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Jack Sheldon(1931-2019)

  • Actor
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Jack Sheldon was the son of Jen Loven (1909-1989), who taught many of the Hollywood entertainment elite and their children to swim at her famous Jen Loven Swim School in Hollywood. Jack was known mostly for his sidekick status on the The Merv Griffin Show (1962) in the 1970s.

He had two sons, Kevin and John, and two daughters, Julie and Jesse Sheldon. John, a musician, plays drums, and attended military college prep school at the prestigious Army & Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California. He acted with his father in the Disney comedy Freaky Friday (1976), as one of the trouble-making kids who loved to harass Jodie Foster. He played in jazz clubs, most often at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood, sometimes joined by George Segal.
BornNovember 30, 1931
DiedDecember 27, 2019(88)
BornNovember 30, 1931
DiedDecember 27, 2019(88)
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Known for

Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Long Goodbye
7.5
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1973
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in Gigli (2003)
Gigli
2.7
  • Music Department
  • 2003
Schoolhouse Rock! (1973)
Schoolhouse Rock!
8.2
TV Series
  • Vocals
  • Mr. Morton
  • Conductor
  • Albert Andreas Armadillo
  • Earth
  • Boothy
  • Dad
  • Jack
  • Fat Cat Blue
  • Windy
  • Bill(voice)
Greg Kinnear in Dear God (1996)
Dear God
5.5
  • Homeless Trumpeter
  • 1996

Credits

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Actor



  • Schoolhouse Rock! (1973)
    Schoolhouse Rock!
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Vocals
    • Mr. Morton
    • Conductor (voice) ...
    • 1973–2009
  • Johnny Bravo (1997)
    Johnny Bravo
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Sensitive Male
    • Traffic Cop
    • The President (voice) ...
    • 1997–2004
  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
    Family Guy
    8.1
    TV Series
    • 'Vagina Junction' Conductor
    • The Bill (voice)
    • 2000–2001
  • Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999)
    Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
    5.1
    TV Movie
    • Trumpet
    • 1999
  • Hard Time: The Premonition (1999)
    Hard Time: The Premonition
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • Trumpet
    • 1999
  • Burt Reynolds in Hard Time (1998)
    Hard Time
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • Trumpet
    • 1998
  • Stacy Keach in Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997)
    Mike Hammer, Private Eye
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Des Long
    • 1998
  • Greg Kinnear in Dear God (1996)
    Dear God
    5.5
    • Homeless Trumpeter
    • 1996
  • California Dreams (1992)
    California Dreams
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Mr. Gleason
    • 1996
  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
    The Simpsons
    8.6
    TV Series
    • The Amendment (voice)
    • 1996
  • Mary Stuart Masterson and Brian Benben in Radioland Murders (1994)
    Radioland Murders
    6.2
    • Ruffles Reed
    • 1994
  • Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker, and Forest Whitaker in Lush Life (1993)
    Lush Life
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Norman
    • 1993
  • Bette Midler and James Caan in For the Boys (1991)
    For the Boys
    6.4
    • Wally Fields
    • 1991
  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Piano Player
    • 1988
  • Project U.F.O. (1978)
    Project U.F.O.
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Mike Kirby
    • 1978

Music Department



  • Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
    Flags of Our Fathers
    7.1
    • musician: trumpet (uncredited)
    • 2006
  • Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in Gigli (2003)
    Gigli
    2.7
    • musician: trumpet
    • 2003
  • James Dean (2001)
    James Dean
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • musician: trumpet
    • 2001
  • Homefront (1991)
    Homefront
    8.9
    TV Series
    • main title vocal
    • 1991–1993
  • Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
    Mr. Saturday Night
    5.9
    • musician: trumpet solos
    • 1992
  • Noises Off... (1992)
    Noises Off...
    7.4
    • featured musician
    • 1992
  • Bette Midler and James Caan in For the Boys (1991)
    For the Boys
    6.4
    • musician: trumpet (uncredited)
    • 1991
  • Andie MacDowell and John Malkovich in The Object of Beauty (1991)
    The Object of Beauty
    5.6
    • musician: trumpet
    • 1991
  • Arachnophobia (1990)
    Arachnophobia
    6.5
    • musician: trumpet (uncredited)
    • 1990
  • Memories of Me (1988)
    Memories of Me
    5.7
    • musician: trumpet (uncredited)
    • 1988
  • Carroll O'Connor in In the Heat of the Night (1988)
    In the Heat of the Night
    7.6
    TV Series
    • musician: trumpet (uncredited)
    • 1988
  • A Fine Mess (1986)
    A Fine Mess
    4.8
    • musician: trumpet (uncredited)
    • 1986
  • Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Cher in Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986)
    Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
    7.2
    TV Special
    • musician: trumpet
    • 1986
  • Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd in Moonlighting (1985)
    Moonlighting
    7.6
    TV Series
    • musician: trumpet (uncredited)
    • 1985
  • Teri Garr in One from the Heart (1981)
    One from the Heart
    6.5
    • musician: trumpet soloist
    • 1981

