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Biography

A short, stocky and tough character actor in films for over fifty years, Richard Jaeckel has probably played just about every role possible. From…more

Born

10/10/1926, Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

Died

6/14/1997

Birth Name

Richard Hanley Jaeckel

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (9)

Role
- Spenser: For Hire
  Lt. Martin Quirk (1985-1987)
  - S 3: Ep 25 Pale Kings and Princes
    1/2/94
  - S 3: Ep 21 Haunting
    5/7/88
  - S 3: Ep 20 McAllister
    4/30/88
  - S 3: Ep 19 Hawk's Eyes
    3/26/88
  - S 3: Ep 18 Watercolors
    3/19/88
  - + 65 More Credits
- Baywatch
  Lt. Ben Edwards (season 2, 1991-1992; recurring seasons 3-4)
  - S 2: Ep 22 The Summer of '85
    5/18/92
  - S 2: Ep 21 Game of Chance
    5/11/92
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Big Spill
    5/4/92
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Lost Treasure of Tower 12
    4/27/92
  - S 2: Ep 18 Shark's Cove
    4/20/92
  - + 9 More Credits
- Supercarrier
  Master Chief Sam Rivers
  - S 1: Ep 9 Vector
    5/14/88
  - S 1: Ep 8 Exodus
    4/24/88
  - S 1: Ep 7 Give Me Liberty
    4/17/88
  - S 1: Ep 6 Rest and Revolution
    4/10/88
  - S 1: Ep 5 Common Ground
    3/28/88
  - + 4 More Credits
- At Ease
  Maj. Hawkins
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Tar Creek Chronicles
    6/10/83
  - S 1: Ep 13 Maxwell's People
    6/3/83
  - S 1: Ep 12 Valentine's Day
    5/27/83
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Tar Creek Sting
    5/20/83
  - S 1: Ep 10 A PFC and a Gentleman
    5/13/83
  - + 9 More Credits
- Salvage 1
  Agent Jack Klinger
  - S 2: Ep 2 Hard Water (2)
    11/11/79
  - S 2: Ep 1 Hard Water (1)
    11/4/79
  - S 1: Ep 14 Confederate Gold
    5/28/79
  - S 1: Ep 13 Energy Solution
    5/21/79
  - S 1: Ep 12 Up, Up and Away
    5/14/79
  - + 15 More Credits
- Centennial
  Sgt. Lykes
- Firehouse
  Fireman Hank Myers
  - S 1: Ep 13 False Alarm
    4/11/74
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Watches of the Night
    4/4/74
  - S 1: Ep 11 Randall's Pride
    3/28/74
  - S 1: Ep 10 A Gift for Grumper
    3/21/74
  - S 1: Ep 9 No Way Out
    3/14/74
  - + 9 More Credits
- Banyon
  Lt. Pete McNeil
  - S 1: Ep 15 Time Lapse
    1/12/73
  - S 1: Ep 14 Just Once
    12/22/72
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Murder Game
    12/15/72
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Lady Killer
    12/8/72
  - S 1: Ep 11 Sally Overman is Missing
    12/1/72
  - + 10 More Credits
- Frontier Circus
  Tony Gentry
  - S 1: Ep 26 Incident At Pawnee Gun
    9/6/62
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Daring Durandos
    5/17/62
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Race
    5/3/62
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Clan MacDuff
    4/26/62
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Good Fight
    4/19/62
  - + 21 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Baywatch
  Capt. Ben Edwards
  - S 4: Ep 13 The Red Knights
    1/24/94
  - S 4: Ep 9 Ironman Buchannon
    11/8/93
  - S 3: Ep 20 Shattered (Part 2)
    4/26/93
  - S 3: Ep 19 Shattered (Part 1)
    4/19/93
  - S 3: Ep 8 Princess of Tides
    11/2/92
Guest Star (101)

