Rick Jason who portrayed Lt. Hanely in COMBAT!
Pamela Dean
suicide in 2000. If anyone has anymore information about Rick Jason, please
post it on this thread.
*Pamela Dean*
Joe Gillis
He's dead.
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"I don't mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy." -- Samuel Butler
Jim
> "Pamela Dean" wrote:
>
>>I just heard that Rick Jason who portrayed Lt. Hanely in COMBAT! committed
>>suicide in 2000. If anyone has anymore information about Rick Jason,
>>please post it on this thread.
>
> He's dead.
Yeah, but has he done anything since then?
Pamela Dean
dead. Have more respect for the dead.
>Subject: Re: Rick Jason who portrayed Lt. Hanely in COMBAT!
>From: Jim jcph...@SPAMmindspring.com
>Date: 7/5/2002 2:33 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <ag4s9q$p1f$1...@slb0.atl.mindspring.net>
*Pamela Dean*
Pamela Dean
the television series COMBAT!.
I am wondering why Rick Jason committed suicide. I know 3 people from COMBAT!
are dead. Does anyone out there know why Rick Jason committed suicide?
*Pamela Dean*
Pamela Dean
cute as Vic.
Rick Jason portrayed Lt. Hanley
Vic Morrow portrayed Sgt. Saunders
Dick Peabody portrayed Little John
*Pamela Dean*
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little series.
*Pamela Dean*
Pamela Dean
Tell me what you'all know about Rick Jason.
Sincerely,
Pamela
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Pamela Dean
My wife doesn’t come from the entertainment business and was singularly
uninformed about it when I was introduced to her in Hong Kong. The first time
she was on a movie set, I was guest starring in the TV series Air Wolf. When I
introduced her to one of the co-stars, and an old pal, Ernie Borgnine, she told
him he looked familiar. Ernie started giving her a list of his credits and she
kept shaking her head. He finally gave up and picked an apple from a tray,
handed it to her and said, "Have one, sweetheart." That ended the subject.
The first few years of our marriage, I regaled her with stories of Hollywood
and my experiences in the business; mostly during dinner and over a bottle of
wine. She was always attentive and occasionally asked a question. The
conversations always ended with, "You should write this down, for your
autobiography." She’d been saying it for years and I’d refused. It was hard
to believe anybody would be interested in my life even though I still receive
fan mail from avid Combat! fans who grew up watching the show with their
parents and now sit in front of the TV looking at it with their kids. It’s
become a rite of passage. [...]
However, my wife is a very persistent person. She’s never stopped saying,
"You should write your autobiography, just for the fun of it and for me to
read."
Then an interesting thing happened. A package arrived one day in 1995. Until
then, I knew Combat! had been in reruns all over the country, but I wasn’t
aware of any organized effort to unite its fans. This was a package from a
group of fans, and it opened my eyes to a Combat! world I had no idea existed.
A website visited by thousands each month, and a Combat! convention that they
dubbed a "recon," along with a Carribean cruise. The enthusiasm of the Combat!
devotees has been staggering. At this writing, they’re planning the third
Recon; to take place this year in Las Vegas.
I’ve been informed, in no uncertain terms, that there are a lot more people
besides my lovely wife who would like to read about my beginning in television,
when it was in its infancy. Infancy? Hell, it hadn’t even been born! And to
read about my entry into the movie business toward the end of the studio
system.
To all of you who’ve insisted and encouraged me, to all whom I’ve
entertained, thanks for making my life that much more fulfilled.
*Pamela Dean*
Pamela Dean
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Vital Statistics:
Born: 21 May 1923, New York City
Died: October 16, 2000, Simi Valley, California
Height: 6'4"
Hair: Black
Eyes: Green
Left: Rick Jason as private investigator Robin Scott in the syndicated TV
series "The Case of the Dangerous Robin"
The only child of a stock broker and well-to-do mother, Richard Jason was born
in New York City on May 21, 1926. He laughingly describes himself as "second
generation nouveau riche" (TVG 7) and a born romantic while those who know him
say that he is affable, charming, driven, and a real Renaissance Man.
A good student who was popular with his classmates and teachers, Jason's
chronically hellish behaviour led to his expulsion from no less than eight prep
schools before he finally managed to graduate from Rhodes School. His father,
expecting him to follow in his footsteps, had bought him a seat on the stock
exchange. Instead, Rick sold the seat and enlisted in the Army Air Corp
(1943-45). After the war, he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts on
the G.I. Bill and set out to pursue his life-long interest: acting. While
getting started in the business, he lived in a cheap, furnished room and earned
a living at various times, as a riding instructor, soda jerk, auditor and hotel
clerk.
