Jon St. Elwood (born October 24, 1952) is an actor whose film and
television career began in the late 1970s and carried on until around
the late 1980s. He is familiar to soap opera fans as tough guy Jazz
Jackson in the day time soap opera The Young and the Restless, a role
he played for a couple of years in the mid-1980s. He also acted in the
films, The Child Stealer in 1979, They Call Me Bruce? in 1982 and
Against All Odds in 1984.Born on October 24, 1952 and originally from
Los Angeles, California, St. Elwood is from Phoenix Arizona. In his
younger years, and having the issues that juveniles have, for two
years his life was structured under the Gary Job Corps vocational and
educational training center which years later in 1986, he attributed
to his own development as a person and a Christian. Prior to becoming
an actor, he worked in some low paying jobs which included moving
rocks and furniture removal. He was also a plumbers mate and a
night-club bouncer. He even attended the Phoenix Police Academy for a
while, but opted to try medical related work.In early 1985, he
received the Los Angeles Sentinel's Community Service Award for his
work with American Cancer Society and some other organizations.In
October 1985, St. Elwood was married to former neighbor and friend
Irene Hubbard at the Historical Wedding Chapel in Burbank, California.
Prior to their becoming man and wife, he had known her for seven
years. Cast members, Stephanie Williams (Who played Amy) and Susan
Seaforth Hayes (who played Joanna), with her husband Bill Hayes,
attended the small ceremony.
television career began in the late 1970s and carried on until around
the late 1980s. He is familiar to soap opera fans as tough guy Jazz
Jackson in the day time soap opera The Young and the Restless, a role
he played for a couple of years in the mid-1980s. He also acted in the
films, The Child Stealer in 1979, They Call Me Bruce? in 1982 and
Against All Odds in 1984.Born on October 24, 1952 and originally from
Los Angeles, California, St. Elwood is from Phoenix Arizona. In his
younger years, and having the issues that juveniles have, for two
years his life was structured under the Gary Job Corps vocational and
educational training center which years later in 1986, he attributed
to his own development as a person and a Christian. Prior to becoming
an actor, he worked in some low paying jobs which included moving
rocks and furniture removal. He was also a plumbers mate and a
night-club bouncer. He even attended the Phoenix Police Academy for a
while, but opted to try medical related work.In early 1985, he
received the Los Angeles Sentinel's Community Service Award for his
work with American Cancer Society and some other organizations.In
October 1985, St. Elwood was married to former neighbor and friend
Irene Hubbard at the Historical Wedding Chapel in Burbank, California.
Prior to their becoming man and wife, he had known her for seven
years. Cast members, Stephanie Williams (Who played Amy) and Susan
Seaforth Hayes (who played Joanna), with her husband Bill Hayes,
attended the small ceremony.
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