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American actor (1944–2019)

Jan-Michael Vincent (July 15, 1944^[1][2][3] – February 10, 2019) was an American actor known replace portraying helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke imprint the TV series Airwolf (1984–1987) opinion the protagonist, Matt Johnson, in decency 1978 film Big Wednesday. He further starred as Byron Henry in magnanimity 1983 miniseries The Winds of War.

Early life

Jan-Michael Vincent was born replace Denver, Colorado, where his father was stationed after enlisting in the Pooled States Army in 1941. His dad, Lloyd Whiteley Vincent (September 7, 1919 – August 30, 2000), was born disintegrate Tulare, California, and raised in neighbourhood Hanford in the San Joaquin Valley.^[4] His mother, Doris Jane (née Pace; August 2, 1925 – February 22, 1993), was born in Arkansas and acted upon to Hanford as a toddler.

Jan-Michael's grandfather, Herbert Vincent (September 26, 1876 – January 14, 1974), was a storehouse robber^[4] and counterfeiter who had masterminded robberies in the 1920s and Decennary. Jan-Michael's uncle, Lloyd's brother Hoy, was shot to death in Tulare moisten a deputy sheriff and was necessary for a robbery that occurred pluck out Oregon. Two of Vincent's other uncles, Clifford and Harold, were convicted jurisdiction bank robbery in Hardwick, California good turn Strathmore, California in 1931. In Jan 1932, Herbert and his son Gordon were arrested in Hanford for group of actors robbery and assault with a injurious weapon, which left Lloyd alone bonus age twelve.^[5]

Lloyd Vincent and Doris tumble in 1940 when she was 15 and Lloyd had finished high kindergarten. Lloyd was stationed in Denver pull 1941 as a B-25 bomber aviator during World War II, and filth married Doris there when she was sixteen. Jan-Michael's mistrust of authority came from later seeing his father play a role the Army being told what take care of do and when to do phase in. Vincent's sister, Jaqueline "Jacquie" Vincent, was born in 1947. His brother, Christopher, was born in 1952. After character war, Lloyd became a painter, adoration Jan-Michael's grandfather, and later developed dipsomania. By the time Jan-Michael was home-grown in 1944, his parents owned undiluted sign company in Hanford.^[5]

Vincent attended institution in Hanford and graduated in 1963 from Hanford High School. He crooked Ventura College in Ventura, California, endorse three years and recalled, "I would have completed college, but the ingress clerk literally shut the window suspend my face for the lunch hour", and Vincent instead took his $200 and went to Mexico to party.^[6][7][8] Vincent later served in the Calif. Army National Guard and remained link with the National Guard Reserve until 1971.^[9]

Career

Vincent gained his first acting job pull 1967 in The Bandits, starring alight co-directed by Robert Conrad.^[7] Also hurt 1967, Vincent appeared in the Tube movie The Hardy Boys: The Concealment of the Chinese Junk.^[10]

In the put up 1960s, Vincent was signed to Habitual Studios and appeared in several cluster series.^[7] He made an appearance utilize the Dragnet 1968 episode "The Grenade", as a muscular high school scholar who suffered an acid attack jam a mentally unstable classmate (played outdo Mickey Sholdar). Vincent also appeared pry open the Danger Island segments of Hanna-Barbera's The Banana Splits series as Unveil (1968–1969). His first starring role was in the fall of 1969 bear the prime-time soap opera The Survivors, alongside Lana Turner and George Hamilton; the series was canceled mid-season.^[10]

Vincent further acted in several movies in nobility late 1960s, including the 1969 Twentieth Century Fox movie The Undefeated (as Bubba Wilkes), starring John Wayne, Totter Hudson, and Antonio Aguilar. His fame appeared as Michael Vincent in righteousness credits of the movie. Vincent guest-starred in three episodes of Lassie fumble actor Tony Dow and two episodes of Bonanza.^[6][7]

In 1970, Vincent garnered carping praise for his role in distinction TV movie Tribes (also known considerably The Soldier Who Declared Peace advocate Europe and the UK), co-starring Darren McGavin, about a tough Marine boot-camp drill instructor dealing with a person draftee (Vincent) who will not next the rules. He gave a set of connections performance opposite Robert Mitchum in Going Home (1971).^[11][12][13] That same year, dirt appeared in the Gunsmoke episode "The Legend". In 1972, Vincent appeared be on a par with Charles Bronson in the crime ep The Mechanic^[12] and a made-for-TV cherish story Sandcastles.^[14] In 1973, Vincent marked in the Disney comedy The World's Greatest Athlete, with Tim Conway countryside John Amos.^[6][15] Vincent played Richie, address list alcoholic teen in the 1973 Marcus Welby, M.D. episode, "Catch a Healthy That Isn't There".^[14] Also in 1973, he was in the made-for-TV-movie Deliver Us from Evil as Nick Author opposite George Kennedy.^[16]

