Jan-Michael Vincent

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BIRTHDAY

July 15, 1944

Denver, CO

RECENT CREDITS

Chop Suey (FILM) Oct. 5, 2001

Escape to Grizzly Mountain (FILM) Jan. 1, 1999

Buffalo '66 (FILM) Jun. 26, 1998

In the Name of the Father (FILM) Dec. 29, 1993

Deadly Heroes (FILM) Jan. 1, 1993

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BIOGRAPHY

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Ventura City College grad Jan-Michael Vincent had just finished serving in the National Guard when he was tapped for potential film stardom by a talent agent. At first billed simply as Michael Vincent, the novice actor's "official" screen debut was the 1968 western Journey to Shiloh, though in fact he'd already had a shakedown cruise, as it were, in the Mexican film Los Bandidos (1967). He went on to co-star in the "Danger Island" segment of Hanna-Barbera's Saturday morning TV show The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, and in the prime time serial The Survivors (1969) before graduating to stardom as the hippie-dippie Marine recruit in the popular TV movie Tribes (1970). Subsequent film assignments like The Mechanic (1972) and Bite the Bullet (1975) seemed to bode well for his future as a "reluctant hero" action star, while his work in such productions as Buster and Billie (1974) proved that he had an acting range far beyond that of your usual beefcake hunk. Jan-Michael Vincent enjoyed a successful run as taciturn maverick pilot Stringfellow Hawke in the TV series Airwolf (1984-86) before becoming a fixture in such direct-to-video yarns like Hidden Obsession and Indecent Behavior (both 1993).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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NEWSMAKERS: Pikachu -- Misunderstood or Potty-Mouthed?

Dec. 31, 1999

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 30, 1999 -- Let the Pokémon backlash begin.First, there was the recall of Burger King toys over safety concerns. Then there was the Michigan man who was granted a refund by a Kmart after saying his cute, little Pikachu doll dropped the F-bomb when its circuits were punched rapidly. (To be fair, cussing when one's circuits are being rapidly punched doe...

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