Rick Jason paid his dues in summer stock productions and various TV roles.
While attending a play, he was spotted by actor-director Hume Cronyn who
immediately cast him in "Now I Lay me Down to Sleep." The role earned Rick a
Theater World Award and a Hollywood contract with Columbia Pictures (he was
offered contracts by four different studios).
For the first year that he was under contract, a frustrated Rick Jason did not
work. Meanwhile MGM, which was about to start production on "Sombrero,"
suddenly found itself desperately searching for an actor to replace the hastily
departed Fernando Lamas (TVG 10). Jason, who had secured his release from
Columbia, was immediately flown in from New York and landed the role.
Due to his success in this film, Columbia asked him to play the lead in "The
Saracen Blade." RKO was also impressed with his work and Rick accepted their
offer to star in "This Is My Love". From there, 20th Century Fox signed him to
play the male lead in "The Lieutenant Wore Skirts." Rick's performance in this
film resulted in him being signed to a multiple-picture contract. His first
project, an adaptation of John Steinbeck's "The Wayward Bus," earned him
considerable critical acclaim and a string of strong performances, both in
films and on television, followed. Despite having shown little interest in
doing a television series, Rick was deluged by more than 30 offers.
In 1960, Rick Jason brought his talents to television, starring as suave
insurance investigator Robin Scott in "The Case of the Dangerous Robin." The
role offered him the chance to play a multi-dimensional character in a series
unlike any other TV adventure show. It proved to be a challenging assignment
and one which fully utilized his versatility. The series, which ran for one
season (38 episodes), made Jason the first actor to use martial arts (karate)
on TV.
Rick Jason and Marius Goring in Rx for Murder (1958 - 20th Century Fox, lobby
card #6)
In September of 1962, Rick Jason exploded onto prime-time screens as the cool,
calm and compassionate Lt. Gil Hanley in ABC's hit series, "Combat!" Given the
working title, "Men in Combat" and the original premise of the show (GIs
lustily march their way through France), Jason at first turned it down. He felt
that the show just wouldn't garner an audience but was soon swayed by the
argument that no war movie ever lost money at the box office (TVC 2(10): 7).
Five seasons — and 152 episodes — later, Rick Jason had become a house-hold
name.
Shortly after "Combat!" ended, Rick returned to the theater where he broke
house-records during a dinner theater engagement in Pheasant Run, Illinois (TVC
12). He also headed to Japan and Israel where he starred in a couple of films
and then returned to TV where he was cast as the lead in the 1970 pilot,
"Prudence and the Chief". In this spoof of "The King and I," Rick played the
Chief of the Cheyenne nation while Sally Ann Howes played the woman who came to
teach the Cheyenne's children (TVC 12). The pilot failed to sell but despite
this disappointment, Rick's TV career remained strong. Throughout the 70s and
80s, he appeared in such hit series as "Matt Houston," "Police Woman," "Murder
She Wrote," "Wonder Woman," "Fantasy Island," "Airwolf," and "Dallas". In 1973,
he even did a stint as a regular on the CBS soap, "The Young and the Restless."
Rick's "Renaissance Man" reputation comes from his varied interests and
talents. Sculpting, painting, ceramics, woodworking, plumbing, carpentry,
upholstery, electronics, leathercraft, cooking, photography, training dogs and
parakeets, and breeding tropical fish have all demanded his attention at one
time or another. He also plays the guitar, sings, writes Ogden Nashian verse
and speaks Spanish, French, Italian and Chinese. Most of all, he enjoys a
variety of outdoor pursuits especially flying, hunting, fishing and underwater
swimming.
[added by Jo D., October, 2000] It is with great sadness that I share with you
the news that Rick Jason died October 16, 2000. He took his own life in his
home in Moorpark, California..He had there with his beloved wife Cindy. After
retiring from acting, he kept busy doing voice-overs for commercials and
running The Wine Locker, a 4,000 square-foot storage facility where people can
store their favourite beverages under optimal conditions. He had just published
his autobiography in July, 2000 and had returned the previous weekend from a
Combat! convention in Las Vegas.
