- Jack was the only Andy Griffith show regular to also appear on Ron Howard's latter-day program, Happy Days. Jack was Howard Sprague of Mayberry and he had the recurring role of Mickey Malph, the father of Ralph Malph (and husband of Minnie Malph).
- Brother-in-law of Fritz Weaver.
- With Jack, Mary and the Dodson family, Christina and Amy, move back to New York City in 1972, after Jack's series Mayberry R.F.D. was canceled, Jack sold his collector vintage 1938 Buick 80 Roadmaster 4 door Convertible Phaeton automobile, painted peanut butter-cup beige with a beige convertible top fabric. Because Jack had invested in the automobile's complete restoration after his original purchase, Mary had nick-named the beast "Dodson's folly gold mine vault." Jack nick-named his '38 Phaeton - "Casablanca" - since after seeing the 1942 Warner Brothers Best Picture Academy award feature "Casablanca," starring Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund, Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, Paul Henried as Victor Laszlo, and Claude Rains as Captain Louis Renault, Dodson had always wanted the same '38 Buick 4-door convertible Phaeton car seen in the film's final scene. The studio could not film at night on location. The French Morocco exterior fog shrouded air-strip set was a built set on a WB studio sound stage. The airport was a forced-perspective set; a constructed scenic profile spotted at the far end of the stage. The '38 Buick Phaeton was a prominent set dressing piece, an automobile positioned on camera left as background. The climax of the feature has Rick Blaine and Captain Renault walking arm-in-arm into the French Morocco foggy night. Jack Dodson sold his 1938 Buick Convertible Phaeton for $13,500.00, placing the funds in their bank roll to pay for their NYC Broadway return engagement.
- Has two daughters: Christina and Amy.
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