Role
- Baywatch
  Lt. Ben Edwards
  - S 3: Ep 3 Tequila Bay
    9/28/92
- China Beach
  Dad Winslow
  - S 4: Ep 13 Quest
    6/25/91
- Baywatch
  Al Gibson
  - S 1: Ep 1 Panic at Malibu Pier
    4/23/89
- Murder, She Wrote
  Dr. Chatsworth
  - S 4: Ep 5 The Way To Dusty Death
    10/25/87
- Cover Up
  Joe Stanton
  - S 1: Ep 14 Murder Offshore
    1/12/85
- Masquerade
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 Spanish Gambit
    4/20/84
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 16 The Buck Stops Here/ For Better or Worse/Bet On It
    1/14/84
- Dallas
  Percy Meredith
  - S 7: Ep 8 The Oil Baron's Ball
    11/18/83
  - S 7: Ep 7 Ray's Trial
    11/11/83
- Fantasy Island
  Kodiak
  - S 6: Ep 10 Operation Breakout / Candy Kiss
    1/15/83
- Matt Houston
  Kip Williams
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Rock and The Hard Place
    1/2/83
- Little House on the Prairie
  Irv Hartwig
  - S 7: Ep 18 Sylvia (2)
    2/16/81
  - S 7: Ep 17 Sylvia (1)
    2/9/81
- Charlie's Angels
  Bud Fisher
  - S 5: Ep 4 Island Angels
    12/14/80
- Insight
  Guest Star
  - S 20: Ep 32 Princess
    4/6/80
- Lou Grant
  Dan Staley
  - S 3: Ep 8 Witness
    11/12/79
- Centennial
  Sergeant Lykes
- Black Sheep Squadron
  Major John Duncan
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Iceman
    3/8/78
- Carter Country
  Bill Peterson
  - S 1: Ep 3 Out of the Closet
    9/29/77
- Kingston: Confidential
  Miller White
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Anonymous Hero
    8/10/77
- The Fantastic Journey
  York
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Innocent Prey
    6/16/77
- Disneyland
  Ed Kern
  - S 23: Ep 10 Kit Carson and the Mountain Men (1)
    1/9/77
- McCloud
  Sheriff Matheson
  - S 7: Ep 1 Bonnie and McCloud
    10/24/76
- Insight
  Unknown
  - S 16: Ep 35 Mismatched
    5/2/76
- Baretta
  Downing
  - S 2: Ep 21 Aggie
    3/24/76
- Little House on the Prairie
  Murphy
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Long Road Home
    3/3/76
- Ellery Queen
  Nick McVey
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument
    12/18/75
- Cannon
  Cy Carter
  - S 5: Ep 3 The Wrong Medicine
    9/24/75
- Gunsmoke
  Clay Larkin
  - S 20: Ep 16 Larkin
    1/20/75
- Petrocelli
  Sgt. Sanford
  - S 1: Ep 13 Counterploy
    12/4/74
- Disneyland
  Jack Hughes
  - S 21: Ep 8 Adventure in Satan's Canyon
    11/3/74
- Lucas Tanner
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 4 Winners and Losers
    10/9/74
- Police Story
  Sergeant Wilson
  - S 2: Ep 4 Fathers and Sons
    10/1/74
- Movin' On
  Red Walker
  - S 1: Ep 2 Roadblock
    9/19/74
- The F.B.I.
  Devlin
  - S 9: Ep 14 Selkirk´s War
    1/27/74
- Shaft
  Det. Sgt. Lew Turner
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Enforcers
    10/9/73
- Ironside
  Caesar
  - S 6: Ep 10 The Countdown
    11/23/72
- Emergency!
  Defense Attorney
  - S 2: Ep 2 Kids
    9/23/72
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 44: Ep 1 The 44th Annual Academy Awards
    4/10/72
- Mission: Impossible
  Edward Trask
  - S 6: Ep 13 Run for the Money
    12/11/71
- O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
  Barth
  - S 1: Ep 6 Operation: Offset
    10/22/71
- The F.B.I.
  Sgt. Sam Ryker
  - S 6: Ep 21 Death Watch
    2/14/71
- Gemini Man
  Nick Rodinsky
  - S 1: Ep 11 Suspect Your Local Police
- King's Crossing
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 7 Family Reunion
- The Name of the Game
  Melchek
  - S 1: Ep 11 The White Birch
    11/29/68
- Bonanza
  Dibbs
  - S 9: Ep 5 Night of Reckoning
    10/15/67
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Sergeant Stryker
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Night of the Cadre
    3/24/67
- The Time Tunnel
  Sgt. Mueller
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Ghost of Nero
    1/20/67
- Gunsmoke
  Pence Fraley
  - S 11: Ep 19 The Raid (2)
    1/29/66
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Christopher Cable
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Night of the Grand Emir
    1/28/66
- Gunsmoke
  Pence Farley
  - S 11: Ep 18 The Raid (1)
    1/22/66
- Perry Mason
  Mike Woods
  - S 9: Ep 15 The Case of the Bogus Buccaneers
    1/9/66
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Milt Woodman
  - S 3: Ep 29 Off Season
    5/10/65
- Bonanza
  Mitch
  - S 6: Ep 9 Between Heaven and Earth
    11/15/64
- The New Phil Silvers Show
  Danny
  - S 1: Ep 27 Keep Cool
    4/4/64
- The Outer Limits
