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CREDITS

TV SERIES REGULAR or RECURRING ROLE

MacKENZIE'S RAIDERS syndicated ZIV (1959) as Lieutenant
TALES OF WELLS FARGO, NBC, 1961-62 as Agent Beau McCloud
THE ELEVENTH HOUR, NBC, 1962-64 as Dr. Paul Graham
MANNIX, CBS, 1969-1974 as Detective Dan Ives
DEAR DETECTIVE, CBS, 1979 as Detective Chuck Morris
RIPTIDE, NBC, (1/3/84 to 12/10/85) as Detective Ted Quinlan
THE A-TEAM, NBC, 1985-86 as General Harlan "Bull" Fulbright
P.S. I LUV U, CBS, (9/15/91 to 1/4/92) as Sheriff Hollings

FILM APPEARANCES
(asterisk indicates starring role)

 

TV MINI-SERIES and TELEFILMS

*GUNFIGHT IN BLACK HORSE CANYON (1961) as Agent Beau McCloud [a composite of two WELLS FARGO episodes]
*WILLIE AND THE YANK (1966) [Disney three-part telefilm
released as MOSBY'S MARAUDERS] as Col. John Singleton Mosby, the "Gray Ghost"
O'HARA, US TREASURY {OPERATION:COBRA} (4/2/71) [pilot] as Agent Garrick
TERROR IN THE SKY (9/17/71) as Air Traffic Controller
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FLIGHT 412 (1974) as White
THE IMPOSTOR (3/18/75) [pilot] as Carl Rennick
KEEFER aka BEHIND THE LINES (1978) {Jack L. Ging} as Benson
THE OKLAHOMA CITY DOLLS (1981) as C.C. Jamespon
THE WINDS OF WAR [mini-series] (2/6/83--2/13/83) as Destroyer Commander Baldwin
WAR AND REMEMBRANCE (1989) as Commander William Berscher

 

