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Biography

Best known for his role as Lt. Hanley on the series Combat!, Jason had a long TV and film career that spanned four decades.

Born

5/21/1923, New York City, NY

Died

10/16/2000

Birth Name

Richard Jacobson

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (4)

Role
- Combat!
  Lieutenant Gil Hanley
  - S 5: Ep 25 The Partisan
    3/14/67
  - S 5: Ep 24 Jonah
    3/7/67
  - S 5: Ep 19 Encounter
    1/31/67
  - S 5: Ep 18 Anniversary
    1/24/67
  - S 5: Ep 16 Entombed
    1/3/67
  - + 135 More Credits
- Combat!
  Lt. Gil Hanley
  - S 5: Ep 20 The Gantlet
    2/7/67
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin
  ROBIN SCOTT
  - S 1: Ep 38 La Virgin De Macarena
    7/3/61
  - S 1: Ep 35 Man On The Run
    6/12/61
  - S 1: Ep 34 Falling Star
    6/5/61
  - S 1: Ep 33 Java
    5/29/61
  - S 1: Ep 32 A Matter Of Life
    5/22/61
  - + 18 More Credits
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin
  Robin Scott
  - S 1: Ep 37 Missing Money
    6/26/61
  - S 1: Ep 17 Spell of Danger
    2/6/61
  - S 1: Ep 11 Temporary Window
    12/26/60
  - S 1: Ep 2 To Coin A Crime
    10/24/60
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Combat!
  Hanley
  - S 5: Ep 4 The Brothers
    10/4/66
Guest Star (39)

Role
- Murder, She Wrote
  Axel Weingard
  - S 5: Ep 2 A Little Night Work
    10/30/88
- Too Close for Comfort
  Alex Genopolis
  - S 6: Ep 20 Acropolis Now
    11/22/86
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  Ambassador Harcourt
  - S 3: Ep 10 Flight to Freedom
    11/25/85
- Moonlighting
  J.B. Harland
  - S 1: Ep 6 Next Stop Murder
    3/26/85
- Dallas
  Avery Carson
  - S 8: Ep 6 Shadow of a Doubt
    11/2/84
- Airwolf
  Ed Aarons
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Truth About Holly
    10/13/84
- Automan
  <i>Nelson Trotter</i>/uncredited
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Great Pretender
    12/29/83
- Manimal
  Professor Barta
  - S 1: Ep 4 Female of the Species
    10/28/83
- Matt Houston
  Mr. Murdock
  - S 2: Ep 6 Needle In A Haystack
    10/7/83
- Fantasy Island
  Arthur Hemmings
  - S 1: Ep 9 Trouble, My Lovely / The Common Man
    4/1/78
- Wonder Woman
  Koslo
  - S 2: Ep 19 Seance of Terror
    3/10/78
- Switch
  character name
  - S 3: Ep 12 Who Killed Lila Craig?
    1/16/78
- Police Woman (1978)
  Lambkee
  - S 3: Ep 8 Tennis Bum
    11/30/76
- Police Woman (1978)
  James Basterie
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Purge
    11/25/75
- Police Woman (1978)
  Vincent Phillips
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Company
    2/21/75
- Get Christie Love
  Walt Harris
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Big Rematch
    2/19/75
- The Partners (1971)
  Dutch
  - S 1: Ep 8 Requiem for a Godfather
    11/6/71
- The Smith Family
  Tom
  - S 2: Ep 8 Rumpus Room
    11/3/71
- The Virginian
  Fuller
  - S 9: Ep 24 Jump-Up
    3/24/71
- The Outsider
  Matt Smith
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Girl From Missouri
    1/8/69
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 219 July 5, 1968
    7/5/68
- The Danny Thomas Hour
  Smitty
  - S 1: Ep 21 One for My Baby
    2/5/68
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 107 January 23, 1968
    1/23/68
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 190 May 26, 1967
    5/26/67
  - S 4: Ep 157 April 12, 1966
    4/12/66
  - S 3: Ep 82 December 29, 1964
    12/29/64
- Combat!
  Lt. Hanley
- Here's Hollywood
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 40 June 13, 1961
    6/13/61
- The Millionaire
  Buckley
  - S 6: Ep 31 Millionaire Mara Robinson
    4/27/60
- Rawhide
  Manso
  - S 2: Ep 10 Incident of the Valley in Shadow
    11/20/59
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Arthur
  - S 4: Ep 25 The Kind Waitress
    3/29/59
- Rawhide
  Rivera
  - S 1: Ep 11 Incident of the Coyote Weed
    3/20/59
- The Millionaire
  Jack Garrison
  - S 4: Ep 33 The Jack Garrison Story
    5/14/58
- The 20th Century-Fox Hour
  Hank Adams
  - S 2: Ep 6 Men Against Speed
    12/12/56
- Star Stage
  Pookey
  - S 1: Ep 27 Cleopatra Collins
    3/9/56
- Damon Runyon Theater
  King of Vastillia
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Big Umbrella
    6/18/55
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Raoul
  - S 3: Ep 34 Mimi
    5/19/55
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Joe Morales
  - S 5: Ep 14 A Medal For Benny
    11/25/54
- The Lineup (1954)
  Guest Star
- Stories of the Century
  Joaquin Murietta
  - S 1: Ep 13 Joaquin Murietta
    4/16/54
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 13 Man on the Bluff
    12/25/53

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Trivia
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- Rick was seriously considered for the Broadway play Funny Girl, starring opposite Barbra Streisand, until he disclosed that he couldn't sing.
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- While assigned to the army base near Nashville, Rick met an ex-broadway actor named Raymond Johnson at the Community Playhouse. Rick learned the rudiments of acting from him and appeared in about 10 plays there.
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- While in the Air Corps, Rick studied radio communications at first, but did poorly on the math tests, and ended up being assigned to public relations at the base near Nashville.
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- Rick Jason (when offered the Thompson submachine gun as his personal weapon on Combat!): Do you think I'm going to haul sixteen pounds of steel around for three years? What's the lightest weapon you've got?
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- Rick Jason: Hey, wanna go shoot some skeet? Vic Morrow: Nah, I can't stand to kill clay.
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