RICHARD JAECKEL - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 293983

RICHARD JAECKEL
The actor is shown in character as Lee Parker in this black and white publicity photograph for the 1955 film Apache Ambush.
Photograph signed: "Thank you,/Richard Jaeckel", B/w 8x10¼. Publicity photograph for the 1955 film Apache Ambush. Richard Jaeckel (1926-1997, born R. Hanley Jaeckel in Long Beach, New York) is an American actor with almost 190 movies and TV shows to his credit. Jaeckel was working as a mailman at 20th Century-Fox when his baby face got him his big break as an inexperienced Marine in Guadalcanal Diary (1943). After four years in the Navy, he resumed his acting career in 1948 and never looked back. Jaeckel built his reputation in war movies like Battleground and Sands of Iwo Jima (both in 1949), and returned to his war movie roots in 1967 as Sergeant Bowren in The Dirty Dozen. He also received an Oscar nod for his performance as Joe Ben Stamper in Sometimes a Great Notion (1971). He also But he's probably best known to audiences from his frequent appearances on TV, including roles as Tony Gentry in Frontier Circus (1962), Lt. Pete McNeil on Banyon (1972-1973), Hank Myers on Firehouse (1974), Pence Fraley on Gunsmoke, Jack Klinger on Salvage 1 (1979), Lt. Martin Quirk on Spencer: for Hire (1985-1987) and Lt. Ben Edwards on Baywatch (1989-1994). Fans of B-grade sci-fi may recognize Jaeckel from his performance as space station Commander Vince Elliot in The Green Slime (1969). Heavily worn at edges. Lightly creased. Otherwise, fine condition.