TELEVISION GUEST APPEARANCES

THE ROUGH RIDERS "The Governor" (11/6/58)
M SQUAD "The Baited Hook" (5/8/59)
BAT MASTERSON "Dead Men Don't Pay Debts" (11/19/59) as Clark Bassett
BAT MASTERSON "Bat Trap" (10/13/60) as Billy Webb
WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE "Bad Gun" (1959)
THE MAN AND THE CHALLENGE "The Visitors" (12/26/59) as Willie
MEN INTO SPACE "The Space Satellite" (1/13/60) as Lt. Jerry Rutledge
MEN INTO SPACE "Sea of Stars" (1960)
BLACK SADDLE "Means to an End" (1/29/60) as Boyd Parsons
THE MAN AND THE CHALLENGE "The Windowless Room" (1/30/60) as Dan Wright
WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE "Jason" (1/30/60)
THE MAN AND THE CHALLENGE "Hurricane Mesa" (3/19/60) as Jim Harper
PERRY MASON "The Case of the Slandered Submarine" (5/14/60) as Robert Chapman
WRANGLER "Incident at the Bar M" (8/4/60) as Andy (debut of series)
THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW "Linda" (10/9/60)
THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF WYATT EARP "Johnny Behind the Deuce" (10/11/60) as Johnny O'Rourke
THE DEPUTY "Three Brothers" (12/10/60) as Jay Bennett
TWILIGHT ZONE "The Whole Truth" (1/20/61)
RIPCORD (1961?)
PERRY MASON "The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff" (3/11/61) as James Kincannon
SHIRLEY TEMPLE THEATER "The Princess and the Goblins" (3/19/61) as Curdie Peterson
SEA HUNT "Rescue" (4/22/61) #1124
THE ROARING TWENTIES "Among the Missing" (5/6/61) as senior cadet Jim Everly
MICHAEL SHAYNE "It Takes a Heap O' Dyin'" (5/12/61) as Fred Palmer
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS "Keep Me Company" (11/7/61) as Detective Parks
CAIN'S HUNDRED "The New Order" (3/6/62)
PERRY MASON "The Case of the Lonely Eloper" (5/22/62) as Danny Pierce
DR. KILDARE "Four Feet in the Morning" (part 1, continued on THE ELEVENTH HOUR) (11/21/63)
THE MATCH GAME [game show] (9/30/63)
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON (1963)
KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER "Streetcar, Do You Read Me?" (2/25/65) as Mike, USAF bomber navigator
THE BOB HOPE CHRYSLER THEATER "The War and Eric Kurtz" (3/5/65) as Major MacAlister {pilot}
THE TRIALS OF O'BRIEN "A Horse Called Destiny" (1/21/66)
GUNSMOKE "Stage Stop" (11/26/66) as Simon Dobbs
SHANE "The Silent Gift" (11/26/66) as Kyle
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY "Willie and the Yank"(1/8,1/15,1/22/67) as Lt./Capt. John S. Mosby
BONANZA "The Crime of Jimmy Mule" (2/25/68) as Cleve Lowden
JUDD, FOR THE DEFENSE "In A Puff of Smoke" (9/27/68)
MANNIX "End of the Rainbow" (10/26/68) as James Spencer
THE FBI "The Cober List" (3/23/69) as James Cober
HAWAII FIVE-O "Run, Johnny, Run" (1/14/70) as Navy Commander Carl Anderson
DAN AUGUST "The Soldier" (12/2/70) as Army MP Corporal (Sgt. in show) Wade Pollock
THE MEN FROM SHILOH "The Animal" (1/20/71) as Owen
THE MOD SQUAD "The Poisoned Mind" (1971)
THE MOD SQUAD "I Am My Brother's Keeper" (1/4/72)
MEDICAL CENTER "The Awakening" (2/23/72)
O'HARA, U.S. TREASURY "Operation: Smokescreen" (3/10/72)
MY SISTER HANK [pilot] (3/31/72) as Willis Bennett [Jodie Foster's father]
IRONSIDE "Nightmare Trip" (11/9/72)
THE FBI "Canyon of No Return" (11/26/72)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE "Kidnap" (12/2/72) as Hawks
SEARCH "Countdown to Panic" (2/7/73) as Hall
THE FABULOUS DR. FABLE [pilot] (6/17/73) as police Lieutenant DeLusso
BARNABY JONES "Venus--as in Fly Trap" (1/6/74)
OWEN MARSHALL, COUNSELOR AT LAW "A Killer With a Badge" (2/9/74) as Police Sgt. Gurney
THE FBI "The $2,000,000 Hit" (2/24/74) as Selwyn
THE MAGICIAN "The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate" (2/25/74)
ABC WIDE WORLD OF MYSTERY "Murder Impossible" (3/26/74)
LASSIE: "Peace Is Our Profession" (5/5/74)
ABC AFTERNOON PLAYBREAK "Can I Save My Children?" (10/17/74)
POLICE STORY "Wolf" (11/19/74)
THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN "The Deadly Replay" (11/22/74) as Ted Collins
PETROCELLI "A Very Lonely Lady" (11/27/74)
KOJAK "The Good Luck Bomber" (2/9/75) as Leo Becker
CARIBE "The Plastic Connection" (2/17/75)
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE "Survival" aka "A Sioux Renegade" (2/26/75) as Marshal Jim Anders
JOE FORRESTER "Bus Station" (9/23/75)
BARNABY JONES "The Alpha-Bravo War" (10/31/75) as Wayne Houser
PETROCELLI "The Gamblers" (11/12/75)
CANNON "The Wedding March" (11/19/75) as Rick Harney
RUN, JOE, RUN  (2/28/76)
POLICE WOMAN "Trial by Prejudice" (10/12/76)
THE BIONIC WOMAN "Kill Oscar" (part one) (10/27/76)  as Chief Inspector Hanson
THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN "Kill Oscar" (part two) (10/31/76)
THE BIONIC WOMAN "Kill Oscar" (part three) (11/3/76)
BARNABY JONES "Sister of Death" (1/6/77) as Dave Hendricks
THE WALTONS "The Inferno" (2/10/77) as Stuart Henry
KOJAK "Cry for the Kids" (10/23/77)
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF 65? "Mr. Potential" (2/23/78)
PROJECT UFO "Sighting 4004: The Howard Crossing Incident" (3/19/78) as Captain Roy Gordon
FANTASY ISLAND "Trouble, My Lovely" (4/1/78) as Sgt. Gus Fallon
THE HARDY BOYS MYSTERIES "The Campus Terror" (5/7/78) as Inspector Richards
STARSKY AND HUTCH "The Game" (9/19/78) as Pardee/Samuels
B.J. AND THE BEAR "Snow White and the Seven Lady Truckers" (1979) Parts One and Two
BARNABY JONES "A Desperate Pursuit" (10/11/79) as Tom Powers
GALACTICA 1980 "The Super Scouts" (3/16/80) and (3/23/80) ?
THE MISADVENTURES OF SHERIFF LOBO (1/8/80)
HART TO HART "What Murder?" (11/18/80) as Drew Kendall
GREATEST AMERICAN HERO "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" (4/29/81) as Captain Tracy Winslow
QUINCY, M.E. "Dead Stop" (12/23/81)
THE FALL GUY "How Do I Kill Thee--Let Me Count the Ways" (12/15/82) as Johnson
THE A-TEAM "A Small and Deadly War" (2/15/83) as Captain Stark
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE "May I Have This Dance?" (3/14/83) as Harrison Brown
THE A-TEAM "Bad Time On The Border" (10/18/83) as border patrol Lt. Taggart
HARDCASTLE AND McCORMICK "Just Another Round of that Old Song"(12/11/83) as Joe Cagney
THE A-TEAM "Sound of Thunder" (5/13/86) as General Fulbright [only recognized onscreen killing in the series!]
HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN (11/19/86) "Code Name: FREAK" as Michael Gunn
WISEGUY  Pilot, Parts I and II (9/16/87) as Sgt. Lewis Butcher
OHARA "Open Season" (3/26/88)
THE HIGHWAYMAN "Frightmare" (4/22/88) as Admiral
WINGS "Boys Will Be Girls" (4/7/94) as Coach Dan Mattay (most recent performance)

Thanks to Jack Ging, Mark Speck, Harris M. Lentz III, Des Martin, James Parrish, Uwe Tachl, and the IMDB for assistance in compiling this list--which is the most complete Jack Ging reference on the web!   --M. Jacquelyn Patterson