Profile
Jan-Michael Vincent
Actor
Male
Born
Jul 15, 1944
Age
68
Hometown
United States
Jan-Michael Vincent is a retired American actor best known for his role as helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke on the 1980s U.S. television series Airwolf (1984–1986).
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Jan-Michael Vincent
Age 68
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Amber VincentDaughter
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Police: Car Crashes Into House In LomitaChannel 10 News - San Diego, CA - Apr 01, 2013
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD

1944
Birth
Vincent was born July 15, 1944 in Denver, Colorado, to Doris and Lloyd Vincent.
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TWENTIES

1967
22 Years Old
He was finishing a stint in the National Guard when a talent scout was struck by his all-American looks. Jan-Michael Vincent's first acting job was in the movie The Bandits (aka Los Banditos), co-directed by and starring Robert Conrad, in 1967.
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1968
23 Years Old
Vincent made an appearance on the Dragnet 1968 episode, "The Grenade," as a muscular high school student who suffered an acid attack by a mentally unstable classmate.
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Finally, in the fall of 1969 Vincent had a starring role in the prime time soap opera The Survivors, alongside Lana Turner and George Hamilton; however, the series was canceled at midseason.
1970
25 Years Old
In 1970, he garnered critical praise for his role in the made for TV film Tribes, co-starring Darren McGavin, about a tough Marine boot-camp drill instructor dealing with a hippie draftee (portrayed by Vincent), who will not play by "the rules."
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1971
26 Years Old
In 1971 he appeared in the Gunsmoke episode "The Legend."

1972
27 Years Old
In 1972 Vincent starred in a made-for-TV love story, Sandcastles, and in 1973 he starred in the Disney movie The World's Greatest Athlete, with Tim Conway and John Amos.

1974
29 Years Old
Vincent also starred in the 1974 romance Buster and Billie as the romantic anti-hero Buster Lane, where he startled audiences with his full-frontal nudity.
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THIRTIES
1980
35 Years Old
In 1980, he starred in the gang-themed drama, Defiance, which received a limited release.
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1981
36 Years Old
In 1981, he co-starred with Kim Basinger in Hard Country.

Vincent starred in the 1983 action film Last Plane Out.
FORTIES

1991
46 Years Old
Jan-Michael Vincent worked with Traci Lords in the 1991 suspense film Raw Nerve.
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FIFTIES
1996
51 Years Old
As a result of one accident in 1996, in which Vincent broke three vertebrae in his neck, he sustained a permanent injury to his vocal cords from an emergency medical procedure.
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1997
53 Years Old
In 1997 he had a small guest role on Nash Bridges playing the title character's long-lost brother.

1998
54 Years Old
A notable exception to the downward trend in Vincent's post-Airwolf career was his small role in the critically acclaimed, independent film Buffalo '66, in 1998.
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2000
56 Years Old
In 2000, after violating probation for prior alcohol-related arrests by appearing drunk in public three times and assaulting his then-girlfriend, he was sentenced to 60 days in Orange County Jail.
LATE ADULTHOOD
2007
63 Years Old
In an interview on the TV program The Insider on September 18, 2007, when asked about his 1996 car accident, he answered, "Y'know, I have no idea what you're talking about.
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Vincent was involved in another automobile accident in 2008.
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