Jack Grinnage (born Jack Eugene Stewart, January 20, 1931) is an American actor with a film and television career spanning seven decades. Born in Los Angeles, Grinnage made his first television appearances in 1954. The following year, he played Moose – one of three teenage rebels who chase James Dean – in Rebel Without a Cause (1955). Rebel Without a Cause was his first film where he received a screen credit.[1]
Jack Grinnage | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jack Eugene Stewart January 20, 1931 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1954–2018 |
Grinnage continued to play supporting roles or bit parts in films like King Creole (1958) with Elvis Presley (in a crucial role as a mute gang member), Spartacus (1960) and The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968). He also played an errant but sympathetic boy in the Twilight Zone episode “The Mind and the Matter”. In 1961, he appeared in the Broadway musical The Billy Barnes People.[2] Between 1974 and 1975, he had a supporting role as Independent News Service reporter Ron Updyke[3] in the mystery series Kolchak: The Night Stalker.[4] In 2009, Grinnage played the role of Marvell, the replacement janitor, in two episodes of Scrubs. His most recent credit is the television series The Kids Are Alright (2018).
Filmography
edit| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1955 | Interrupted Melody | Corp. Michael Watkins | Uncredited |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | Moose | |
| 1955 | Lady Godiva of Coventry | Blacksmith's Son | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Crashing Las Vegas | Bellboy | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Gaby | Bit Role | Uncredited |
| 1958 | Wink of an Eye | Delivery Boy | |
| 1958 | King Creole | Dummy | |
| 1958 | Wolf Larsen | Leach | |
| 1959 | Riot in Juvenile Prison | Dink, an inmate | |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Petitioner | Uncredited |
| 1963 | A Ticklish Affair | Seaman | Uncredited |
| 1963 | Captain Newman, M.D. | Patient | Uncredited |
| 1965 | The Monster. Serie TV. | Mr.Walpole | |
| 1968 | The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell | Pvt. Roberts | |
| 1970 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Driver | |
| 1972 | Glass Houses | ||
| 1978 | Zero to Sixty | Airport Manager | |
| 2009 | Acts of Mercy | ||
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best | Claude | 1 episode |
| 1954 | Meet Corliss Archer | Biltwell Salesboy | 1 episode |
| 1957-1958 | The Silent Service | Editor Gaffney / Karley / Small Man | 3 episodes |
| 1958-1964 | Wagon Train | Jubal Devlin / Sampson / Guard - Warren Mitchell | 3 episodes |
| 1959-1966 | Gunsmoke | Gorman / Gus Blake / Raffie Bly / Andy Wirth | 4 episodes |
| 1961 | The Twilight Zone | Henry | 1 episode |
| 1966 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Co-pilot | 1 episode |
| 1969 | Ironside | Movie Theatre Doorman | 1 episode, Uncredited |
| 1974 | Crackle of Death | Ron Updyke | TV movie, (archive footage) |
| 1974-1975 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Ron Updyke | 18 episodes |
| 1978 | Lou Grant | Clerk | 1 episode |
| 1983 | Hotel | Tom Willis | |
| 2003 | Six Feet Under | Minister | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Scrubs | Marvell | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Ghost Ghirls | Wally | 1 episode |
| 2018 | The Kids Are Alright | Very Old Husband | 1 episode |
References
edit- ^ Interview with Jack Grinnage at Maarten Blogspot
- ^ Jack Grinnage at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Interview with Jack Grinnage at the Simon Oakland Tribute Site
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 572. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.