Dack Rambo

Dack Rambo (born November 13, 1941 in Delano , California as Norman Rambo , † March 21, 1994 in Los Angeles ) was an American actor .

Rambo was discovered for television by Loretta Young at the age of 21 . He later completed professional acting training with Lee Strasberg . Numerous appearances in television films and series followed, u. a. in the series Cannon , Smoking Colts , Charlie's Angels and the soap operas Another World and All My Children . He achieved particular popularity in the role of Jack Ewing , the long-lost cousin of JR ( Larry Hagman ) in the television series Dallas , which he played from 1985 to 1987. In 1973 he was awarded the bronze Bravo Otto by the German youth magazine BRAVO.

In 1991 Rambo was diagnosed with AIDS , whereupon he retired from acting in order to devote himself entirely to the fight against the disease and public relations work on AIDS. In 1994 he died at the age of only 52.

His twin brother Dirk Rambo, who also worked as an actor in film and television, died in a traffic accident in 1967.

Filmography (selection)

• 1962–1963: The New Loretta Young Show (TV series, 22 episodes)
• 1965: Never Too Young (TV series, 15 episodes)
• 1967–1969: The Trail of Jim Sonnett ( The Guns of Will Sonnett ; TV series, 50 episodes)
• 1970: Where, please, are you going to the front? (Which Way to the Front?)
• 1970–1971: Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke ; TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1971: Cannon (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1974: Nightmare Honeymoon
• 1974: Dirty Sally (TV series, 14 episodes)
• 1975: California Cops - New in Action ( The Rookies ; TV series, 1 episode)
• 1978–1979: Sword of Justice (TV series, 10 episodes)
• 1978–1984: Fantasy Island (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 1979–1986: Love Boat (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1980: Charlie's Angels ( Charlie's Angels , television series, Episode Angel in Hiding )
• 1981: Rich and Famous
• 1983: All My Children (soap opera)
• 1984: Carousel of the Dolls ( Paper Dolls ; TV series, 14 episodes)
• 1984–1990: Murder is her hobby ( Murder, She Wrote ; TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1985–1987: Dallas (TV series, 51 episodes)
• 1987: Isle of a Thousand Dreams (Shades of Love: Lilac Dream)
• 1987: Hotel (TV series, episode incantations )
• 1988: Hunter (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1989: An Angel on Earth ( Highway to Heaven ; TV series, 1 episode)
• 1989: In Search of the Crystal of Life (The Spring)
• 1990: Alpha 2 (Ultra Warrior)
• 1991–1992: Another World (soap opera)

Web links

• Dack Rambo in the Internet Movie Database (English)