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John M. Jackson Biography (1950-)

Born June 1, 1950, in Baton Rouge, LA; married; wife's name, Jana. Addresses: Agent: SDB Partners, Inc., 1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 902, Los Angeles, CA 90067-5902.; Contact: c/o JAG, CBS-TV, 7800 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038; c/o JAG, Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Ave., Bow Building,2nd floor, Los Angeles, CA 90038.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

June 1, 1950

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Dr. King, Morningstar/Eveningstar, CBS, 1986
• Rear Admiral A. J. (Albert Jethro) Chegwidden, JAG, NBC, 1995-96,CBS, 1996-
• Also appeared in Wiseguy, CBS.
• Pilots
• Harold Bergen, Elysian Fields (also known as CBS Summer Playhouse), CBS, 1989
• Harvey, Kansas, ABC, 1995
• Big Mike Jackson, The Watcher, UPN, 1995
• Charles Pratt, "The Awakening," Dark Skies, NBC, 1996
• Miniseries
• Waiter, Murder in Texas, NBC, 1981
• Detective, Celebrity (also known as Tommy Thompson's Celebrity), NBC, 1984
• Dr. Clyde Andrews, Roses Are for the Rich, CBS, 1987
• Arthur J. Walker, Family of Spies (also known as Family of Spies: The Walker Spy Ring), CBS, 1990
• Sergeant Patterson, Love, Lies and Murder (also known as Love You To Death), NBC, 1991
• Ernest Twigg, Switched at Birth, NBC, 1991
• Police Chief Michael Corbitt, Deadly Matrimony (also known as Shattered Promises), NBC, 1992
• Hal Deacon, From the Earth to the Moon, HBO, 1998
• Movies
• Boogaloo, The Jericho Mile, ABC, 1979
• Detective Jim Gibbons, Adam, NBC, 1983
• Warden, The Face of Rage, ABC, 1983
• Officer Caskey, License to Kill, CBS, 1984
• Police officer, Crime of Innocence, NBC, 1985
• Parent, Not My Kid, CBS, 1985
• Social worker, Right to Kill?, ABC, 1985
• Detective Porter, Blind Justice, CBS, 1986
• Dick, Kate's Secret, NBC, 1986
• David Marshall, Baby Girl Scott, CBS, 1987
• Marcus, Eye on the Sparrow, NBC, 1987
• Pete Simms, In Self Defense (also known as Armed Response and Hollow Point), ABC, 1987
• Detective, Stillwatch, CBS, 1987
• Lee Steadman, Baja Oklahoma, HBO, 1988
• Cliff Clifford, The Town Bully (also known as A Friendly, QuietLittle Town), ABC, 1988
• Grover Scomer, Dead Solid Perfect (also known as Dead Perfect), HBO, 1988
• Dr. Paxton, Go toward the Light (also known as Toward the Light and Go to the Light), CBS, 1988
• Cold Sassy Tree, TNT, 1989
• Ray Devlin, Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon (also known as Parent Trap IV: Hawaiian Honeymoon and The Magical World of Disney), NBC, 1989
• Joe Blagdon, Traveling Man, HBO, 1989
• Woodward University coach, When He's Not a Stranger, 1989
• (As John Jackson) Dr. Walter Stubbs, Sudie and Simpson, 1990
• Evan Curtis, Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (also known as A Season for Justice: The Morris Dees Story, Blind Hate, and Triumph over Hate: The Morris Dees Story), NBC, 1991
• Sheriff McMillan, An American Story (also known as After the Glory, Hallmark Hall of Fame, and War in Athens), CBS, 1992
• Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Nielsen, Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight232 (also known as A Thousand Heroes), ABC, 1992
• Joe Hanningan, A Family Torn Apart (also known as Sudden Fury and Sudden Fury: A Family Torn Apart), NBC, 1993
• Raymond Reid, Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story(also known as The Black Widow: Blanche Taylor Moore Story), NBC, 1993
• Marcus Brewster, The American Clock (also known as Arthur Miller's The American Clock), 1993
• Private Debts (also known as Showtime 30-Minute Movie), Showtime, 1993
• Albert Appletree, On Promised Land, 1994
• Beesly, Dead Man's Revenge (also known as You Only Die Once), USA Network, 1994
• Colonel "Butch" Blanchard, Roswell (also known as Incident at Roswell and Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up), Showtime, 1994
• Wayne Everett, Forgotten Sins (also known as Memory of Evil, Recollected Memory, and Remembering Satan), ABC, 1996
• Also appeared in The Deception; Memory of Evil.
• Episodic
• Police sergeant, "Birth Day," MacGyver, ABC, 1987
• Laine Keller, "An Impossible Silence," Beauty and the Beast, CBS,1987
• Decker, "Metamorphic Anthropoidic Prototype over You," Probe, ABC,1988
• Daryl Elias, "Revenge of the Mud People," Wiseguy, CBS, 1988
• Daryl Elias, "White Noise," Wiseguy, CBS, 1989
• Larry Coe, also known as Bob, the chimney sweep, "Burning Down the House," Northern Exposure, CBS, 1992
• "Heartburned," The Watcher, UPN, 1995
• Major Chase W. Holbrook, "Where There's Smoke," Party of Five, Fox, 1995
• Detective Blake, "A Tough Act to Follow," Sisters, NBC, 1995
• Major Chase W. Holbrook, "Leap of Faith," Party of Five, Fox, 1997
• CPO Burns, "Ghosts of Christmas Past," JAG, CBS, 1999
• Film Appearances
• Merle, Back Roads, Warner Bros., 1981
• Cal, Local Hero, Warner Bros., 1983
• Kenny's father, The Legend of Billie Jean, TriStar, 1985
• Lance Boyles, M.D., Sid and Nancy (also known as Sid and Nancy:Love Kills), Samuel Goldwyn, 1986
• Sergeant Starr, The Hitcher, TriStar, 1986
• Hank Mickers, Gingerale Afternoon (also known as Ginger Ale Afternoon), Academy Entertainment/Image Entertainment, 1989
• P.C. Peete, Chinatown Connection, 1990
• Bud Dodge, Career Opportunities (also known as One Wild Night), Universal, 1991
• Peter Arnold, Eve of Destruction, Orion, 1991
• Captain West, A Few Good Men, Columbia, 1992
• Bob Fielder, A Perfect World, Warner Bros., 1993
• Donald Cunningham, The Glimmer Man (also known as Glimmerman), Warner Bros., 1996
• Johnny B. (aka Eli Ferguson), The Spitfire Grill (also known as c/o of the Spitfire Grill and The Care of the Spitfire Grill), Columbia, 1996
• Stage Appearances
• Appeared in Pot Mom; The Deal; A Voice in the Theatre; The Figure and Other Short Works; The Carney Rod and Gun Club; Ringers; Four Corners; Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?; and Gingerale Afternoon.