A private memorial service was held on Sunday, October 22, 2000 at Rick's home,
attended by family and close friends. His ashes were later interred at
Hollywood Forever cemetery.
May he rest in peace. He will be deeply missed. Rick firmly believed in
reincarnation. We hope and pray that he is now enjoying peace and happiness in
his new life.
REFERENCES:
"Do You Remember: Rick Jason Remembers COMBAT!". TV Collector. 2(10): 7.
"Our Guest Today: Rick Jason". TV Collector. 2(15) 1984:9-12.
Rick Jason: Biography. Los Angeles: Cleary-Strauss & Irwin. 1960-61.
"The Not-So-Secret Life of Rick Jason". T.V. Guide. May 9-15, 1964. p. 6-8.
Professional Acting Credits:
Broadway Stage:
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep won Theatre World Award for his performance
Theatrical Films:
1953: Sombrero with Jose Greco, Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse
1954: The Saracen Blade with Ricardo Montalban, Carolyn Jones, Michael Ansara
1954: This is My Love with Linda Darnell
1956: The Lieutenant Wore Skirts with Sheree North
1957: The Wayward Bus with Joan Collins, Jayne Mansfield, Dan Dailey
1958: RX for Murder
1958: Sierra Baron with Brian Keith
1967: Teppo Denraiki (Story of a Gun)
1969: Color Me Dead
1970: Eagles Attack at Dawn
1973: Day of the Wolves
1976: The Witch Who Came From the Sea
1979: Midnight Auto Supply
1979: The Best Place to Be
1982: Partners
1988: Illegally Yours with Rob Lowe
Television Movies/Miniseries:
1969: The Monk (pilot)
1975: Who Killed the Black Dahlia?
Best Place to Be
Greatest Heroes of the Bible
Around the World in Eighty Days
Television
(regular cast):
1961 The Case of Dangerous Robin syndicated
1962-1967 Combat! ABC-TV
The Young and the Restless
Prudence and the Chief (pilot)
Television (guest):
Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Damon Runyeon Theater
Jayne Wyman Show
20th Century Fox Hour
Colgate Theater
Studio One
Kraft Suspense Theater with Betty Grable
Lux Video Playhouse
Ford Theater
Stories of the Century
Fountain of Youth directed by Orson Welles
Rawhide (2 episodes)
The Virginian
The Millionaire
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Gunsmoke
The Outsider
The Smith Family
Police Woman (2)
Switch
Wonder Woman
Fantasy Island
Manimal
Kings Crossing
Strike Force
Matt Houston
Airwolf
Moonlighting
Lottery
Dallas
Wonder Woman
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Pursuit
Promo for Nostrodomos
Too Close for Comfort
Murder She Wrote
Data collected by: Loraine Wingham, Malaspina University-College, Library,
Nanaimo, B.C. CANADA
Loraine, a dear Combat! fan and one of the first members of the online Combat!
discussion list, passed away in 2000. She is fondly remembered and greatly
missed.
Also on this level of the website:
About Rick Jason
Rick as author
Eulogy
Letter from Rick
Autobiography
You Might Salute
About Hanley
Wound tally
Rick Jason shop
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by Steve Rubin
(This tribute appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, October 20, 2000. It
is reprinted here with Mr. Rubin's permission.)
The baby boomer generation lost one of its heroes on Monday — Rick Jason is
gone. He was better known as Lieutenant Hanley on the long-running 1960’s
World War II series, "Combat!" As they often say in Hollywood war films, we
lost us a good man. Jason was not only a wonderful human being, a devoted
husband, and a fine actor, he was one of our best storytellers with links to
the "Golden Age" of Hollywood. Fortunately for us and for history’s sake,
most of his memories are documented in a just-published autobiography,
Scrapbooks of My Mind, which I am eager to read, as are thousands of his fans.
There is an old cliché — "if you remember the 60’s, then you weren’t
there." Well, Rick helped me remember. In fact, I can tell you exactly where I
was on every Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m., from the fall of 1962 to the summer of
1967. I was glued to the television set, watching "Combat!" with my dad. Rick
starred as Lt. Hanley opposite Vic Morrow’s Sergeant Saunders. Jason was the
carbine-carrying, world-weary infantry line officer who battled his way across
France and destroyed the MGM backlot in 152 episodes. I first met him in 1996,
shortly after I purchased remake rights to the original series, with the
intention of making "Combat!" the movie. Paramount had bought the project and
Bruce Willis was hovering around it because Bruce was one of those 7:30 guys in
the 60’s. Everyone was excited about the possibility of a big Hollywood movie
and the fans had organized a cruise through the Caribbean with the original
cast, minus Morrow, who had died in the "Twilight Zone" helicopter crash in
1982. Jason was there with Dick Peabody ("Littlejohn" who died last December),
Jack Hogan ("Kirby"), Pierre Jalbert ("Caje"), Conlan Carter ("Doc") and Tom
Lowell ("Billy").
