Jackie Loughery obit

Jackie Loughery, ‘The D.I.’ Actress and Wife of Jack Webb, Dies at 93

The first Miss USA also served as Johnny Carson’s assistant on a game show and appeared in other films like ‘Pardners,’ ‘A Public Affair’ and ‘The Hot Angel.’ 

She was not on the list.

Jackie Loughery, who parlayed a victory in the first Miss USA pageant into an acting career that included a prominent role opposite future husband Jack Webb in the 1957 military drama The D.I., has died. She was 93.

Loughery died Friday in Los Angeles, Webb biographer Dan Moyer told The Hollywood Reporter. “She was like a mother to me and called me her kid,” he said.

The Brooklyn native also served as Johnny Carson’s assistant on a game show and appeared in the Western comedy Pardners (1956), starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; the melodrama Eighteen and Anxious (1957), starring William Campbell; and the political drama A Public Affair (1962), starring Edward Binns.

And for television, Loughery portrayed the niece of the title character (Edgar Buchanan) on the 1955-56 syndicated Western series Judge Roy Bean.

Loughery played a cautious shop owner named Annie who is romanced by a tough U.S. Marine drill sergeant (Webb) stationed on Parris Island in South Carolina in the Warner Bros. drama The D.I. Webb also directed and produced the movie.

In June 1958, she became Webb’s third of four wives. The Dragnet creator had been married to singer Julie London from 1947-54 and to actress Dorothy Towne from 1955-57 (both marriages ended in divorce); she had been married to singer-actor Guy Mitchell from 1952 until their 1955 divorce.

After she and Webb divorced in 1964, she was married to businessman Jack Schwietzer from 1969 until his death in 2009.

Loughery was born in 1930 and raised in Flatbush. Her father, Joseph, was a captain in the U.S. Navy.

She attended St. Francis Xavier Academy for Young Ladies and won the first Miss USA contest in Long Beach, California, on a tie-breaking vote. That also got her a chance to compete in the Miss Universe pageant (she would make it to the semifinals), a car and a seven-year movie contract with Universal-International.

The redhead had appeared on the 1951 NBC variety show Seven at Eleven, and she would show up in four movies released in 1953: Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, The Mississippi Gambler, Take Me to Town and The Veils of Bagdad.

She helped out Carson in 1954 on the CBS game show Earn Your Vacation, in which contestants were asked geography questions.

In 1958, she starred as the owner of an airstrip near the Grand Canyon in The Hot Angel.

Loughery’s résumé also included appearances on such TV shows as The Cisco Kid, The Millionaire, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Surfside 6, Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, Burke’s Law, Perry Mason, Bonanza and F Troop.

Her last onscreen credit came in 1969.

 

Actress

James Brolin, Robert Young, Barbara Sigel, and Elena Verdugo in Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

Marcus Welby, M.D.

7.0

TV Series

Mary

1969

1 episode

 

Ken Berry, Melody Patterson, Larry Storch, and Forrest Tucker in F Troop (1965)

F Troop

7.4

TV Series

Tanya

1966

1 episode

 

Frank Aletter and Cara Williams in The Cara Williams Show (1964)

The Cara Williams Show

7.0

TV Series

Vicki (as Jacqueline Loughery)

1964

1 episode

 

Bonanza (1959)

Bonanza

7.3

TV Series

The 'Other Woman'

1963

1 episode

 

Raymond Burr in Perry Mason (1957)

Perry Mason

8.3

TV Series

Nell Grimes (as Jacqueline Loughery)

1963

1 episode

 

Gene Barry in Burke's Law (1963)

Burke's Law

7.4

TV Series

Girl

1963

1 episode

 

Ensign O'Toole (1962)

Ensign O'Toole

7.1

TV Series

Arlene (as Jacqueline Loughery)

1963

1 episode

 

Michael Rennie in The Third Man (1959)

The Third Man

7.8

TV Series

Linda Landers

1962

1 episode

 

A Public Affair (1962)

A Public Affair

7.7

Phyllis Baines (as Jacqueline Loughery)

1962

 

John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)

Wagon Train

7.5

TV Series

Jenny Hartfield (as Jacqueline Loughery)

1962

1 episode

 

Shannon (1961)

Shannon

7.3

TV Series

Melody Lark (as Jacqueline Loughery)

1961

1 episode

 

Broderick Crawford in King of Diamonds (1961)

