Jack Ging obit

Jack Ging, Actor in ‘The A-Team’ and Clint Eastwood Films, Dies at 90

The onetime University of Oklahoma football player also had TV stints on 'Tales of Wells Fargo,' 'The Eleventh Hour,' 'Mannix' and 'Riptide.'

 

 He was not on the list.

Jack Ging, the familiar character actor who recurred on such series as Tales of Wells Fargo, Mannix, Riptide and The A-Team and appeared in three films opposite Clint Eastwood, has died. He was 90.

Ging died Friday of natural causes at his home in La Quinta, California, his wife, Apache Ging, told The Hollywood Reporter.

In rare starring turns, Ging played the love interest of Diane Baker’s character in a remake of Tess of the Storm Country (1960), a soldier and reluctant hero in the waning days of the Korean War in the drama Sniper’s Ridge (1961) and a clinical psychiatrist on the 1962-64 NBC medical series The Eleventh Hour.

Alongside Eastwood, Ging portrayed a marshal in Hang ‘Em High (1968), a doctor in Play Misty for Me (1971) and the doomed outlaw Morgan Allen in High Plains Drifter (1973).

In 1961, Ging joined fellow Oklahoman Dale Robertson on NBC’s Tales of Wells Fargo during its sixth and final season as special agent Beau McCloud, and he showed up as Lt. Dan Ives, one of Joe Mannix’s (Mike Connors) go-to guys inside the LAPD, on CBS’ Mannix from 1968-74.

In the mid-’80s, he portrayed another cop, Ted Quinlan, on the NBC detective series Riptide over three seasons and spent a year on NBC’s The A-Team as Gen. Harlan “Bull” Fulbright, an antagonist who comes to realize that the show’s soldiers of fortunes were good guys, not bad.

Ging’s run on The A-Team ended when Fulbright took a bullet in the back during a rescue mission to save his daughter. “It was a kids show,” he said. “They shot 10,000 machine guns from every roof and threw bombs and grenades, but nobody ever got killed — except me,” he said with a laugh.

Jack Lee Ging was born on Nov. 30, 1931, in Alva, Oklahoma. He attended boarding school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, then played halfback for three seasons at the University of Oklahoma — he helped the Sooners beat the top-ranked University of Maryland in the 1954 Orange Bowl — and one for the Canadian Football League’s Edmonton Eskimos.

Inspired by Tyrone Power, the 5-foot-10 Ging decided to become an actor. He studied with Sanford Meisner in New York and in 1958 appeared on episodes of Mackenzie’s Raiders and Highway Patrol and in the Leo McCarey-directed film Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys!

He was hired for Tales of Wells Fargo when the series expanded to one hour and went from black-and-white to color but said he was given very little to do.

“The way it ended up, I was just holding Dale Robertson’s horse,” he recalled. “Anybody could have done that, so I left the show and got suspended for six months [for breaking his contract]. But I was handled by MCA at the time, so they helped me get out of it OK.”

Ging did most of his work on television, guest-starring on everything from Bat Masterson, The Roaring 20’s, The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, Bonanza and Hawaii Five-O to Fantasy Island, Barnaby Jones, The Greatest American Hero, The Fall Guy, Little House on the Prairie and Wings.

His movie résumé also included Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959), Raymond Burr’s Desire in the Dust (1960), Fred Williamson’s That Man Bolt (1973), Sssssss (1973), Where the Red Fern Grows (1974) and Die Sister, Die! (1978).

In 1985, the Los Angeles Times noted that Ging “routinely competed for sport and money. His opponents were such golfers as Dean Martin and James Garner — and others whose bank accounts were much bigger than their names.”

