JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Jan-Michael Vincent was born on July 15th, 1944 in Denver, Colorado, born to parents, Doris and Lloyd Vincent.  He was raised in Hanford, California and after high school he went on to enroll at Ventura College in California.  He then joined the National Guard when a talent scout took notice of him and suggested he become involved in acting.
 
Vincent 's early career roles were in, "The Bandits" (1967), "The Mystery of the Chinese Junk" (1967) and "Journey to Shiloh" (1968).  It did not take long for a casting agent by the name of Dick Clayton to sign Vincent to a contract with Universal Pictures.  He soon began appearing more frequently on such television series as, "Dragnet" (1968) and "Survivors" (1969) starring Lana Turner and Ralph Bellamy.
 
Soon he was working in films such as, "The Undefeated" (1969) starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson, "The Mechanic" (1972) starring alongside Charles Bronson, "Airwolf" (1984) starring with Ernest Borgnine, "White Line Fever" (1975), "Baby Blue Marine" (1976), "Big Wednesday" (1978), "The Winds of War" (1983) and "The Devine Enforcer" (1992).
 
Some of his later roles towards the end of his career were in such features as, "War Nerve" (1991), "Lethal Orbit" (1996) and his final film role was in the independent film, "White Boy" (2002).
 
In 1996 he suffered a near fatal car accident that left him with permanent vocal chord damage therefore, during the remainder of his career he was left with a raspy voice which ultimately affected his whole acting career. 
 
Throughout his lifetime he married a total of three times.  His first wife was Bonnie Portman from 1974 through 1975 and together they had one daughter.  He then married, Joanne Robinson in 1986 and this marriage lasted until 1997.  His third wife was Patricia Ann whom he wed in 2000 and they remain together today.  He resides as of 2004 in Redwood, Mississippi on a ranch and as of 2009 he retired from the industry completely.

 
Filmography

2004 Escape to Grizzly Mountain 
2002 White Boy 
2000 The Thundering 8th 
1998 Buffalo '66 
1998 No Rest for the Wicked
1997 Nash Bridges
1996 Lethal Orbit 
1996 The Last Kill
1996 Jurassic Women 
1995 Red Line 
1995 Ice Cream Man
1995 Body Count
1995 Abducted II: The Reunion 
1995 Russian Roulette - Moscow 95 
1994 Renegade
1993 Indecent Behavior 
1993 Deadly Heroes
1993 Hidden Obsession 
1993 Sins of Desire 
1993 Midnight Witness 
1993 Singapore Sling 
1992 Animal Instincts 
1992 The Divine Enforcer 
1992 Beyond the Call of Duty 
1991 Raw Nerve 
1991 Haunting Fear
1991 Hangfire
1991 The Final Heist 
1991 Xtro II: The Second Encounter 
1991 In Gold We Trust 
1990 Alienator
1989 Deadly Embrace
1989 Tarzan in Manhattan
1989 Hit List 
1989 Demonstone
1989 Dirty Games 
1987 Born in East L.A. 
1987 Enemy Territory 
1987 Six Against the Rock 
1987 Airwolf 
1986 Hotel 
1984-1986 Airwolf 
1985 Get Out of My Room 
1983 Last Plane Out
1983 The Winds of War
1981 Hard Country
1980 Defiance 
1980 The Return 
1978 Hooper
1978 Big Wednesday 
1977 Damnation Alley
1976 Vigilante Force 
1976 Shadow of the Hawk 
1976 Baby Blue Marine 
1975 White Line Fever
1975 Bite the Bullet 
1973-1975 Police Story 
1974 Buster and Billie
1973 Toma
1973 Deliver Us from Evil
1973 Marcus Welby, M.D. 
1973 The World's Greatest Athlete
1972 The Mechanic 
1972 Sandcastles
1972 The Catcher 
1971 Going Home 
1971 Gunsmoke
1971 The Persuaders! 
1971 Men at Law
1971 Dan August
1971 The Last of the Powerseekers
1970 Tribes 
1970 Double Jeopardy 
1969 The Undefeated 
1969 The Survivors
1968-1969 Bonanza
1968-1970 The Banana Splits Adventure Hour 
1968 Journey to Shiloh
1968 Lassie
1967 The Bandits
1967 Dragnet 1967
1967 The Mystery of the Chinese Junk