  Capt. Doweling
  - S 1: Ep 22 Specimen: Unknown
    2/24/64
- The Virginian
  Pat Wade
  - S 2: Ep 21 A Matter of Destiny
    2/19/64
- Temple Houston
  Coley
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Case For William Gotch
    2/6/64
- Combat!
  Sgt. Buxman
  - S 2: Ep 16 Gideon's Army
    12/31/63
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Boxer
  - S 1: Ep 32 Death of a Cop
    5/24/63
- Perry Mason
  Willie
  - S 6: Ep 23 The Case of the Lover's Leap
    4/4/63
- Gunsmoke
  O'Ryan
  - S 8: Ep 27 Two of a Kind
    3/16/63
- The Dakotas
  Cal Storm
  - S 1: Ep 8 Fargo
    2/25/63
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Tom
  - S 1: Ep 17 Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog
    1/18/63
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  John Tyree
  - S 6: Ep 8 The Predators
    11/3/62
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Mechanic
  - S 6: Ep 23 Incident in a Small Jail
    3/21/61
- The Tall Man
  Denver
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Grudge Fight
    1/21/61
- The Untouchables
  Hans Eberhardt
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Otto Frick Story
    12/22/60
- The Rebel
  Traskell
  - S 2: Ep 7 Run, Killer, Run
    10/30/60
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Bob Bent
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Office Caper
    10/7/60
- The Rebel
  Roader
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Rattler
    3/13/60
- Zane Grey Theater
  Tod Mulvey
  - S 4: Ep 19 Man In The Middle
    2/11/60
- Tightrope
  Cruncher
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Cracking Point
    10/6/59
- Naked City
  Lance
  - S 1: Ep 29 Baker's Dozen
    4/14/59
- Alcoa Theatre
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 28 Ten Miles to Doomsday
    4/6/59
- Trackdown
  Frank Wilson
  - S 2: Ep 28 The Protector
    4/1/59
- The Texan
  Clint Gleason
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Man Behind the Star
    2/9/59
- Cimarron City
  Webb Martin
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Bloodline
    12/13/58
- The Millionaire
  John
  - S 5: Ep 1 The Betty Hawley Story
    9/3/58
- Panic
  Lt. Wilson
  - S 2: Ep 10 Flight
    6/8/58
- Alcoa Theatre
  Spencer
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Days of November
    2/24/58
- Playhouse 90
  Sergeant Luke Mertz
  - S 1: Ep 38 Ain't No Time for Glory
    6/20/57
- Panic
  Steve Bridges
  - S 1: Ep 14 Mayday
    6/11/57
- West Point Story
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 34 The Harder Right
    5/24/57
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Command
    2/22/57
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Honor Code
    10/26/56
- Crossroads (1955)
  Mort Claffey
  - S 2: Ep 27 The Light
    4/5/57
  - S 2: Ep 26 Paratroop Padre
    3/29/57
- Studio 57
  The Kid
  - S 3: Ep 22 Big Joe's Comin' Home
    3/13/57
- Navy Log
  Lieutenant Bradshaw
  - S 2: Ep 22 War of the Whaleboats
    3/13/57
- The 20th Century-Fox Hour
  Ed Miller
  - S 2: Ep 4 Smoke Jumpers
    11/14/56
- Climax!
  Jordan
  - S 2: Ep 34 To Scream at Midnight
    6/14/56
- Matinee Theatre
  Hubert Laurie
  - S 1: Ep 133 Night Must Fall
    5/4/56
- Front Row Center
  Mitch Mullin
  - S 1: Ep 22 Dinner Date
    3/18/56
- The Jane Wyman Show
  The Kid
  - S 1: Ep 18 Big Joe's Comin Home
    12/27/55
- Matinee Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 27 For These Services
    12/7/55
- Producers' Showcase
  Ruby
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Petrified Forest
    5/30/55
- The Millionaire
  Joey Saxon
  - S 1: Ep 8 Millionaire Nancy Marlborough
    3/9/55
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 8: Ep 3 Papa Was a Sport
    10/13/54
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 2 Daughter of Mine
    10/7/54
- The Elgin TV Hour
  Virgil Gaddis
  - S 1: Ep 1 Floodtide
    10/5/54
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Billy
  - S 3: Ep 24 The Big Man on Campus
    9/12/54
- The Public Defender
  Jimmy Morse
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Last Appeal
    8/30/54
- The United States Steel Hour
  Vinnie Harold
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Last Notch
    3/30/54
- Stories of the Century
  Billy The Kid
  - S 1: Ep 2 Billy The Kid
    1/30/54
- Four Star Playhouse
  Stan
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Squeeze
    10/1/53

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