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Jack Lee Ging (November 30, 1931 – September 9, 2022) was an American actor. He was best known as General Harlan "Bull" Fulbright on NBC's television adventure series The A-Team, and for his supporting role in the final season of Tales of Wells Fargo starring Dale Robertson.

Early life

Born on November 30, 1931, in Alva, Oklahoma, When he was young, his parents divorced, and his mother began working as a "Harvey Girl". Although his mother had custody of him, her irregular hours as a waitress led to his living with relatives. Eventually, he settled with a family named Domenici while he attended a Catholic school. Later, he attended St. Michael's boarding school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He left there when his mother became ill, resulting in their return to Oklahoma, where she lived with his grandmother while he lived with an aunt and uncle.

Before turning to acting, Ging served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years and was honorably discharged. During the 1950s, he played college football at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He scored five touchdowns during his time at Oklahoma and played in the 1954 Orange Bowl game.

Career

Ging starred in the war film Sniper's Ridge (1961) and played Will Coleman in Where the Red Fern Grows (1974). Other film credits include Hang 'Em High (1968), Play Misty for Me (1971), and High Plains Drifter (1973), all opposite Clint Eastwood.

In 1960, Ging appeared in one episode of The Twilight Zone, "The Whole Truth". He made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, including, in 1962, playing Danny Pierce in "The Case of the Lonely Eloper". From 1962 to 1964, he played a young psychiatrist in NBC's 62-episode medical drama The Eleventh Hour. In 1966 he played "Simon Dobbs", a blind ex-lawman trying to cope with his new affliction, on the episode "Stage Stop" (S12E10) on the TV Western Gunsmoke. and Admiral Conte on the NBC adventure series The Highwayman.

Athletic accomplishments

In addition to his achievements in football during his college years, Ging played for one season with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League after he graduated. He also was a "Crosby golf tournament winner, [and a] Clint Eastwood Celebrity Tennis tournament champion."

Personal life

Jack and Katie Ging married "right out of high school".

Filmography

Film

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

|1958|| Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! || Hoxie's Driver || Uncredited

|1959|| Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow || Controller ||

| Play Misty for Me || Edward Price || Filmed in 1972, released in 1978

|rowspan=3|1973|| High Plains Drifter || Lieutenant / Lieutenant Sanders / Otis Matthews || 8 episodes

|rowspan=2|1959|| Wanted Dead or Alive || Royer || Episode: "Bad Gun"

| Tales of Wells Fargo || Robert Samuel Chapman / James Kincannon / Danny Pierce || 3 episodes

|rowspan=4|1961|| The Twilight Zone || Lieutenant John Singleton Mosby || 2 episodes: "Willie and the Yank: The Deserter", "Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders"

|1968|| Mannix || Captain Bannister || Episode: "The Super Scouts"

| Hart to Hart