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Jerry Douglas

Actor

Jerry Douglas

Born November 12, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, USADied November 9, 202121 films

Jerry Douglas (November 12, 1932 – November 9, 2021) was an American television and film actor. For 25 years Douglas reigned as patriarch John Abbott in the fictional Genoa City on the daytime television serial The Young and the Restless. In 2006, his character was killed off, but his character later made special appearances.

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JFK posterFirst watchJFK19917.6as Board Room ManFollows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.View film

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Mommie Dearest poster6.4Mommie Dearest1981Blast of Silence poster6.9Blast of Silence1961Looker poster6.2Looker1981Avalanche poster3.6Avalanche1978

Filmography

21 films as actor
  1. 2012Silent but DeadlyCaptain
  2. 1998The Christmas WishMr. Askou
  3. 1998The GodsonFreedie Green
  4. 1991JFKBoard Room Man
  5. 1982A Wedding on Waltons MountainThief 1
  6. 1981LookerLaxative Spokesman
  7. 1981Mommie DearestRadio Interviewer
  8. 1979A Cry for JusticeInvestigator Johnson
  9. 1978The Crash of Flight 401Miami Approach Controller
  10. 1978AvalanchePhil Prentiss
  11. 1977Cover GirlsFritz Porter
  12. 1976Brinks: The Great RobberyDennis Fisher
  13. 1975Please Stand by for MurderWard
  14. 1975The Dead Don't DieRalph Drake
  15. 1973The StrangerSteve Perry
  16. 1973HunterGen. Rollins
  17. 1971Travis Logan, D.A.Officer Francis Erwin
  18. 1967GunnDave Corwin
  19. 1963Black ZooPerkins - Lab Technician
  20. 1961Blast of SilenceGangster
  21. 1958Now Is TomorrowCaptain Johnson(uncredited)