One of the amazing things about Hollywood is that, given the opportunity, you
can actually spend personal time with one of your heroes. And on a cruise ship,
you had the ultimate opportunity, a captive audience. Rick Jason was the kind
of actor you dreamed of listening to – the actor with the endless stories,
who remembered the smallest details. You didn’t need a time machine to go
back to Metro in ’53, you had Rick as your very capable tour guide. But more
importantly for me, he encouraged my efforts to get the movie made, to fight
the fight and get people to pay attention. I even joked with him about getting
him a little French beret and having him play a character sipping Calvados
while the new movie Hanley entered the town with the new "Combat!" squad. He
winked at me.
He loved his fans, even as he was surprised at how much they loved him. He
reveled in the attention, the adulation, the memories and it was fun to see him
interacting with the "squad." One of my favorite images of Rick is seeing him
walk from table to table on the cruise ship, making sure everyone was having a
good time, and then pouring a glass of his favorite wine for me to sample. He
did the same thing in 1998, when he invited 50 fans over to his and his wife
Cindy’s home in Moorpark for a buffet lunch. That never happens. It happened
with Rick. He was the ultimate host. And just a few weeks ago, he attended
another "Combat!" conclave in Las Vegas. He was there for his fans, staying
after hours to sign autographs on everything they presented.
For we boomers, Rick Jason helped illuminate the legacy of World War II to
those of us too young to experience or remember it. He brought dignity to the
image of the fighting man at a time when Vietnam was moving us in the other
direction. Over those five years of episodes, he brought home every week the
sense of fear, sacrifice and the great love soldiers have for each other. Jason
and the squad were our touchstones to the dynamic era of the 1940s when America
won the war. Now Steven Spielberg, Tom Brokaw, Tom Hanks and Stephen Ambrose
have brought World War II to life for a new generation. But we must remember
that Rick and the "Combat!" squad were there first. We really haven’t lost
him, we’ll always have what he gave us. Whether on camera in your living room
or in person telling his stories, he was truly an officer and a gentleman.
Steve Rubin is a producer currently affiliated with Showtime. He is the
co-producer on "Combat!," a motion picture adaptation of the ABC series that is
in development at Paramount.
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Slideshow of Rick (requires RealPlayer to view; a Free download of RealPlayer
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Share your comments and memories about Rick
Past appearances: David Strauss show on KTRS in St. Louis in September, 2000.
Oct-06 thru Oct-09-2000 RECON 2000 in Las Vegas
Oct-07-2000 Borders (Decatur store) Las Vegas, NV.
Scrapbooks of my Mind :
A Hollywood Autobiography
by Rick Jason
ISBN 0-9701624-0-5
Softbound
6x9 inches
320 pgs with index
70 b&w photos
Click here for larger view of cover
Rick Jason enjoyed a career in film and television that spanned five decades.
Best known for his role as Lieutenant Hanley on the classic WWII TV series,
Combat!, Rick has starred in dozens of films as a contract player with Columbia
and 20th Century Fox in the heydey of the Hollywood studios.
Rick Jason takes a witty and frank look at his life in "Scrapbooks of My Mind."
He starts with his youth in Manhattan, growing up in Depression-era New York
and dealing with anti-Semitism. He takes you through his time in the Army in
WWII, where he narrowly escaped spending the rest of his life imprisoned at Ft.
Leavenworth. From Broadway in the '40s to Hollywood in the '50s, Rick's journey
brought him into contact with the stars of the entertainment world: Orson
Welles, Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, Hume Cronyn, Linda Darnell, Ricardo
Montalban, Charles Bronson, and more! The book covers his time starring on the
television series The Case of the Dangerous Robin and Combat! and brings him up
to the present, as he looks forward to more adventures.
The book captures the spirit of this man and his taste for life, as he even
shares his favorite recipes with his readers, along with a keen insight into
the choices that have shaped his career and his life.
