His mother, Doris Jane (née Pace; August 2, 1925 â€"
February 22, 1993), was born in Arkansas and moved to Hanford as a
toddler. Jan's grandfather, Herbert Vincent (September 26, 1876 â€"
January 14, 1974), was a bank robber and counterfeiter who had
masterminded robberies in the 1920s and 1930s. Jan's uncle, Lloyd's
brother Hoy, was shot to death in Tulare by a sheriff's deputy and was
wanted for a robbery that occurred in Oregon. Two of Vincent's other
uncles, Clifford and Harold, were convicted of bank robbery in
Hardwick and Strathmore in 1931. In 1932, Herbert and his son, Gordon,
were arrested in Hanford in January for bank robbery and assault with
a deadly weapon, which left Lloyd alone at age twelve.Lloyd Vincent
and Doris met in 1940 when she was in her early teens and Lloyd had
finished high school. Lloyd was stationed in Denver in 1941 as a B-25
bomber pilot during World War II, and he married Doris there when she
was sixteen. Jan's mistrust of authority came from later seeing his
father in the Army being told what to do and when to do it. Jan
Vincent's sister, Jaqueline "Jacquie" Vincent, was born in 1947. His
brother, Christopher, was born in 1952. After the war, Lloyd became a
painter, like Jan's grandfather, and later developed alcoholism. By
the time Jan was born in 1944, his parents owned a sign company in
Hanford.
American actor. He was best known for having played helicopter pilot
Stringfellow Hawke on the television series Airwolf (1984â€"1987) and
the protagonist, Matt Johnson, in the 1978 film Big Wednesday. He also
starred as Byron Henry in The Winds of War.Jan-Michael Vincent was
born in Denver, Colorado, where his father was stationed after
enlisting in the United States Army in 1941. His father, Lloyd
Whiteley Vincent (September 7, 1919 â€" August 30, 2000), was born in
Tulare, California and raised in nearby Hanford, California in the San
Joaquin Valley. His mother, Doris Jane (née Pace; August 2, 1925 â€"
February 22, 1993), was born in Arkansas and moved to Hanford as a
toddler. Jan's grandfather, Herbert Vincent (September 26, 1876 â€"
January 14, 1974), was a bank robber and counterfeiter who had
masterminded robberies in the 1920s and 1930s. Jan's uncle, Lloyd's
brother Hoy, was shot to death in Tulare by a sheriff's deputy and was
wanted for a robbery that occurred in Oregon. Two of Vincent's other
uncles, Clifford and Harold, were convicted of bank robbery in
Hardwick and Strathmore in 1931. In 1932, Herbert and his son, Gordon,
were arrested in Hanford in January for bank robbery and assault with
a deadly weapon, which left Lloyd alone at age twelve.Lloyd Vincent
and Doris met in 1940 when she was in her early teens and Lloyd had
finished high school. Lloyd was stationed in Denver in 1941 as a B-25
bomber pilot during World War II, and he married Doris there when she
was sixteen. Jan's mistrust of authority came from later seeing his
father in the Army being told what to do and when to do it. Jan
Vincent's sister, Jaqueline "Jacquie" Vincent, was born in 1947. His
brother, Christopher, was born in 1952. After the war, Lloyd became a
painter, like Jan's grandfather, and later developed alcoholism. By
the time Jan was born in 1944, his parents owned a sign company in
Hanford.
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