Peter Jason - More fun than anyone else! (1944 - 2025)

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First Published: July 2002

Editor's Note:

Today we celebrate the life, work and passing of one of Hollywood's fine working actors, Peter Jason, who died on Feb 20, 2025 at the age of 80. Peter Jason was an American character actor. He appeared in over eighty films and a hundred television series. He often played military personnel and authority figures in a career that spans nearly sixty years.

Peter Jason | Working Actor

John Wayne, Peter Jason | "Rio Lobo (1970)

Eddie Murphy, Peter Jason | "48 Hrs" (1982)

Peter Jason | "Village of the Damned" (1995)

Peter Jason, Stacy Keech | "Mike Hammer" (1997-1998)

Suzanne Davis, Peter Jason | "Patients" (2004)

Peter Jason, Willie C. Carpenter | "1600 Penn" (2012) *

Peter Jason was born on the 22nd of July in Hollywood, California. He spent the next 18 years on the beaches of southern cal mostly in front of his family home on the ocean in Balboa, Calif. Growing up at the beach helped form his easygoing love of life, people, and his pursuit of happiness. He attended Newport Beach Elementary School, Horace Ensign Junior High, and Newport Harbor High School where he performed in his first play, "The Man Who Came To Dinner" playing the lead Sheridan Whiteside. Immediately following his curtain call he was "bit" and has not been able to shake the acting bug since.

Orange Coast College followed with many parts in many plays his favorite being Harold Hill in the "Music Man". Always active in sports he found he could now bring his physical talents to the stage. From O.C.C. Peter hitched-hiked to Peterborough, New Hampshire for a season of summer stock at the Peterborough Playhouse. Using his thumb once again he found himself in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he entered the drama department at Carnegie Institute of Technology. He feels that this is where he was given the technique to develop the talents he was born with.

After Pittsburgh, it was back to California to help start the South Coast Repertory Company in his hometown of Newport, where he played roles in "Sergeant Musgrave's Dance", "Moon for The Misbegotten", "Playboy of the Western World", and "Three Penny Opera." Then he was off to Hollywood with "Red Magic". When the SCRC went back to Newport Peter decided to stay on and give Hollywood a try. Finding work immediately on "The Red Skelton Show", he joined AFTRA.

After more television roles in "Cimmeron Strip", "Gunsmoke" and "Judd for the Defense," he landed his first movie, "Rio Lobo," starring John Wayne and directed by Howard Hawks. The rest is history. TV shows, movies, plays, seven years in New York doing mostly commercials (over 300), then back to Hollywood to fill in the last 25 years with 100 plus films and hundreds of television shows, commercials and voiceovers. But what he really does for a living is 'change clothes and look for parking'. Peter credits his success in the business to the help of five very dear friends: Stacy Keach, Walter Hill, John and Sandy Carpenter, and Frank Marshall.

Peter Jason's advice to the aspiring actor:

If you want to be an auto mechanic... What you do is work on as many cars as you can until you know what makes them tick... If you want to be an actor... you get in as many plays as you can until you find out what makes you tick... there is a technique that must be learned... otherwise you will never be able to repeat it... you have to learn how to listen... otherwise you will never know how to hear... and you have to be have more fun than anyone else... because nobody wants to watch you work!

Representation

Agencies
Management

TALENT AGENT

AKA Talent Agency
http://www.akatalent.com
Phone: 323-965-5600
Fax: 323-965-5601
Email: aka@akatalent.com
6310 San Vicente Blvd. Ste 200
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Talent Agent Voice

Sutton, Barth & Vennari
http://www.sbvtalent.com/
Email: info@sbvtalent.com
5900 Wilshire Blvd. Ste 700
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: 323-938-6000
Fax: 323-935-8671

Managment

Vanguard Management Group
http://www.vanguard-management.com
Phone: 323-655-0400
Fax: 323-852-1777
8060 Melrose Ave. 4th Fl
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Representatives: Brianne Watson (brianne@vanguard-management.com
David Guc (david@vanguard-management.com

Jesse Young
220 Fifth Ave. Penthouse W.
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-544-7700
Fax: 212-544-7800
Tom Harrison (tom@vanguard-management.com