REVIEW:
"I first met Rick Jason when he was introducing karate to series television,
though he is best known for his role in the long-running and excellent
"Combat!" But he has done it all, from stock to stage to screens large and
small. Off camera he is a terrific chef, world traveler, busines entrepreneur,
and happy man. He lives a colorful life, and tells it very well."
— Charles Champlin, retired Los Angeles Times arts editor and critic
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A character sketch of Lt. Gil Hanley
by Othello
It’s guys like this who almost give officers a good name
Bill Mauldin has a phrase for officers who compel enlisted men to always take
notice of superior ranks with a quick flip of the arm – Mauldin calls such
officers "salutin’ demons." The implication being, of course, that if you
have to force a poor battle-weary EM to salute you, you don’t deserve the
gesture. Only prigs and glory-mongers go in for such chicken when other things,
like resting, eating, or airing out a painful foot blister, are far more
important to a grunt in the large scheme of things, and obviously do him much
more good than springing to attention every time some supposedly valuable
person in officer’s garb walks by. Very often even a hastily executed
45-degree arm-crunch takes more energy than the ever-fatigued infantryman can
muster. Fortunately, for the men in King Company’s Second Platoon, no such
gymnastics are required of them. They could easily have ended up with some
stuffed-shirt, know-nothing ninety-day wonder in command, but lucky for them,
they got Lt. Hanley instead.
One of my favorite scenes with Hanley, and one that typifies his relationship
with his men, is in "The Party," when Kirby and the gang, in a bid to wheedle a
favor out of Hanley, start saluting him like crazy when he shows up among them.
From the expression on his face, you know what he must be thinking in response
to this sudden, utterly surreal and unprecedented outbreak of military
protocol: "What the hell ...?"
Because, you see, this looie, while he may sport a pinky ring, a college degree
and a Robert Taylor ‘do, is definitely no salutin’ demon. It must have
something to do with the fact that he himself is a mustang, a guy who came up
through the ranks and received a battlefield commission. Having seen Army life
through the eyes of the low-level grunt, he has a certain tolerance, if not
outright sympathy (well, maybe a bit of the latter too, though he never
actually lets on), for the complaints of put-upon soldiers, even professional
buckers like Kirby. And officer-dom, for him, holds little mystique. So he gets
to ride around a lot in jeeps – big deal. That stripe on the back of his
helmet doesn’t come in very handy in Kraut territory – he knows it only
means he’ll get shot at before anyone else does. Such stark battlefield
realities might account for the demeanor he’s observed in fellow platoon
leaders, namely, that "a lot of second lieutenants are strange."
His style of leadership combines the attributes of approachability and
authoritativeness. Got an annoying "Superman" in the outfit? Sarge acting kinda
moody after bad news from home? Need a pass so you can finish your honeymoon
with your Army-nurse wife? Hanley’s definitely the kind of officer you want
around to deal with such problems. He’ll always listen with a sympathetic
ear, even if he doesn’t agree with you in the end. Which is to say, the man
is approachable, but the man is no pushover, either. Rumor has it that he once
thoroughly chewed out the toughest of NCO’s (no names, please) ... and lived.
Perhaps Hanley’s greatest asset is the faith he has in his men. They, of
course, are lucky to have him, but I think he knows he’s luckier still to
have them, especially Saunders. Where would he be without this ultra-reliable,
battle-savvy veteran sergeant of his? Probably lying kaput with the whole
platoon back in that apple orchard off Omaha Beach. Hanley, in that case, had
the great sense to listen to his subordinate and not his ego. This humility and
lack of affectation have characterized him ever since, proving that his
officer’s status, far from going to his head, has not changed him one bit.
(Although, if he ever again chooses to pull rank on Saunders over some dame, he
now at least has more rank to pull.)
So, it turns out, there really are two kinds of officers – the kind that wear
their commission quietly (sometimes along with mud all over their face), and
the kind that wear it for everyone else to see. Bill Mauldin, in addition to
lampooning stuffy brass, has given us at least one vivid portrait of the kind
of officer the Army should have more of. Mauldin’s cartoon shows a lieutenant
sitting in a foxhole with Willie and Joe – only, if it weren’t for the
looie’s bar on the helmet, you’d never know the difference among them. This
officer, not unlike how we often see Hanley, has the same slovenly beard
stubble, the same slouched shoulders, and the same dark circles under his eyes
as the men he commands. And command them he does, I’ll bet. Would the men of
Second Platoon repeatedly go up those murderous hills with their damnable
bunkers, do you suppose, for a mere officer? Not likely. But they do go up
those hills for Lt. Hanley.
