Jack Grinnage
Jack Eugene Grinnage (born January 20, 1931 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actor who has been in the film business since 1954. He became famous in 1955 for the role of Moose in ... because they don't know what they are doing .
Life
Jack Eugene Grinnage was born in Los Angeles, California in 1931. The then 23-year-old got his first small role in 1954 in an episode of the sitcom Father is the Best with Robert Young . 1955 followed a small supporting role in Interrupted Melody . That same year, Grinnage got the role of youthful gang member Moose in ... because they don't know what they're doing alongside James Dean , who made him known as an actor.
In the following years, Jack Grinnage limited himself mainly to minor supporting roles, including 1958 in the film drama My Life is the Rhythm with Elvis Presley in the leading role and in 1960 in Spartacus with Kirk Douglas . There were also other appearances in television series, including 1961 in an episode of Twilight Zone . That same year, Grinnage appeared in The Billy Barnes People on New York's Broadway . 1974-1975 Jack Grinnage played the role of the reporter Ron Updyke , the opponent of by Darren McGavin embodied Carl Kolchak , in the television series Kolchak: The Night Stalker . Originally, Grinnage's character was only supposed to have a single appearance, but then became part of the regular cast due to his popularity.
His later appearances include makeshift janitor Marvell in two episodes of Scrubs in 2009. In the fall of 2018, he appeared on the comedy series The Kids Are Alright alongside Mary McCormack .
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1955: Broken melody (Interrupted Melody)
- 1955: ... because they don't know what they're doing (Rebel Without a Cause)
- 1956: Gaby
- 1958: Wink of an Eye
- 1958: My Life Is the Rhythm (King Creole)
- 1958: The Sea Wolf (Wolf Larsen)
- 1959: Youth without a law (Riot in Juvenile Prison)
- 1960: Spartacus
- 1963: A Ticklish Affair
- 1963: Captain Newman (Captain Newman, MD)
- 1968: Where can you get beer at the front, please? (The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell)
- 1970: The glow of violence (The Liberation of LB Jones)
- 1978: Zero to Sixty
- 2003: Six Feet Under - Died always (Six Feet Under)
TV Shows
Unless otherwise stated, one sequence each
- 1954: Father Knows Best
- 1959–1966: Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke ; four episodes)
- 1961: Twilight Zone
- 1966: Laredo (two episodes)
- 1969: The Boss (Ironside)
- 1974–1975: Kolchak: The Night Stalker (20 episodes)
- 1977: Starsky & Hutch
- 1978: Lou Grant
- 1983: Hotel
- 2009: Scrubs ( Scrubs ; two episodes)
- 2013: Ghost Girls
- 2018: The Kids Are Alright
Web links
- Jack Grinnage in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jack Grinnage in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Website at Jack Grinnage (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lisa D. Carroll: Exclusive Interview: Jack Grinnage. In: moviehole.net. September 8, 2005, accessed February 4, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grinnage, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grinnage, Jack Eugene (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , United States |