Wagner, Jack 1959–

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Wagner, Jack 1959–

(Jack P. Wagner)

PERSONAL

Born October 3, 1959, in Washington, MO; son of Peter (in sales) and Scotty (a homemaker) Wagner; married Kristina Malandro (an actress), December 18, 1993; children: Peter, Harrison Hale. Education: Attended University of Missouri, 1979; University of Arizona, B.A., 1982. Avocational Interests: Golf.

Addresses: Agent—Agency for the Performing Arts, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Manager—The Michael Bruno Group, 13576 Cheltenham Dr., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.

Career: Actor and singer. Appeared in advertisements. Also a songwriter. Universal Studios, Los Angeles, CA, tour guide, beginning 1982; also worked as a waiter and bartender. Celebrity Golf Association, member of annual tour, beginning in 1991.

Awards, Honors: Daytime Emmy Award nomination, outstanding juvenile or young man in a drama series, 1985, Soap Opera Digest Award nominations (with Kristina Wagner), favorite daytime super couple on a daytime series, 1986 and 1988, and Soap Opera Digest Award nomination, outstanding hero: daytime, 1991, all for General Hospital; Soap Opera Digest Award nominations, outstanding lead actor and hottest male star, both 1993, for Santa Barbara; Daytime Emmy Award nomination, outstanding lead actor in a drama series, and Special Fan Award nomination (with Ashley Jones), irresistible combination, Daytime Emmy awards, both 2005, for The Bold and the Beautiful; won golf championships at the Bel-Air Country Club.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

(As Jack P. Wagner) Andrew "Frisco" Jones, General Hospital, ABC, 1983–87, 1989–91, 1994–95.

Warren Lockridge, Santa Barbara, NBC, 1991–93.

Dr. Peter Burns, Melrose Place, Fox, 1994–99.

Cohost, Weddings of a Lifetime, Lifetime, beginning c. 1995.

Jack Williams, Titans, NBC, 2000.

Host, Off Course with Jack Wagner, ESPN, beginning 2002.

Dominick "Nick" Payne Marone, The Bold and the Beautiful (also known as Glamour, Rags, Top Models, and Belleza y poder), CBS, 2003–.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Himself, I Love the '90s, VH1, 2004.

Himself, Retrosexual: The 80s, VH1, 2004.

Himself, 16th Annual American Century Championship, NBC, 2005.

Himself, 17th Annual American Century Championship, NBC and The Golf Channel, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Sutcliff, Moving Target, NBC, 1988.

Hart Chadway, Swimsuit, NBC, 1989.

Chief engineer McNeil, Trapped in Space (also known as Breaking Strain), Sci-Fi Channel, 1993.

Dr. Guy Elliman, Lady Killer, CBS, 1995.

Nick Rawlings, Frequent Flyer, ABC, 1996.

Steven Jordan and Max Jordan, Echo (also known as Deadly Echo), ABC, 1997.

Jack Ramer, Dirty Little Secret, USA Network, 1998.

Captain John Prescott, Nowhere to Land, TBS, 2000.

Dr. Peter Rexler, Artificial Lies (also known as Le manipulateur), Lifetime, 2000.

Michael Cooper, Trapped: Buried Alive (also known as Trapped: Beneath the Snow), PAX TV, 2002.

Kyle Caldwell, Ghost Dog: A Detective Tail (also known as Dog Gone), PAX TV, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Bob Hope's Comedy Salute to the Soaps (also known as Comedy Salute to the Soaps), NBC, 1985.

Cohost, Dick Clark's "New Years Rockin' Eve '91" (also known as New Years Rockin' Eve '91), ABC, 1990.

"I Hate the Way I Look," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1993.

Host, The 47th Miss Universe Pageant, CBS, 1998.

An All Star Party for Aaron Spelling, ABC, 1998.

The General Hospital 35th Anniversary Show, ABC, 1998.

Host, The 48th Miss Universe Pageant, CBS, 1999.

Himself, When Melrose Place Ruled the World, VH1, 2004.

Himself, TV Movie Superstars: Women You Love, Lifetime, 2004.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The 12th Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 1985.

The 12th Annual Soap Opera Awards, NBC, 1996.

Presenter, The 26th Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 1999.

Himself, The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 1999.

