Actor Jack Ging, best known for his role as Harlan “Bull” Fulbright in the “A Squadron” series, died last Friday (9/9) at the age of 90. Ging died of natural causes at his home in California, his wife, Apache Ging, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
In addition to participating in eight episodes of “A-Squad”, Ging is also known for his collaboration with Clint Eastwood (“Cry Macho”), having starred alongside the star in the films “The Hangman” (1968), directed by Ted Post, “Perverse Passion” (1971) and “The Stranger With No Name” (1973), both directed by Eastwood himself.
Jack Lee Ging was born on November 30, 1931 in Alva, Oklahoma. He attended boarding school in Santa Fe, New Mexico and served four years in the United States Marine Corps. Subsequently, he played football for three seasons at the University of Oklahoma and another season in the Canadian Football League.
Inspired by Tyrone Power (“Witness for the Prosecution”), who was also a member of the Marines, Ging decided to try his hand at acting. He studied acting in New York and in 1958 landed his first roles in the series “The Rough Riders” and “Highway Patrol”, as well as having an uncredited participation in the film “The Delight of a Dilemma”.
Before long, Ging began to become a familiar face on TV, appearing in eight episodes of “Mackenzie’s Raiders” (between 1958 and 1959) and in 14 episodes of “Tales of Wells Fargo” (1961), as well as doing several others sporadic participation in other series.
Although “Tales of Wells Fargo” was a successful series and provided Ging with good exposure, he was dissatisfied with his participation. “Apparently, I was just holding Dale Robertson’s horse [protagonista da série]”, he recalled. Ging ended up leaving the series, which was a breach of contract. It took some negotiations before he could continue working in the industry. In the meantime, he went to the movies.
Ging starred in the movie “Surprises of Fate” (1960), about a reluctant hero in the last days of the Korean War, and had a cameo in “Echoes of the Past” (1960), about a boy returning to his hometown. christmas after spending six years in prison. He also starred in “Dangerous Intimacy” (1966), “The Snake Man” (1973), “Bolt-The Lightning Man” (1973) and “Die Sister, Die!” (1978), among others.
Back on TV, he also excelled in the detective series “Mannix” (between 1968 and 1974) and had a recurring role on “Hot Weather” (appeared in over 30 episodes between 1984 and 1985). His participation in the “Class A Squadron” was equally recurring, in episodes shown between 1983 and 1986, and ended when his character was killed.
The actor also joked about it. “It was a children’s show. They fired 10,000 machine gun rounds from every roof and threw bombs and grenades, but no one was ever killed but me,” he once laughed.
His last work as an actor was a participation in the series “De Pernas Pro Ar” in 1994.
In addition to acting, Jack Ging also enjoyed playing golf with other actors, such as Dean Martin (“One Crazy Rally”) and James Garner (“The Notebook”).
Source: Terra
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