King of Diamonds

8.3

TV Series

Madge

1961

1 episode

 

Miami Undercover (1961)

Miami Undercover

5.7

TV Series

Wilma

1961

1 episode

 

Bat Masterson (1958)

Bat Masterson

7.3

TV Series

Martha Phelps

1961

1 episode

 

Jack Benny in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

The Jack Benny Program

8.6

TV Series

1961

1 episode

 

Diane McBain and Van Williams in Surfside 6 (1960)

Surfside 6

7.9

TV Series

Hazel Haynes

1960

1 episode

 

The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960)

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

7.9

TV Series

1960

1 episode

 

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

8.0

TV Series

Kitty Conners

1960

1 episode

 

Howard Duff and Barbara English in Dante (1960)

Dante

7.5

TV Series

Emily

1960

1 episode

 

Mason Alan Dinehart, Ed Kemmer, and Jackie Loughery in The Hot Angel (1958)

The Hot Angel

5.4

Mandy Wilson

1958

 

Rex Allen in Frontier Doctor (1956)

Frontier Doctor

8.2

TV Series

Savannah Merrick

1958

1 episode

 

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

8.6

TV Series

Joyce Collins

Vicki Donovan

1957–1958

5 episodes

 

Tristram Coffin in 26 Men (1957)

26 Men

7.4

TV Series

Jackie

1958

1 episode

 

The Bob Cummings Show (1955)

The Bob Cummings Show

7.8

TV Series

Harriet Burke

Jenny

1957–1958

2 episodes

 

Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

8.5

TV Series

Slats

1958

1 episode

 

Frank McHugh and Marvin Miller in The Millionaire (1955)

The Millionaire

7.8

TV Series

Meg Hogan

1958

1 episode

 

Hal Baylor, Hans Conried, and Chuck Hicks in Schlitz Playhouse (1951)

Schlitz Playhouse

7.6

TV Series

Flo

1958

1 episode

 

The Reluctant Eye

TV Series

Dolores

1957

1 episode

 

Jackie Coogan, William Campbell, Jackie Loughery, and Mary Webster in Eighteen and Anxious (1957)

Eighteen and Anxious

6.8

Ava Norton

1957

 

Rod Cameron in State Trooper (1956)

State Trooper

7.7

TV Series

Penny Lawrin

1957

1 episode

 

The D.I. (1957)

The D.I.

7.3

Annie

1957

 

Edgar Buchanan in Judge Roy Bean (1955)

Judge Roy Bean

7.2

TV Series

Letty Bean

Lettie Bean

1956

38 episodes

 

West Point (1956)

West Point

7.2

TV Series

Claire Logan

1956

1 episode

 

Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in Pardners (1956)

Pardners

6.1

Dolly Riley

1956

 

Duncan Renaldo in The Cisco Kid (1950)

The Cisco Kid

7.1

TV Series

Ellen Marland

1955

1 episode

 

Anthony Quinn, Anne Bancroft, and Farley Granger in The Naked Street (1955)

The Naked Street

6.5

Francie (uncredited)

1955

 

John Bromfield and Maxie Rosenbloom in Damon Runyon Theater (1955)

Damon Runyon Theater

7.5

TV Series

Pat

1955

1 episode

 

Mari Blanchard, Sally Forrest, Dale Robertson, and Lili St. Cyr in Son of Sinbad (1955)

Son of Sinbad

5.2

Harem Girl (uncredited)

1955

 

Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Ryan in Escape to Burma (1955)

Escape to Burma

5.5

(uncredited)

1955

 

Mr. District Attorney (1954)

Mr. District Attorney

7.5

TV Series

Miss Miller

1954

4 episodes

 

Victor Mature, Mari Blanchard, and Virginia Field in The Veils of Bagdad (1953)

The Veils of Bagdad

6.2

Handmaiden

1953

 

Sterling Hayden and Ann Sheridan in Take Me to Town (1953)

Take Me to Town

6.4

Dancehall Girl (uncredited)

1953

 

Anita Ekberg, Bud Abbott, Mari Blanchard, Lou Costello, and Jean Willes in Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

5.9

Venusian Guard (as Miss U.S.A.)

1953

 

Andy Russell and Della Russell in House Party (1953)

House Party

Short

1953

 

Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, and Julie Adams in The Mississippi Gambler (1953)

The Mississippi Gambler

6.7

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

1953

 

Seven at Eleven

TV Series

1951