Jack Colvin

Jack Colvin
Born (1934-10-13)October 13, 1934
Lyndon, Kansas, United States
Died December 1, 2005(2005-12-01) (aged 71)
North Hollywood, California
Years active 1966–2005

Jack Colvin (October 13, 1934 – December 1, 2005)[1] was an American character actor of theatre, film and TV. He is known for the role of the tabloid reporter Jack McGee in The Incredible Hulk television franchise (1977–88),[1][2] and as Dr. Ardmore in Child's Play.

Early life

Colvin was born in Lyndon, Kansas, twenty-seven miles south of Topeka. He began his stage career as a child performer.[2][3] At the age of seventeen Colvin became a private student of Michael Chekhov.[1][3]

Career

Although he appeared in hundreds of films and television shows, he always returned to the theatre.[3] His stage roles include Marchbanks in Shaw's Candida, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Morgan Evans in The Corn Is Green, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Constantin in The Seagull, and Edmund in Long Day's Journey into Night.[3] His film credits include Scorpio (1973), The Stone Killer (1973), The Terminal Man (1974), Rooster Cogburn (1975) and Child's Play (1988) among others.[3] His partnership with Yvonne Wilder in one of the most successful comedy acts of the 1960s, Colvin and Wilder, led him to appear all over the U.S. on stage and on television, including The Dean Martin Show, The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, culminating in their farewell appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York City.[2][3][4] Other television roles were on such programs as Switch, The Rockford Files, The Six Million Dollar Man, Kojak, and The Bionic Woman. While under contract to Universal Pictures for seven years, he appeared in over one hundred hours of television programming.[3]

Colvin won Los Angeles' Drama-Logue Awards in five separate categories, as actor, director, playwright, producer and production designer.[3]

He taught at the central Experimental Film School of Rome, the University of Southern California, Cal State Northridge, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the 1994 Michael Chekhov International Workshop in Sussex, the Centre for Performance Research at the University of Birmingham in 1999, and The Michael Chekhov Association's NYU June Intensive in 2004. His pupils included several stars whose subsequent performances that have won Academy Awards, Emmy Awards and Tony Awards. Colvin served as the Artistic Director of the Michael Chekhov Studio USA West, a position he founded, until his death from complications of a stroke.[3]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Obituary in The Independent
  2. 1 2 3 Obituary in Los Angeles Times
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Michael Chekhov Studio
  4. ↑ Green Screen: Hulk on TV Part 4 - A spotlight on the stars of "The Incredible Hulk"

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