Personal Info
Birth date
1923-05-21 (102 Years)
Day of death
2000-10-16
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Richard Jacobson
Rick Jason
Biography
Rick Jason (born Richard Jacobson; May 21, 1923 – October 16, 2000) was an American actor, born in New York City, and most remembered for starring in the ABC television drama Combat! (1962–1967).
Filmography
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.The Ford Television Theatre
7.333
Overview:
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.Moonlighting
7.5
Overview:
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.Fantasy Island
6.402
Overview:
A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of fulfilling their dreams. Not all dreams are fulfilled as expected.Combat!
7.649
Overview:
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.Matt Houston
6.2
Overview:
Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
NYR
Overview:
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted by Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, and, finally, Polly BergenPolice Woman
6.3
Overview:
Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.Switch
6.7
Overview:
Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.Rawhide
7.13
Overview:
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Overview:
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.Scarecrow and Mrs. King
6.3
Overview:
Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative Lee Stetson who begin a strange association, and eventual romance, after encountering one another in a train station.Flying High
4.5
Overview:
Flying High is an American comedy-drama series that aired on CBS from August 28, 1978 until January 23, 1979. Created by Dawn Aldredge and Martin Cohan, the series stars Connie Sellecca, Pat Klous, and Kathryn Witt.The Danny Thomas Hour
5
Overview:
The Danny Thomas Hour is an American anthology television series that was broadcast on NBC during the 1967-68 television season.The Millionaire
5
Overview:
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.Wonder Woman
7.034
Overview:
With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon princess Wonder Woman travels to 1940s America disguised as Diana Prince, assistant to handsome but trouble-prone Major Steve Trevor. Using her golden belt, which imbues her with astonishing strength, her bullet-deflecting bracelets, a golden lasso that dispels dishonesty and an invisible supersonic plane, Wonder Woman combats evil.The Outsider
5.2
Overview:
The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where the action is. Darren McGavin played Ross, a man living in an off-beat, always-dangerous world. The series aired for one season on NBC and was a precursor of sorts to The Rockford Files in that it featured a loner private detective who had previously done time in prison for a crime he didn't commit and who never quite fit into a rapidly changing environment.The Partners
5
Overview:
The Partners is an American sitcom that aired on September 18, 1971 through September 8, 1972 on NBC.The Virginian
6.344
Overview:
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7
Overview:
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.Airwolf
7.563
Overview:
As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.Around the World in 80 Days
6.649
Overview:
The plot centres around Phileas Fogg making a £20,000 wager with three members of the Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days. He takes with him his newly employed French valet Passepartout, and is pursued by Detective Wilbur Fix who mistakenly thinks Fogg robbed the Bank of England and is using the wager as a cover to escape capture.The 20th Century Fox Hour
5.429
Overview:
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.Lux Video Theatre
6.333
Overview:
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.The Case of the Dangerous Robin
NYR
Overview:
The Case of the Dangerous Robin is an American crime drama series which aired in syndication from October 1960, to July 1961. The series stars Rick Jason. It was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.Manimal
7.312
Overview:
Jonathan Chase was a British college professor at New York University who had the unusual ability to transform into any kind of animal. He used his powers to battle crime alongside pretty policewoman Brooke and Vietnam-war pal Ty.Who's Watching the Kids?
5
Overview:
Who's Watching the Kids? is an American sitcom which aired on NBC from September 22, 1978 until December 15, 1978. It was produced by Garry Marshall, who was partly responsible for ratings domination over at rival ABC at the time with his string of hits. The series focused on two young Las Vegas showgirls, working and rooming together, who each had a younger sibling living with them. The series originated as the pilot special Legs, which NBC aired on May 19, 1978.Sombrero
4.2
Overview:
Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.Proof of the Man
7.4
Overview:
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.Partners
5.5
Overview:
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which Benson finds rather disturbing. Can an uptight heterosexual and a mousey homosexual form a meaningful relationship?Acting
1989Around the World in 80 Days (3 Episodes) as Cornelius Vanderbilt
1988Illegally Yours as Freddie Boneflecker
1985Moonlighting (0, 1 Episode) as Unknown, J.B. Harland
1984Murder, She Wrote (1 Episode) as Axel Weingard
1984Airwolf (1 Episode) as Ed Aarons
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1 Episode) as Ambassador Harcourt
1983Manimal (1 Episode) as Prof. Barta
1982Matt Houston (1 Episode) as Mr. Murdock
1982Partners as Douglas
1979The Best Place to Be as Paul Bellinger
1978Flying High (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978Who's Watching the Kids? (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978Fantasy Island (1 Episode) as Arthur Hemmings
1977Proof of the Man as Lionel Adams
1977Love and the Midnight Auto Supply as Councilman Ted Fredricks
1976The Witch Who Came from the Sea as Billy Batt
1975Wonder Woman (1 Episode) as Lawson Koslo
1975Switch (1 Episode) as Gene Cole
1975Who Is the Black Dahlia? as Miles Harmonder
1974Police Woman (1, 1, 1 Episode) as James Basterie, Lambkee, Vincent Phillips
1974A Time for Love as Paul Chalk
1971The Day of the Wolves as No. 4
1971The Partners (1 Episode) as Unknown
1970Eagles Attack At Dawn as Beno
1970Prudence and the Chief as Chief Snow Eagle
1969The Monk as Wideman
1969Color Me Dead as Bradley Taylor
1968The Outsider (1 Episode) as Matt Stark
1968The Saga of Tanegashima as Captain Pinto
1967The Danny Thomas Hour (1 Episode) as Smitty
1962Combat! (152 Episodes) as Lieutenant Gil Hanley
1962The Virginian (1 Episode) as Tom Fuller
1961The Mike Douglas Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1960The Case of the Dangerous Robin (38 Episodes) as Robin Scott
1959Rawhide (1, 1 Episode) as Rivera, Manso
1958The Fountain of Youth as Alan Brody
1958Colgate Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Sierra Baron as Miguel Delmonte
1958Rx Murder as Jethro Jones
1957The Wayward Bus as Johnny Chicoy
1956The Lieutenant Wore Skirts as Capt. Barney Sloan
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour (1 Episode) as Hank Adams
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Arthur
1955The Millionaire (1, 1 Episode) as Jack Garrison, Vin Buckley
1954This Is My Love as Glenn Harris
1954The Saracen Blade as Enzio Siniscola
1953The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Tony
1953Sombrero as Ruben
1952The Ford Television Theatre (1 Episode) as Raoul
1950Lux Video Theatre (1 Episode) as Joe
Directing
1974A Time for Love ... Director