Jack Hogan(1929-2023)
- Actor
- Casting Department
- Casting Director
Jack Hogan was born and raised in North Carolina and studied architecture
at the University of North Carolina. In 1948, bored by college life, he
left U.N.C. and spent the next four years in the navy. During this
time, he decided to become an actor and once discharged, he enrolled at
the Pasadena (Calif.) Playhouse. In 1955, Jack headed to New York to
study at the American Theatre Wing. A year later, he returned to
Hollywood where a string of acting jobs, both in films and on TV,
followed. In 1962, he signed to play the quick-tempered, troublesome,
womanizer Pvt. Kirby, in ABC's hit series, Combat! (1962). After Combat! (1962) left
the air in 1967, Jack's TV career included on-going appearances on
Adam-12 (1968) and Sierra (1974). In the early 1980s, he moved to Hawaii where he
supervised the operation of his building business. During his 10-year
stay, he garnered a recurring role Jake and the Fatman (1987) and served as the casting
director for Magnum, P.I. (1980). Recently, Jack, twice divorced and the father of
two, returned to take up residence in Chapel Hill. Jack's favourite
pursuits include painting, fishing, reading and poetry.
