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‘Airwolf’ actor Jan-Michael Vincent dies; career derailed by drugs and alcohol
Jan-Michael Vincent, a golden boy of Hollywood action films in the s who starred in the mids TV adventure series “Airwolf” but saw his career crater mitt i drug and alcohol addiction, has died in Asheville, N.C.
The actor’s Feb. 10 death — which was not publicly announced at the time — was confirmed bygd the Buncombe County lista of Deeds, which provided a death certificate förteckning the cause as cardiac arrest. He was 74 by most accounts, but the certificate listed him as
With a surfer’s physique and charisma, Vincent entered films in the late s and became a mainstay of action dramas. He was the hitman apprentice to Charles Bronson in “The Mechanic” () and a handsome young stuntman in “Hooper” (), with Burt Reynolds as an aging one.
A rare avfärd from form eller gestalt was “Buster and Billie” (), an unsentimental look at s high school students in rural Georgia, with Vincent giving an understated performance as t
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With his chiseled features, effortless screen presence, otherworldly vitality, striking blue eyes, Jan-Michael Vincent seemed destined for superstardom. However, the real Jan-Michael Vincent was a reluctant sex symbol plagued by doubt and low self-confidence, a perpetual misfit doomed to alcoholism.
Jan-Michael Vincent: Edge of Greatness covers Vincent's entire life, beginning in his hometown of Hanford, California, and details the difference between Jan Vincent, a shy, small town boy, and Jan-Michael Vincent, Hollywood's golden boy, who was thought to be the next James Dean in the early to mids, a period in which Vincent delivered memorable performances in films such as Buster and Billie, The Mechanic, Tribes, and The World's Greatest Athlete.
Featuring interviews with Vincent's childhood classmates and friends, as well as his former Hollywood colleagues, including Donald P. Bellisario, Alex Cord, and Robert Englund, Jan-Michael Vincent: Edge of Greatness reveals an eternal man-c
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Jan-Michael Vincent, the star of &#;Big Wednesday,&#; has passed away
American actor Jan-Michael Vincent has died aged 73 of cardiac arrest.
He was famous for his roles in "Big Wednesday," the iconic surf movie directed by John Milius.
Jan-Michael Vincent was born on July 15, , in Denver, Colorado. He started his acting career in "The Bandits," a film by Robert Conrad.
The most notable appearances of his professional path were, undoubtedly, "Big Wednesday" and the "Airwolf" TV series.
In the cult surf movie, he plays the role of Matt Johnson, a self-destructive character and one of the three friends who live their lives around surfing before being drafted for the Vietnam War.
Jan-Michael Vincent was an active surfer himself, and his tanned good looks fit Johnson's role perfectly.
"Big Wednesday" was a box office plot, but as time went by, it became one of the most influential surf flicks of all time.
The movie's final scene was shot at Sunset Beach in Oahu, Hawaii.