He met Apache, also an Oklahoman, while filming Where the Red Fern Grows in the state in 1973, and they were married in 1978. Survivors also include his children, Adam, Casey, Erin, Charlie and Anna, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Actor (111 credits)

 1994 Wings (TV Series)

Coach Dan Mattay

- Boys Will Be Girls (1994) ... Coach Dan Mattay

 1991-1992 P.S.I. Luv U (TV Series)

Chief Hollings

- The Chameleon (1992) ... Chief Hollings

- Where There's a Will, There's a Dani (1991) ... Chief Hollings

- Unmarried... with Children (1991) ... Chief Hollings

- Diamonds Are a Girl's Worst Friend (1991) ... Chief Hollings

- No Thanks for the Memories (1991) ... Chief Hollings

 1988 War and Remembrance (TV Mini Series)

Cmdr. William Berscher

- Part III (1988) ... Cmdr. William Berscher

 1988 The Highwayman (TV Series)

Admiral

- Frightmare (1988) ... Admiral

 1988 Ohara (TV Series)

Sonny Butler

- Open Season (1988) ... Sonny Butler

 1987 Wiseguy (TV Series)

Sheriff Lewis Butcher

- Pilot (1987) ... Sheriff Lewis Butcher

 1986 Highway to Heaven (TV Series)

Michael Gunn

- Code Name: FREAK (1986) ... Michael Gunn

 1983-1986 The A-Team (TV Series)

Gen. Harlan 'Bull' Fulbright / Border Patrol Lt. Taggart / SWAT Captain Stark

- The Sound of Thunder (1986) ... Gen. Harlan 'Bull' Fulbright

- Mission of Peace (1986) ... Gen. Harlan 'Bull' Fulbright

- Beneath the Surface (1986) ... Gen. Harlan 'Bull' Fulbright

- Members Only (1986) ... Gen. Harlan 'Bull' Fulbright

- The A-Team Is Coming, the A-Team Is Coming (1986) ... Gen. Harlan 'Bull' Fulbright

 1984-1985 Riptide (TV Series)

Lt. Ted Quinlan

- Requiem for Icarus (1985) ... Lt. Ted Quinlan

- Robin and Marian (1985) ... Lt. Ted Quinlan

- Who Really Watches the Sunset? (1985) ... Lt. Ted Quinlan

- Does Not Compute (1985) ... Lt. Ted Quinlan

- Thirty-Six Hours 'til Dawn (1985) ... Lt. Ted Quinlan

 1983 Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series)

Joe Cagney

- Just Another Round of That Old Song (1983) ... Joe Cagney

 1975-1983 Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)

Mr. Brown / Marshal Anders

- May I Have This Dance? (1983) ... Mr. Brown

- Survival (1975) ... Marshal Anders

 1983 The Winds of War (TV Mini Series)

Destroyer Commander Baldwin

- The Changing of the Guard (1983) ... Destroyer Commander Baldwin

 1982 The Fall Guy (TV Series)

Johnson

- How Do I Kill Thee... Let Me Count the Ways (1982) ... Johnson

 1981 Quincy M.E. (TV Series)

Mickey Langford

- Dead Stop (1981) ... Mickey Langford

 1981 The Greatest American Hero (TV Series)

Lieutenant Tracy Winslow

- My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1981) ... Lieutenant Tracy Winslow

 1981 The Oklahoma City Dolls (TV Movie)

C.C. Jamespon

 1980 Hart to Hart (TV Series)

Drew Kendall

- What Murder? (1980) ... Drew Kendall

 1980 Galactica 1980 (TV Series)

Captain Bannister

- The Super Scouts (1980) ... Captain Bannister

 1980 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV Series)

Dr. Richard Peterson

- First to Finish, Last to Show (1980) ... Dr. Richard Peterson

 1974-1979 Barnaby Jones (TV Series)

Tom Powers / Dave Hendricks / Wayne Houser / ...