Peter Jason's Credits

Film & Television

2022 Javelins of Light
Earl

2022 Kickback, V
Coach Crouch

2022 Measure
Phinn Garrett

2022 We Are Gathered Here Today
Henry Stone

2022 Nose Deep (Short)
Nathaniel Basset

Jersey 4
Lawyer

2021 Agent Stoker (Podcast Series)
Hiram Bright

- BRIGHT (2021) ... Hiram Bright

2021 The Downside of Bliss
Paul, AA meeting Leader

2020 Deep in the Forest

2019 The Assent
Father Lambert

2017-2019 Baskets (TV Series)
Uncle Jim

- Housewarming (2019) ... Uncle Jim

- Sweat Equity (2018) ... Uncle Jim

- A Night at the Opera (2018) ... Uncle Jim

- Yard Sale (2017) ... Uncle Jim

- Funeral (2017) ... Uncle Jim

2019 Deadwood: The Movie (TV Movie)
Con Stapleton

2019 Heavenly Deposit
Steven

2018 The Other Side of the Wind
Grover

2018/II Daddy Issues
Simon

2018 Measure
Phinn Garrett

2018 Saint Judy
Judge O'Neil

2018 The Other Side of the Wind
Grover

2018 Heavenly Deposit
Steven

2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Congressman Sherwood

2009-2018 NCIS (TV Series)
SGM Robert King

- Two Steps Back (2018) ... SGM Robert King

- Toxic (2009) ... SGM Robert King

2017-2018 Baskets (TV Series)
Uncle Jim

- A Night at the Opera (2018) ... Uncle Jim

- Yard Sale (2017) ... Uncle Jim

- Funeral (2017) ... Uncle Jim

2018 Get Married or Die
Frank

2017 Anywhere, U.S.A. (Short)
Earl Norris

2017 High & Outside: a baseball noir
Harold

2017 The Nth Ward
Jeffrey

2017 The Terror of Hallow's Eve
Dr. Hamilton

2016 River Guard
Judge Sullivan

2015-2016 Mixels (TV Series)
General Nix / Turg / Wuzzo

- Nixel, Nixel, Go Away (2016) ... (voice)

- A Quest for the Lost Mixamajig (2015) ... General Nix / Turg / Wuzzo (voice)

2016 Longmire (TV Series)
Abel 'Jenk' Jenkins

- The Judas Wolf (2016) ... Abel 'Jenk' Jenkins

2016 Sister Cities (TV Movie)
Dr. Timmins

2016 The Fighter & the Kid 3D (TV Series)
Dr. Alley

- Therapy (2016) ... Dr. Alley

2016 Hail, Caesar!
Director

2016 Foreign Land

2015 The Condo
Clint

2015 The Final Analysis (Short)

2015 Welcome to Forever (Short)
Spokesman

2014 Conjuring Orson (Short)
Orson Welles

2014 Gigi: Almost American - Season Two (TV Movie)
Judge

2014 Passport (Short)
Whip Blackstone

2014 Scorpion (TV Series)
General Talbertse

- Talismans (2014) ... General Talbertse

2014 Gigi: Almost American (TV Series)
Judge T. Emmitt Jablonski

- Judging Gigi (2014) ... Judge T. Emmitt Jablonski

2014 Return to Zero
Gerry

2014 Cesar Chavez
Almaden Lawyer (uncredited)

2013 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)
Additional Voices (voice)

2004-2013 Arrested Development (TV Series)
Storage Dave / Mr. Jordan

- Off the Hook (2013) ... Storage Dave

- A New Attitude (2013) ... Storage Dave

- Colony Collapse (2013) ... Storage Dave

- Whistler's Mother (2004) ... Mr. Jordan

2013 Cody the Robosapien
Admiral Victor

2013 Willow Creek
Ranger Troy Andrews

2013 Queen City
Bernie Donovan

2013 Merkin Penal (Short)
Sargent Sacrifice

2013 1600 Penn (TV Series)
General Harrigan

- Game Theory (2013) ... General Harrigan

- Meet the Parent (2013) ... General Harrigan

- The Skiplantic Ocean (2013) ... General Harrigan

2012 Students Like Us
Dean #1

2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series)
Walter Gersh

- Malice in Wonderland (2012) ... Walter Gersh

2012 Heal Thyself (Short)
Dennis Hill

2011 Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (TV Movie)
Santa

2011 Gears of War 3 (Video Game)
Dizzy / Captain Michaelson (voice)

2011 From the Head
Jim

2011 Hopelessly in June
Frankie Flowers

2011 Valley of the Sun
Myron McGill

2011 Funny or Die Presents... (TV Series)
Skip Michaels (segment "Brick Novax's Diary") / Skip Michaels / Trip Michaels (segment "Brick Novax's Diary")

- Episode #2.9 (2011) ... Skip Michaels (segment "Brick Novax's Diary") (voice)

- Episode #2.5 (2011) ... Skip Michaels (segment "Brick Novax's Diary") (voice)

- Episode #2.3 (2011) ... Skip Michaels / Trip Michaels (segment "Brick Novax's Diary") (voice)

2011 Son of Morning
Ned Jensen

2011 Brick Novax's Diary (Short)
Skip / Flip / Trip Michaels

2011 Ghost of New Orleans
Captain

2010 The Fuzz (TV Movie)
Charlie Gainer

2010/I Locked In
Super Ray

2010 The Secret World of Arrietty
Additional Voices (US version, voice)

2010 How to Make Love to a Woman
Mr. Conners

2010 Chuck (TV Series)
General Merriweather

- Chuck Versus the Subway (2010) ... General Merriweather