Jack Hogan obit

Jack Hogan Dies: ‘Combat!' Actor Was 94

 

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Jack Hogan, who most famously played PFC William G. Kirby on ABC's WWII-set series Combat!, died in his sleep Wednesday, December 6, according to the curator of an online community dedicated to Combat! He was 94.

Hogan played PFC Kirby on 111 episodes of the long-running drama opposite Rick Jason, Vic Morrow and Pierre Jalbert. Robert Altman directed many episodes of the show, which was on the air from 1962-1967. It was not unfamiliar terrain: Hogan had been a staff sergeant in Japan during the Korean War.

Combat! was far from Hogan's only credit.

He made his debut in the 1956 Anthony Quinn-starrer Man From Del Rio, Hogan worked steadily. He had multiple-epsisode arcs on The Rough Riders, Have Gun – Will Travel, Sea Hunt, Lock Up, Bat Masterson, The Lawman and The Rifleman.

After Combat!, Hogan worked steadily for the better part of the next three decades. His credits during this time include appearances on S.W.A.T., Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, Quincy M.E., Magnum P.I., The A-Team and 12 episodes of Jake and the Fatman.

 

Films

Man from Del Rio (1956)

The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)

Paratroop Command (1959)

The Legend of Tom Dooley (1959)

The Cat Burglar (1961)

Television

Harbor Command (1957)

Tombstone Territory Episode "Ride Out at Noon" (1957)

“Have Gun Will Travel” Episode “The Teacher” (1958)

Sea Hunt (1958–1959)

Rifleman (1959) (Sea. 1, Ep. 36)

Bat Masterson (1959) (Sea. 1, Ep. 34) as Jack and (Sea. 2, Ep. 1) as Stuart Chancellor

Laramie (1959) (Sea. 1 Ep. 9)

Ripcord, episode "Radar Rescue", (1961)

Lawman (1961) The Juror

Bat Masterson (1961)

Cheyenne, episode "Storm Center", (1961)

Rifleman (1962)

Combat! (1962–1967) (112 ep.)

Garrison's Gorillas (1968)

Adam-12

Hawaii Five-O (1973-1976)

Houston, We've Got a Problem (1974)

Sierra (1974)

The Specialists (1975)

Mobile One (1975)

Jake and the Fatman (1989–1990)