Soundtrack



  • Morning Joe: Weekend
    TV Series
    • performer: "Amendment to Be"
    • 2025
  • Schoolhouse Rock! (1973)
    Schoolhouse Rock!
    8.2
    TV Series
    • performer: "The Little Things We Do"
    • performer: "Report from the North Pole"
    • performer: "FatCat Blue: The Clean Rivers Song" ...
    • 1973–2009
  • Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008)
    Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon
    8.1
    • lyrics: "California Cool", "Freaky Friday", "Bodega Bay", "Swimming in the Riviera", "Enemy", "49 Women"
    • music: "California Cool", "Freaky Friday", "Charlie's Cavern", "Wait and See", "Groovus Mentus", "Bodega Bay", "Swimming in the Riviera", "Pink Lady", "Jack's Blues", "Enemy", "49 Women"
    • performer: "Stardust", "The Joint Is Jumpin'", "California Cool", "Love Is Here to Stay", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "Freaky Friday", "Conjunction Junction", "I'm Just a Bill", "Sugar Blues", "Wait and See", "Groovus Mentus", "Bodega Bay", "After You've Gone", "Swimming in the Riviera", "Pink Lady", "Jack's Blues", "Enemy", "Where Do You Start", "The Shadow of Your Smile", "It Had To Be You", "49 Women"
    • 2008
  • Michael Douglas and Evan Rachel Wood in King of California (2007)
    King of California
    6.6
    • writer: "49 Women"
    • 2007
  • Neve Campbell, Danny DeVito, Kathy Bates, and Ron Livingston in Relative Strangers (2006)
    Relative Strangers
    5.4
    • performer: "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive", "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
    • 2006
  • Johnny Bravo (1997)
    Johnny Bravo
    7.2
    TV Series
    • performer: "Signs", "Everybody's Done a Crime"
    • performer: "Sensitivity", "Observation", "Feminism", "Manners", "You Gotta Be Me"
    • 1997–2004
  • Teacher's Pet (2004)
    Teacher's Pet
    5.7
    • performer: "Take the Money and Run"
    • 2004
  • A Constant Forge (2000)
    A Constant Forge
    7.4
    • performer: "Almost"
    • 2000
  • Huell Howser in California's Gold (1991)
    California's Gold
    9.3
    TV Series
    • performer: "Avalon" (1920) (uncredited)
    • 1999
  • From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
    From the Earth to the Moon
    8.5
    TV Mini Series
    • performer: "Bodega Bay"
    • writer: "Bodega Bay"
    • 1998
  • Greg Kinnear in Dear God (1996)
    Dear God
    5.5
    • performer: "Deck the Halls", "Silent Night"
    • 1996
  • Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, and Haley Joel Osment in Bogus (1996)
    Bogus
    5.4
    • performer: "Me And My Shadow"
    • 1996
  • Schoolhouse Rock!: America Rock
    Video Game
    • performer: "Mother Necessity", "I'm Just A Bill" (uncredited)
    • 1996
  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
    The Simpsons
    8.6
    TV Series
    • performer: "The Amendment Song" (uncredited)
    • 1996
  • Schoolhouse Rock!: Grammar Rock (1995)
    Schoolhouse Rock!: Grammar Rock
    7.4
    Video Game
    • performer: "Conjunction Junction", "Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla" (Pronouns), "Busy Prepositions", "The Tale of Mr. Morton" (Subject and Predicate), "Schoolhouse Rocky" (Grammar Rock variant) (uncredited)
    • 1995

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Personal details

  • Height
    • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
  • Born
    • November 30, 1931
    • Jacksonville, Florida, USA
  • Died
    • December 27, 2019
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Co-starred in a sitcom pilot for CBS called "Missy's Men", about how three soldiers (Dwayne Hickman and Daniel J. Travanti played the others) bring a Korean orphan girl to San Francisco and attempt to raise her.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Voiced the character of the Bill in "I'm Just A Bill", and of the train engineer in "Conjunction Junction", two notable installments of the cartoon series Schoolhouse Rock! (1973).
  • Trademarks
      Most noted, musically that is, for his method of "TRIPLETONGUEING" while playing the trumpet. A feat not many can do.

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