- A Desperate Pursuit (1979) ... Tom Powers

- Sister of Death (1977) ... Dave Hendricks (as Jack L. Ging)

- The Alpha-Bravo War (1975) ... Wayne Houser

- Venus as in Flytrap (1974) ... Dr. Thomas Reston

 1979 B.J. and the Bear (TV Series)

Treasury Agent Paul Mason / Inspector

- Snow White and the Seven Lady Truckers: Part 2 (1979) ... Treasury Agent Paul Mason (as Jack L. Ging)

- A Coffin with a View (1979) ... Inspector (as Jack L. Ging)

 1979 Dear Detective (TV Series)

Det. Chuck Morris

- Episode #1.4 (1979) ... Det. Chuck Morris

- Episode #1.2 (1979) ... Det. Chuck Morris

- Episode #1.1 (1979) ... Det. Chuck Morris

- Pilot (1979) ... Det. Chuck Morris

 1978 Die Sister, Die!

Edward Price

 1978 Starsky and Hutch (TV Series)

Ray Pardee

- The Game (1978) ... Ray Pardee

 1978 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series)

Inspector Richards

- Campus Terror (1978) ... Inspector Richards

 1978 Fantasy Island (TV Series)

Sgt. Gus Fallon

- Trouble, My Lovely/The Common Man (1978) ... Sgt. Gus Fallon

 1978 Project U.F.O. (TV Series)

Captain Roy Gordon

- Sighting 4004: The Howard Crossing Incident (1978) ... Captain Roy Gordon

 1978 Keefer (TV Movie)

Benson (as Jack L. Ging)

 1978 What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (TV Series)

Gary Lowen / Danny

- Mr. Potential (1978) ... Gary Lowen

- The Girl Who Always Said No (1978) ... Danny

 1975-1977 Kojak (TV Series)

Hackford / Leo Becker

- Cry for the Kids (1977) ... Hackford (as Jack L. Ging)

- The Goodluck Bomber (1975) ... Leo Becker

 1977 Another Man, Another Chance

Preacher (uncredited)

 1977 The Waltons (TV Series)

Stuart Henry

- The Inferno (1977) ... Stuart Henry

 1976 The Bionic Woman (TV Series)

Chief Inspector Hanson

- Kill Oscar: Part 3 (1976) ... Chief Inspector Hanson

- Kill Oscar (1976) ... Chief Inspector Hanson

 1974-1976 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series)

Chief Inspector Hanson / Ted Collins

- Kill Oscar: Part 2 (1976) ... Chief Inspector Hanson (as Jack L. Ging)

- The Deadly Replay (1974) ... Ted Collins

 1976 Police Woman (TV Series)

Capt. Harris

- Trial by Prejudice (1976) ... Capt. Harris

 1975 Cannon (TV Series)

Rick Harney

- The Wedding March (1975) ... Rick Harney

 1974-1975 Petrocelli (TV Series)

James Wylie / Wayne Jacoby

- The Gamblers (1975) ... James Wylie

- A Very Lonely Lady (1974) ... Wayne Jacoby

 1975 Joe Forrester (TV Series)

Stacey Williams

- Bus Station (1975) ... Stacey Williams

 1975 The Impostor (TV Movie)

Carl Rennick

 1975 Caribe (TV Series)

Polacheck

- The Plastic Connection (1975) ... Polacheck

 1968-1974 Mannix (TV Series)

Lt. Dan Ives / James Spencer

- A Choice of Victims (1974) ... Lt. Dan Ives

- A Night Full of Darkness (1974) ... Lt. Dan Ives

- A Game of Shadows (1972) ... Lt. Dan Ives

- A Puzzle for One (1972) ... Lt. Dan Ives

- Lifeline (1972) ... Lt. Dan Ives

 1974 Run, Joe, Run (TV Series)

- Little Old Lady Antique Dealer (1974)

 1974 Police Story (TV Series)

Sgt. Valeir

- Wolf (1974) ... Sgt. Valeir

 1974 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV Series)

Harry

- Can I Save My Children? (1974) ... Harry

 1974 The Disappearance of Flight 412 (TV Movie)

Green

 1974 Where the Red Fern Grows

Father

 1974 The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series)

Evans

- Murder Impossible (1974) ... Evans

 1974 The Magician (TV Series)

Frank Denbo

- The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate (1974) ... Frank Denbo

 1969-1974 The F.B.I. (TV Series)

Selwyn / Keene / James Cober

- The Two Million Dollar Hit (1974) ... Selwyn

- Canyon of No Return (1972) ... Keene

- The Cober List (1969) ... James Cober

 1974 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series)

