- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJack Lee Ging
- Nickname
- Jackie
- Height5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
- Born in November 1931 in Alva, Jack Lee Ging was the son of Oklahoma farmers. He was left in the care of another family after the divorce of his parents and later attended a Catholic school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ging served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps at MCB Quantico. Upon his honorable discharge, he excelled as an athlete, playing college football as a halfback at the University of Oklahoma, followed by a professional season with the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian league.
Having studied drama under Sanford Meisner in New York, Ging (nicknamed 'Jackie' or Ginger') commenced his screen career in 1958, featuring primarily on television as a supporting actor. He henceforth alternated furtive or villainous roles with a wide assortment of middle-echelon army officers and policemen. Superior riding skills acquired in childhood served him well in numerous western appearances. Ging had one notable starring turn on the big screen in the modestly budgeted Korean War drama Sniper's Ridge (1961), as the only capable trooper among a platoon of misfits. He also showed up in no less than three Clint Eastwood films: Play Misty for Me (1971), Hang 'Em High (1968) and, as the doomed outlaw Morgan Allen, in High Plains Drifter (1973). While possibly best remembered as Gen. Harlan 'Bull' Fulbright in The A-Team (1983), Ging enjoyed earlier recurring roles as one of Mackenzie's Raiders (1958) and as Dale Robertson's sidekick Beau McCloud in the final season of 'Tales of Wells Fargo'. He was also a regular on Mannix (1967) (as police department insider Lt. Dan Ives) and as stiff-necked local cop Ted Quinlan in Riptide (1984). The last of his many single TV guest appearances was in 1994.
Outside of acting, Ging had a prosperous sideline in real estate and was known as an expert golfer and a one-time Clint Eastwood Celebrity Tennis tournament champion.
- IMDb mini biography by: I.S.Mowis
- SpousesSharon Ramona Thompson(September 23, 1978 - September 9, 2022) (his death, 2 children)Gretchen Louise Graening(April 19, 1956 - September 1973) (divorced, 1 child)Katie Ellen Paul(November 12, 1951 - February 6, 1954) (divorced, 1 child)
- ParentsWesley Lee GingDaisy Elmina Martin
- Played football as an offensive running back starter in the 1951, 1952, and 1953 seasons for one of the era's powerhouse teams, the University of Oklahoma, Norman, under head coach Bud Wilkinson, scoring five touchdowns and played in the 1954 Orange Bowl game. After graduation he played one season in the Canadian Football League with the Edmonton Eskimos, recently renamed the Edmonton Elks.
- Aside from a few minor (and usually devious) characters, Jack Ging was The A-Team (1983)'s only confirmed death of a principal character. He was killed in his "Bull Fullbright" role, after fighting alongside "The A-Team" to find his long-lost daughter in a mission to Vietnam, in the episode, The Sound of Thunder (1986).
- Was in the Marines.
- Lives in a gated community outside of Los Angeles near a country club where he regularly golfs.
- Attended the University of Oklahoma.
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