Copyright © 1998 by Dorothy Spangler. All rights reserved.
Characters from the television series COMBAT! are the property of ABC-TV.
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Name: Gil Hanley
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Home Town: unknown
Family: unknown (though a smart-aleck comment to a fellow Lieutenant in "Billy
the Kid" leads him to respond with comment about "his father being fine"...
since the Lieutenant in the episode did not know Hanley (or, assumably, his
family), the response about his father doesn't indicate anything other than the
fact that he is aware he was out of line, not that he has a living father that
is actually fine.
Blood Type: A [The Impostor], O [I Swear By Apollo]
Serial number:
012177705 [Escape to Nowhere]
01217705 [The Brothers]
Military Record:
Saw his first action on Omaha Beach.
On D-Day he was a Technical Sergeant
Received a battlefied commission after the invasion.
Decorations:
Good Conduct Medal [A Day In June]
three additional decorations [The Quiet Warrior]
Once loaned to secret service for espionage mission behind enemy lines [The
Quiet Warrior]
Data from episodes:
Can recognize Latin, but can't speek it [Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd]
Has some knowledge of fine art and sculpture [Heritage]
In "The Quiet Warrior" it is revealed that:
Hanley is a college graduate
He roomed in college with Raymond Barole, a French exchange student
He vacationed one summer in France as the guest of the Barole family
Is nervous at thought of parachute jump
Enjoys fishing
May have a fear of flying [Quiet Warrior, Flying Machine]
Can drive a motorcycle [A Walk With An Eagle]
Instantly learns to fly a plane [The Flying Machine]
VICES: Cigarettes, alcohol, women
RELIGION: Seen attending Anglican service with Hazel [A Day In June]
ACCESSORIES:
Pinky ring, left hand. Large ring with flat, etched surface.
Worn all five seasons. (signet ring?)
He removes it when infiltrating as French civilian in "The Quiet Warrior"
He does not wear it in "The Volunteer"
Pinky ring, right hand. Metal, small band. Possibly set w/stones.
Seen occasionally in season three [Cry In The Ruins, Heritage]
Wristwatch, left hand
Zippo lighter (seen occasionally, also uses matches)
sidearm, Colt .45, and bayonet
usually carries a carbine
Wore a uniform jacket in Season 5, not the field jacket
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A list of Hanley's injuries incurred in the line of duty
Beatings:
Cold-cocked with rifle butt on right side of jaw [Rescue]
Bullet Wounds:
Left upper arm, Luger [Entombed]
Left shoulder [A Sudden Terror]
Left shoulder [Finest Hour], the bullet is cut out
Left shoulder, on the back [A Distant Drum], bullet passes through
Left shoulder, rifleshot [Rescue]
Left wrist/hand, rifleshot [Pillbox]
Left thigh, outside, pistol shot [The Convict]
Right arm, just below shoulder [Anniversary]
Explosions:
Knocked unconscious in church during airraid [Any Second Now]
Shrapnel passes through upper left arm [The Volunteer]
Bumps head falling down hill [The Volunteer]
Possible concussion, or just shell-shock [Rescue]
Concussion [Excapte to Nowhere]
Possible left leg broken [Any Second Now]
Miscellaneous:
Sprained wrist [A Walk with an Eagle]
Passes out:
"Rescue" twice: at opening and after being beaten in Act 3
"Escape to Nowhere" begins episode unconscious
"A Distant Drum" begins episode unconscious
"The Volunteer" three times (in woods, on cart, in bedroom)
"Escape to Nowhere" passes out when trapped under beam
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>Tell me what you'all know about >Rick Jason.
"Y'all" dammit -- "Y'ALL"!!!
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> "Pamela Dean" wrote:
>
> >I just heard that Rick Jason who portrayed Lt. Hanely in COMBAT!
committed
> >suicide in 2000. If anyone has anymore information about Rick Jason,
please
> >post it on this thread.
>
> He's dead.
He's not only merely dead, he's really most sincerely dead.
Ivan
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wrote:
>"Pamela Dean" wrote:
>
>>I just heard that Rick Jason who portrayed Lt. Hanely in COMBAT! committed
>>suicide in 2000. If anyone has anymore information about Rick Jason, please
>>post it on this thread.
>
>He's dead.
singing with the choir invisible.
jamison