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{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| image       = File:Gerald S. O'Loughlin The Rookies.JPG
| caption     = O'Loughlin as Eddie Ryker in ''The Rookies''
| name        = Gerald S. O'Loughlin
| birthname   = Gerald Stuart O'Loughlin Jr.
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1921|12|23}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date  ={{Death date and age|2015|07|31|1921|12|23}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| alma_mater  = [[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]]<br>[[Actors Studio]]
| occupation  = [[Actor]], director
| spouse      = {{ubl|{{marriage|[[Meryl O'Loughlin]]|1966|1976|end=divorced}}}}
| children    = 2; including [[Chris O'Loughlin (fencer)|Chris O'Loughlin]]
| yearsactive = 1952&ndash;2008
}}
'''Gerald Stuart O'Loughlin Jr.''' (December 23, 1921 – July 31, 2015) was an American television, stage, and film actor and director who was primarily known for playing tough-talking and rough-looking characters. He is best known for Ed Ryker on ''[[The Rookies]]'' (1972-1976).
==Overview==
After a stint with the [[United States Marine Corps]], O'Loughlin used his [[GI Bill of Rights]] benefits to train at the [[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]] in New York City. Continuing to hone his skills at the [[Actors Studio]], he would land a handful of TV and/or film roles throughout the 1950s.<ref>[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;type=simple;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;q1=Gerald%20O%20Loughlin;view=reslist;subview=detail;sort=freq;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a Gerald O'Loughlin] at the [[University of Wisconsin]]'s [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a;focusrgn=summaryinfo;cc=wiarchives;byte=50771135 Actors Studio audio collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004223020/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a;focusrgn=summaryinfo;cc=wiarchives;byte=50771135 |date=2013-10-04 }}</ref>
==Early years==
O'Loughlin was a native of New York City. Before becoming an actor, he earned a college degree in mechanical engineering.<ref name=sbcs/>
==Military service==
O'Loughlin served two tours of duty in the [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]], enlisting during World War II and being recalled to active duty for the [[Korean War]].<ref name=sbcs>{{cite news| title=He Doesn't Talk Like a Rookie| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4111983/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/| newspaper=[[The San Bernardino County Sun]]| date=October 15, 1972| page=42| via=[[Newspapers.com]]| access-date=January 23, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>
==Television==
It was during the 1960s and 1970s, however, that O'Loughlin would become virtually ubiquitous on TV, his workload decreasing only slightly during the century's final two decades. One of his early guest-starring roles was on "A Man for Mary" episode of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s 1962 comedy-drama ''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]''.
He appeared in the 1965 ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' episode "Twenty Miles from Dodge".  O'Loughlin played a tough but not insensitive gang leader of stagecoach robbers holding the passengers as hostages for ransom.  Among them was Kitty ([[Amanda Blake]]) who plays her usual tough-as-nails saloon-keeper, who comforts the freezing and hungry, while battling the desperadoes and a feisty, crafty fellow passenger played by [[Darren McGavin]].  O'Loughlin manages to get his hands on the loot, $62,000 & change, but is thwarted by the ingenious explosion of bullets collected round-about by McGavin.  This is one of the more grueling and compelling episodes of this western, featuring a strong ensemble cast alongside James Arness, displaying the relentless Marshal Matt Dillon, and aided by the ever-jawin' Festus, Ken Curtis. Sixteen years later, O'Loughlin reunited with Arness in the [[made-for-TV film]] ''[[McClain's Law (film)|McClain's Law]]'', structured as the pilot for [[McClain's Law|Arness' 1981–82 police detective series]]. He played Adam Beale Chief of the Hijack Containment Unit in Quincy Season 3 Episode 7 who works to take down terrorists hi-jacking a plane with a fatal virus on board.
[[File:The Rookies cast 1975.JPG|thumb|left|Cast photo of [[The Rookies]]. Clockwise from the top: [[Georg Stanford Brown]] (Terry Webster), [[Kate Jackson]] (Jill Danko), Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Eddie Ryker), [[Bruce Fairbairn (actor)|Bruce Fairbairn]] (Chris Owens) and [[Sam Melville (actor)|Sam Melville]] (Mike Danko) in 1975]]
O'Loughlin appeared in an episode of the 1961 television series ''[[The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)|The Asphalt Jungle]]''. In 1966 he portrayed truck driver Carl Munger (S2:Ep7) and in 1972 he portrayed a robber named Kulhane (S7:Ep21) in the TV series, ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'' He appeared in three episodes of ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]''. The first was aired January 29, 1969 in the episode "The Box". O'Loughlin played the tough but sympathetic central figure of a group of prison inmates who take Hawaii Five-O chief Steve McGarrett ([[Jack Lord]]) hostage. The second was called "Six Kilos" on March 12, 1969 (playing the same character as in "The Box"), and the third was called "A Time to Die" on September 16, 1970.  He also appeared on ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'' on February 22, 1972, in the episode "Flight of the Hawks". He also appeared on episode 16 of the TV show <ref>the green hornet{{full citation needed|date=September 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)|The Green Hornet]].''  In Season 2 Episode 22 of ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'', he played a killer for hire.