Presenter, The 54th Annual Tony Awards, CBS and PBS, 2000.

Presenter, The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2003.

Himself, The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, NBC, 2004.

Himself, The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, CBS, 2005.

Presenter, The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Clint Masterson, "A New Day in Eden," Loving Friends and Perfect Couples, Showtime, 1982.

Aide, "Martial Privileges," Knots Landing, CBS, 1983.

Third aide, "Money Talks," Knots Landing, CBS, 1983.

Himself, American Bandstand (also known as AB and Bandstand), ABC, 1984.

Jack, "Missing," Sirens, syndicated, 1995.

Host, MAD TV (also known as MADtv), Fox, 1996.

Himself, "Jenny's Non-Dream," Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (also known as Sabrina and Sabrina Goes to College), ABC, 1997.

Randy Goode, "Sex, Lies and Videotape," Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois & Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), ABC, 1997.

Liam and Jacques, Sunset Beach, NBC, 1997.

Himself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, multiple episodes in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.

Narrator, Intimate Portrait: Heather Locklear, Lifetime, 1998.

Bart Ewing, "On Edge," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1999.

Himself, Celebrity Dish (also known as TV Guide's "Celebrity Dish"), Food Network and syndicated, 2000.

Himself, "Melrose Place," The E! True Hollywood Story (also known as THS), E! Entertainment Television, 2003.

Himself, Intimate Portrait: Alyssa Milano, Lifetime, 2003.

Himself, Intimate Portrait: Tracey Gold, Lifetime, 2003.

Himself, "Heather Locklear," The E! True Hollywood Story (also known as THS), E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

Himself, The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2004.

Himself, Jensen!, [the Netherlands], 2006.

Himself, Wheel of Fortune (also known as Shoppers' Bazaar), syndicated, 2006.

Some sources cite an appearance in The Merv Griffin Show.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Himself, Maggie, CBS, 1998.

Television Work; Movies:

Co-executive producer, Echo (also known as Deadly Echo), ABC, 1997.

Television Work; Episodic:

Director, "Not Quite All about Eve," Melrose Place, Fox, 1998.

Film Appearances:

Paul Slater, Play Murder for Me (also known as Negra medianoche), Concorde Productions, 1990.

Jeremy Wetherton, Cupid's Prey, Mainline Releasing/Regent Entertainment, 2002.

Stage Appearances:

Pink, Butterfly (musical), Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 1987–88.

Title role, Jekyll & Hyde (musical), Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 2000.

Appeared in Split, Beverly Hills Playhouse, Beverly Hills, CA; and They're Playing Our Song (musical), Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, Los Angeles. Appeared as Homer, The Country Wife; as Perchik, Fiddler on the Roof (musical); as Jesus, Godspell (musical); as Detective sergeant Trotter, The Mousetrap; and as Felix, The Odd Couple. Also appeared in The Grass Harp, Picnic, and Strider, all productions in Tucson, AZ.

Major Tours:

Tony, West Side Story (musical), U.S. and Canadian cities, c. 1987.

Appeared as Danny in Grease (musical), U.S. cities.

RECORDINGS

Albums:

All I Need, Qwest, c. 1984.

Lighting Up the Night, Qwest, 1985.

Don't Give Up Your Day Job, Qwest, 1987.

Alone in a Crowd, RCA, 1993.

Dancing in the Moonlight, B B & J Records, c. 2005.

Singles:

"All I Need," 1985.

"Premonition," 1985.

"Weatherman Says," 1987.

Music Videos:

"Premonition," 1985.

"Weatherman Says," 1987.

WRITINGS

Albums:

All I Need, Qwest, c. 1984.

Lighting Up the Night, Qwest, 1985.

Don't Give Up Your Day Job, Qwest, 1987.

Alone in a Crowd, RCA, 1993.

Dancing in the Moonlight, B B & J Records, c. 2005.

Singles:

"All I Need," 1985.

"Premonition," 1985.

"Weatherman Says," 1987.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

People Weekly, December 17, 1984, pp. 123-24; December 11, 1995; February 19, 2001, p. 74.

Teen, May, 1985, p. 63; January, 1986, p. 46.

TV Guide, July 5, 2003, p. 34; July 18, 2004, pp. 30-32.

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