Jack Hogan


Richard Roland Benson Jr., known professionally as Jack Hogan, was an American actor most notable for the role of PFC William G. Kirby on the 1960s television show ''Combat!''

Biography

Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Hogan was an architecture student in college before joining the Air Force, where he became a staff sergeant during the Korean War. After he returned to civilian life, he studied drama at the Pasadena Playhouse and in New York. He worked part-time as a lifeguard until he gained the role on Combat. He portrayed Sgt. Jerry Miller on the NBC-TV crime drama Adam-12. In addition to acting, he was a casting director for Magnum, P.I. and operated a building business.

Personal life and death

Hogan married Barbara Bates.
Jack Hogan died at his home in Bainbridge Island, Washington, on December 6, 2023, at the age of 94.

Films

  • Man from Del Rio
  • The Bonnie Parker Story
  • Paratroop Command
  • The Legend of Tom Dooley
  • ''The Cat Burglar''

    Television

  • Harbor Command
  • Tombstone Territory Episode "Ride Out at Noon"
  • “Have Gun Will Travel” Episode “The Teacher”
  • Sea Hunt
  • Rifleman
  • Bat Masterson as Jack and as Stuart Chancellor
  • Laramie
  • Ripcord, episode "Radar Rescue",
  • Lawman The Juror
  • Bat Masterson
  • Cheyenne, episode "Storm Center",
  • The Rifleman
  • Combat!
  • Garrison's Gorillas
  • Adam-12
  • Hawaii Five-O
  • Houston, We've Got a Problem
  • Sierra
  • The Specialists
  • Mobile One
  • The Oregon Trail as Henry Bowman
  • ''Jake and the Fatman''