Police Sgt. Gurney

- A Killer with a Badge (1974) ... Police Sgt. Gurney

 1973 That Man Bolt

Connie Mellis

 1973 Sssssss

Sheriff Dale Hardison

 1973 The Fabulous Doctor Fable (TV Movie)

Lieutenant DeLusso

 1973 High Plains Drifter

Morgan Allen

 1973 Search (TV Series)

Charles Hall

- Countdown to Panic (1973) ... Charles Hall

 1972 Mission: Impossible (TV Series)

Hawks

- Kidnap (1972) ... Hawks

 1972 Ironside (TV Series)

Dewey

- Nightmare Trip (1972) ... Dewey

 1972 My Sister Hank (TV Movie)

Willis Bennett

 1971-1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV Series)

Arthur Harlan / Agent Garrick

- Operation: Smokescreen (1972) ... Arthur Harlan

- O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971) ... Agent Garrick

 1972 Medical Center (TV Series)

Ward

- Awakening (1972) ... Ward

 1972 Lassie (TV Series)

Col. Kenneth Stone

- Peace Is Our Profession: Part 4 (1972) ... Col. Kenneth Stone

- Peace Is Our Profession: Part 3 (1972) ... Col. Kenneth Stone

- Peace Is Our Profession: Part 2 (1972) ... Col. Kenneth Stone

- Peace Is Our Profession: Part 1 (1972) ... Col. Kenneth Stone

 1972 Mod Squad (TV Series)

Dave Derman

- I Am My Brother's Keeper (1972) ... Dave Derman

 1971 And Then They Forgot God (TV Short)

Mr. Wolf

 1971 Terror in the Sky (TV Movie)

Controller

 1971 Play Misty for Me

Frank

 1971 The Virginian (TV Series)

Owen

- The Animal (1971) ... Owen

 1970 Dan August (TV Series)

Corporal Wade Pollock

- The Soldier (1970) ... Corporal Wade Pollock

 1970 Hawaii Five-O (TV Series)

Carl Anderson

- Run, Johnny, Run (1970) ... Carl Anderson

 1968 Judd for the Defense (TV Series)

Alec Slater

- In a Puff of Smoke (1968) ... Alec Slater

 1968 Hang 'Em High

Marshal Ace Hayes (uncredited)

 1968 Bonanza (TV Series)

Cleve Louden

- The Crime of Johnny Mule (1968) ... Cleve Louden

 1967 Mosby's Marauders

Lt. John Singleton Mosby

 1967 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)

Lt. John Singleton Mosby

- Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders (1967) ... Lt. John Singleton Mosby

- Willie and the Yank: The Deserter (1967) ... Lt. John Singleton Mosby

 1966 Gunsmoke (TV Series)

Simon Dobbs

- Stage Stop (1966) ... Simon Dobbs

 1966 Shane (TV Series)

Kyle

- The Silent Gift (1966) ... Kyle

 1966 Intimacy

Jim Hawley

 1966 The Trials of O'Brien (TV Series)

David Fields

- A Horse Called Destiny (1966) ... David Fields

 1965 Seaway (TV Series)

Joe Threerivers

- The Only Good Indian (1965) ... Joe Threerivers

 1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series)

McAllister

- The War and Eric Kurtz (1965) ... McAllister

 1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series)

Navigator Mike Andre

- Streetcar, Do You Read Me? (1965) ... Navigator Mike Andre

 1962-1964 The Eleventh Hour (TV Series)

Dr. Paul Graham

- The Color of Sunset (1964) ... Dr. Paul Graham

- To Love Is to Live (1964) ... Dr. Paul Graham

- A Pattern of Sundays (1964) ... Dr. Paul Graham

- Does My Mother Have to Know?: Part 2 (1964) ... Dr. Paul Graham

- Does My Mother Have to Know?: Part 1 (1964) ... Dr. Paul Graham

1963 Dr. Kildare (TV Series)

Dr. Paul Graham

- Four Feet in the Morning (1963) ... Dr. Paul Graham

 1960-1962 Perry Mason (TV Series)

