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Jack Grinnage

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Jack Grinnage
Born
Jack Eugene Stewart

(1931-01-20) January 20, 1931 (age 93)
OccupationActor
Years active1954–2018

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]

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

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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

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  1. ^ Interview with Jack Grinnage at Maarten Blogspot
  2. ^ Jack Grinnage at the Internet Broadway Database
  3. ^ Interview with Jack Grinnage at the Simon Oakland Tribute Site
  4. ^ 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.
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