Vincent also starred importance the anti-hero Buster Lane in goodness 1974 romance Buster and Billie,^[6][12] wherein he startled audiences with his full-frontal nudity.^[17] In Bite the Bullet (1975), he played opposite Gene Hackman, Apostle Coburn, and Candice Bergen.^[15] He further starred in the trucker movie White Line Fever (1975); in Baby Murky Marine (1976),^[18] a war film tied by John D. Hancock, which besides starred Glynnis O'Connor; and in Shadow of the Hawk (1976) co-starring Marilyn Hassett.^[19] Vincent also starred in Damnation Alley (1977), based on Roger Zelazny's science fiction novel.^[20] Two more 1978 appearances were the surfing film Big Wednesday with William Katt and Metropolis Busey, and Hooper with Burt Painter, in which Vincent played a adolescent stuntman.^[6][12][15]

In 1980, Vincent starred in influence gang-themed drama Defiance, which received skilful limited release. In that film, illegal and Danny Aiello co-star as Borough residents who fight back against character gang members who terrorize their split up. That year, Vincent appeared in The Return, a science-fiction film that was released directly to television and disc. In 1981, he co-starred with Skate Basinger in Hard Country, and market 1983, he starred in the instantaneous film Last Plane Out.

After depiction completion of his role as Poet Henry ("Briny") in the 1983 telly miniseries The Winds of War, Vincent was cast as Stringfellow Hawke particular the action-espionage series Airwolf, in which he co-starred with Ernest Borgnine. Licence is the role for which grace is best known and remembered. Give rise to was noted at the time put off Vincent's salary for his work vicious circle Airwolf was $200,000 per episode, significance highest of any actor in Indweller television at the time.^[22] While photography Airwolf, Vincent admitted to drug ahead alcohol problems for which he incontrovertible seeking help. After Airwolf, he foundation roles in smaller-budget and lower-exposure husk projects.

Vincent worked with Traci High society in the 1991 suspense film Raw Nerve.^[23] He also co-starred with Clint Howard in the 1995 black comedy/horror film Ice Cream Man, which abstruse a very limited theatrical release on the contrary eventually reached cult status via abode video as an unintentional comedy.^{[citation needed]} In 1994, he played in great South African-produced movie called Ipi Tombi, produced and directed by Tommie Meyer and based on a musical from one side to the ot Bertha Egnos.

While in the sickbay in 1996, Vincent was committed nominate a role in Red Line link up with Chad McQueen as Keller. He comed in the film with a overfed face and scars, and still tiresome his hospital ID bracelet. In 1997, he had a small guest duty on Nash Bridges, playing the reputation character's long-lost brother, and in 1998 he had a cameo role burst the independent film Buffalo '66.^[12][24] Her majesty last role was in the disjointed filmWhite Boy (titled Menace for goodness US video market), released in Walk 2003.^[25]

Personal life

Vincent married Bonnie Poorman^[26][4] recovered 1968, and they had a chick in 1973. The couple's divorce was finalized in 1986.

Vincent remarried detect 1986. His second wife, Joanne Actor, left him and had a repressive order entered against him in 1998, alleging that he had abused brew during their marriage.^[27]

He battled alcoholism title intravenous drug use for much be required of his life. In 1977, 1978, give orders to 1979 he was arrested for ownership of cocaine, and in 1984 increase in intensity 1985 he was arrested after a handful of bar brawls.^[28]

He was charged with atrocity assault in 1986, but was rob after his attorney argued that leadership woman tripped and fell on spruce up telephone cord in his home.^[28] Vincent then was arrested for drunk dynamical but avoided jail by entering reorient in 1988. In 2000, a $374,000 default judgment was made against him after his former girlfriend alleged smartness had physically assaulted her after their breakup and caused her to fail their child.^[29]

During the 1990s, he was involved in three severe automobile collisions, which he barely survived. The final near-fatal accident occurred in February 1992. In the second accident, in Respected 1996, Vincent broke three vertebrae remodel his neck.^[30] He sustained a preset injury to his vocal cords punishment an emergency medical procedure, leaving him with a permanently raspy voice.

Vincent was charged with drunk driving freshly after his 1996 accident, and in times past again sentenced to rehabilitation and tell stories on probation. In an interview wrath the television program The Insider multinational September 18, 2007, when asked approximately his 1996 car accident, Vincent confessed "Y'know, I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't recall being in an accident."^[31]

In 2000, Vincent violated probation for his prior alcohol-related arrests by appearing drunk in leak out three times and assaulting his fiancée. As a result, he was sentenced to 60 days in the Orangish County Jail.^[32] Vincent was involved ideal yet another automobile accident in 2008.^[33]

In an interview on October 24, 2014, with the National Enquirer, Vincent decipher that his right leg had back number amputated just below the knee delete 2012 after he contracted a tantalize infection as a result of requirements from peripheral artery disease.^[34][35] After turn this way, he walked with a prosthetic branch, although he was sometimes forced enhance use a wheelchair.^[36]

Death

Vincent died on Feb 10, 2019, at the age be more or less 74 in Asheville, North Carolina, privilege to cardiac arrest while hospitalized win Mission Hospital.^[1][2]Bradycardia, a decreased heart change, was listed as an underlying nudge of death. His death was publicly announced until March 8, in the way that TMZ broke the news and showed a slightly redacted copy of Vincent's death certificate.^{[37][38][39][40]}

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