Danny Pierce / James Kincannon / Robert Samuel Chapman

- The Case of the Lonely Eloper (1962) ... Danny Pierce

- The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff (1961) ... James Kincannon

- The Case of the Slandered Submarine (1960) ... Robert Samuel Chapman

 1962 Cain's Hundred (TV Series)

Steve Strohm

- The New Order: Peter Long (1962) ... Steve Strohm

 1959-1961 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series)

Beau McCloud / Stacy

- New Orleans Trackdown (1961) ... Beau McCloud

- A Killing in Calico (1961) ... Beau McCloud

- Kelly's Clover Girls (1961) ... Beau McCloud

- Man of Another Breed (1961) ... Beau McCloud

- Defiant at the Gate (1961) ... Beau McCloud

1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

Detective Parks

- Keep Me Company (1961) ... Detective Parks

 1961 Michael Shayne (TV Series)

Fred Palmer

- It Takes a Heap o' Dyin' (1961) ... Fred Palmer

 1961 The Roaring 20's (TV Series)

Senior Cadet Jim Everly

- Among the Missing (1961) ... Senior Cadet Jim Everly

 1961 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series)

Curdie Peterson

- The Princess and the Goblins (1961) ... Curdie Peterson

 1961 Sniper's Ridge

Pvt. Sharack

 1961 Sea Hunt (TV Series)

Lou James

- Rescue (1961) ... Lou James

 1961 The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

Young Man

- The Whole Truth (1961) ... Young Man

 1959-1960 This Man Dawson (TV Series)

Albert / Lennox

- The Deadly Young Man (1960)

- Deadly Young Man (1960) ... Albert

- Omerta (1959) ... Lennox

 1960 The Deputy (TV Series)

Jay Bennett

- Three Brothers (1960) ... Jay Bennett

 1960 Tess of the Storm Country

Peter Graves

 1960 Lock Up (TV Series)

Tom Chambers

- The Beau and Arrow Case (1960) ... Tom Chambers

 1959-1960 Bat Masterson (TV Series)

Billy Webb / Clark Bassett

- Bat Trap (1960) ... Billy Webb

- Dead Men Don't Pay Debts (1959) ... Clark Bassett

 1960 Desire in the Dust

Peter Marquand

 1960 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series)

Johnny O'Rourke

- Johnny Behind the Deuce (1960) ... Johnny O'Rourke

 1960 The Loretta Young Show (TV Series)

Ben Sloan

- Linda (1960) ... Ben Sloan

 1960 Wrangler (TV Series)

Andy

- Incident at the Bar M (1960) ... Andy

 1959-1960 The Man and the Challenge (TV Series)

Jim Harper / Dan Wright / Willie

- Hurricane Mesa (1960) ... Jim Harper

- The Windowless Room (1960) ... Dan Wright

- The Visitors (1959) ... Willie

 1960 Black Saddle (TV Series)

Boyd Parsons

- Means to an End (1960) ... Boyd Parsons

 1960 Men Into Space (TV Series)

Lt. Jerry Rutledge

- Sea of Stars (1960) ... Lt. Jerry Rutledge

 1959 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series)

Royer

- Bad Gun (1959) ... Royer

 1959 Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow

Tony

 1958-1959 Mackenzie's Raiders (TV Series)

Lieutenant / Otis Matthews / Lieutenant Sanders

- Ambush (1959) ... Otis Matthews

- Deadlock (1959) ... Lieutenant

- Drought (1959) ... Lieutenant

- The Pen and the Sword (1959) ... Lieutenant

- Son of the Hawk (1959) ... Lieutenant

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 1959 M Squad (TV Series)

Bob Haskell

- The Baited Hook (1959) ... Bob Haskell

 1958 Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

Hoxie's Driver (uncredited)

 1958 Highway Patrol (TV Series)

Eddie Peterson

- Gambling Story (1958) ... Eddie Peterson

 1958 The Rough Riders (TV Series)

Corporal Benning

- The Governor (1958) ... Corporal Benning