Biographie (englisch)

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Geburtstag (Geburtsort)
23 December 1921
New York, New York, USA

Brgerlicher Name
Gerald Stuart O'Loughlin Jr.

Kurzbiographie
Short, dark, but tough-talking and rough-looking American character actor Gerald S. O'Loughlin received his start on the stage after pondering a career in law. After a stint with the Marine Corps., he used his GI bill income to train in New York at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Throughout the early 50s, he was frequently seen on TV drama and highlighted his stage career with a national tour of "A Streetcar Named Desire" as Stanley Kowalski with the incomparable Tallulah Bankhead starring as Blanche DuBois, and with the role of mental patient Cheswick opposite Kirk Douglas' Randle McMurphy in 1963's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" on Broadway. He made little impression in films at the beginning what with an offbeat romantic lead role in the low budgeted Lovers and Lollipops (1956) and a small role in the more impressive A Hatful of Rain (1957), but he later toughened things up a bit with parts in In Cold Blood (1967), Ice Station Zebra (1968), and especially Desperate Characters (1971). Things finally came together for him on 70s TV when he nabbed the role of Lt. Ryker in the TV cop series "The Rookies" (1972) replacing Darren McGavin, who played the same role in the pilot. McLoughlin was affecting in mini-movies as well, especially as the patriarch in the tearjerker Something for Joey (1977) (TV) with Geraldine Page. He played stern in other less successful TV series such as "Automan" (1983) and continued acting into the millennium, albeit less and less.

Verheiratet mit
Meryl O'Loughlin (1966 - ?) (divorced) 2 children

Dies und das
Gerald's son, Chris O'Loughlin, was a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team in pe fencing.

Is divorced from casting director Meryl Abeles, who went by the name Meryl O'Loughlin. They have two children: Chris O'Loughlin (born 1967) and Laura O'Loughlin (born 1969).

Spitzname:
Jerry / Jerry O.

[Dan Tanna Spenser]

A native of New York City, the distinguished actor Gerald Stuart O' Loughlin Jr. was born in December 23, 1921 and continues to work until today doing everything from television to film. He is considered as one of the pioneers in television. His acting credits go back to the early 1950s and he has been seen on the small screen quite frequently ever since.
He kept his promise he made to his family by majoring in mechanical engineering at LaFayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, but his first and big love was acting. His education was interrupted by World War II, when he served in the Marines. After the War, he got his degree in engineering but returned to New York where he enrolled in the Neighborhood Playhouse using his GI bill income to train there. He became involved in television and appeared on many of the dramatic shows that were produced during the early 50s. Throughout the early 50s he was frequently seen on TV drama and highlighted his stage career with a national tour of "A Streetcar Named Desire" as Stanley Kowalski with the incomparable Tallulah Bankhead starring as Blanche DuBois, and with the role of mental patient Cheswick opposite Kirk Douglas' Randle McMurphy in 1963's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" on Broadway.
His career was interrupted again by the Korean War, but he returned to appear in on and off-Broadway plays and he also won the Obie award, the highest award given to an actor in an off-Broadway production for his role in "Who'll save the Plowboy". As he stated "this award still remains one of my most treasured possessions". But he is not only credited in television and stage. He made little impression in films at the beginning what with an offbeat romantic lead role in the low budgeted Lovers and Lollipops (1956) and a small role in the more impressive A Hatful of Rain (1957), but he later toughened things up a bit with parts in In Cold Blood (1967), Ice Station Zebra (1968), and especially Desperate Characters (1971).He has also appeared in various feature films, including The Cop Hater and The organization.  
Things finally came together for him on 70s TV when he nabbed the role of Lt. Ryker in the TV cop series "The Rookies," replacing Darren McGavin, who played the same role in the pilot. After directing episodes of The Rookies and the 1970's Meredith Baxter series Family (Georg also directed episodes of that show) Gerald appeared in the mini-series Roots: The Next Generation, which reunited him with Georg Stanford Brown. Since then the actor has appeared in many films including 1996's acclaimed Crime of the Century with Isabella Rossellini and Stephen Rea. Most recently he has guest-starred on shows such as ER, Chicago Hope, The Division and Judging Amy (reuniting him with Rookies recurring guest star Tyne Daly).