In 1970&ndash;1971, O'Loughlin portrayed Devin McNeil in the [[CBS]] crime drama ''[[Storefront Lawyers]]'' (which was later revised and retitled and became ''Men at Law'').<ref name=etv>{{cite book| last=Terrace| first=Vincent| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&q=o%27loughlin| date=12 November 2012| title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010| edition=Second| publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7| pages=680–681, 1023|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
From 1972 to 1976 O'Loughlin appeared as Lt. Ed Ryker on ''[[The Rookies]]''. In 1978, he appeared in the pilot episode of ''[[The Eddie Capra Mysteries]]'', and had roles in TV miniseries such as ''[[Wheels (novel)|Wheels]]'' (1978), ''Women in White'' (1979), ''[[Roots: The Next Generations]]'' (1979) and ''[[Blind Ambition (miniseries)|Blind Ambition]]'' (1979). He also appeared as Sgt. O'Toole in the 1983 made-for-TV miniseries ''[[The Blue and the Gray (miniseries)|The Blue and the Gray]]''. Also in 1983, he appeared as Gen. Schwerin, hoping to meet [[Marilyn Monroe]], in the ''M*A*S*H'' episode "[[Bombshells (M*A*S*H)|Bombshells]]."  He was also a regular the series ''[[Automan]]'' (1983) and ''[[Our House (1986 TV series)|Our House]]'' (1986). Also in 1986, O'Loughlin played the part of Mr. Parks in a first season episode of ''[[Highway to Heaven]]'' entitled "The Brightest Star".
In 1988, he played Tom Callahan in ''[[Dirty Dancing (1988 TV series)|Dirty Dancing]]''.{{r|etv|page1=264}} In 1992 he appeared as Ben Oliver in ''Murder She Wrote'' in the episode "Badge of Honor".
==Stage==
O'Loughlin's professional acting career began in repertory work at Crystal Lake Theatre in upstate New York.<ref name=sbcs/> He played Cheswick in the stage version of ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest'' at the Cort Theatre beginning in 1963. The highlight of O'Loughlin's stage career was a national tour of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' as [[Stanley Kowalski]], opposite [[Tallulah Bankhead]] as [[Blanche DuBois]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Gerald S. O'Loughlin, best known for role in 1970s series "The Rookies," dies| url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-gerald-oloughlin-story.html| last=Colker| first=David| date=9 September 2015| access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref>
==Film==
O'Loughlin's movie credits include ''[[Ensign Pulver]]'', ''[[In Cold Blood (film)|In Cold Blood]]'', ''[[Ice Station Zebra (film)|Ice Station Zebra]]'', ''[[The Valachi Papers (film)|The Valachi Papers]]'' and ''[[Twilight's Last Gleaming]]''.<ref name=thr/>
==Personal life and death==
O'Loughlin and his ex-wife [[Meryl O'Loughlin|Meryl Abeles]] had two children: [[Chris O'Loughlin (fencer)|Chris O'Loughlin]] (born 1967), a member of the 1992 United States Olympic [[épée]] fencing team, and Laura O'Loughlin. O'Loughlin died of natural causes in Los Angeles on July 31, 2015.<ref name=thr>{{cite news| title=Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Star of 1970s ABC Cop Series 'The Rookies,' Dies at 93| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gerald-o-loughlin-dead-rookies-814280| newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]| access-date=1 September 2018| last=Barnes| first=Mike| date=10 August 2015}}</ref>
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1956|| ''[[Lovers and Lollipops]]'' || Larry ||
|-
|1957|| ''[[A Hatful of Rain]]'' || Church ||
|-
|1958|| ''[[Cop Hater (film)|Cop Hater]]'' || Detective Mike Maguire ||
|-
|1964|| ''[[Ensign Pulver]]'' || LaSueur ||
|-
|1966|| ''[[A Fine Madness]]'' || Chester Quirk &ndash; Policeman ||
|-
|1966|| ''[[A Man Called Adam (film)|A Man Called Adam]]'' || Red &ndash; the Sheriff ||
|-
|1967|| ''[[In Cold Blood (film)|In Cold Blood]]'' || Harold Nye ||
|-
|1968|| ''[[Ice Station Zebra (film)|Ice Station Zebra]]'' || Lt. Cdr. Bob Raeburn ||
|-
|1969|| ''[[Riot (1969 film)|Riot]]'' || Grossman ||
|-
|1970|| ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' || Lute Dormer Sr || season 8 episode 18 ("Train of Darkness")
|-
|1971|| ''[[Desperate Characters (film)|Desperate Characters]]'' || Charlie ||
|-
|1971|| ''[[The Organization (film)|The Organization]]'' || Jack Pecora ||
|-
|1972|| ''[[The Valachi Papers (film)|The Valachi Papers]]'' || Ryan ||
|-
|1972|| ''[[Room 222]]'' || Sid LeRoi || season 3 episode 22 ("The Quitter")
|-
|1977|| ''[[Twilight's Last Gleaming]]'' || Brig. Gen. O'Rourke ||
|-
|1977|| ''[[Murder at the World Series]]'' || Moe Gold ||
|-
|1978|| ''[[The Eddie Capra Mysteries]]'' || Ed Schroder || Pilot: "Nightmare at Pendragon Castle
|-
|1978|| ''[[Crash (1978 film)|Crash]]'' || Larry Cross ||
|-
|1981|| ''[[McClain's Law (film)|McClain's Law]]''||Sid Lammon||[[made-for-TV film]]
|-
|1982|| ''[[Frances (film)|Frances]]'' || Lobotomy Doctor ||
|-
|1983|| ''[[Automan]]'' || Capt. E. G. Boyd ||
|-
|1984|| ''[[Crimes of Passion (1984 film)|Crimes of Passion]]'' || Ben ||
|-
|1984|| ''[[City Heat]]'' || Counterman Louie ||
|-
|1986|| ''[[Quicksilver (film)|Quicksilver]]'' || Mr. Casey ||
|-
|1986|| ''[[Our House (1986 TV series)|Our House]]'' || Joe Kaplan ||
|-
|1998|| ''The Secret Kingdom'' || Chartwell ||
|-
|2000|| ''[[3 Strikes (film)|3 Strikes]]'' || Judge ||
|}
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==References==
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