Previously he had played the arrogant Lt. Ted Quinlan on the adventure / detective series Riptide from 1984 to 1985, in which he was eventually killed off to free him up to appear in The A-Team (Ironically, in his final Riptide episode, he was killed by Carl Franklin, the sidekick of Colonel Decker - Fulbright's predecessor in The A-Team).

Ging had also played Will Coleman in the 1975 adaptation of Where The Red Fern Grows, and appeared sporadically as police contact Lt. Dan Ives on Mannix in the early 70's.

During a TV career that stretched more than 30 years, his appearances ranged from The Bionic Woman to Wiseguy and B.J. and the Bear, and The Highwayman. His movie credits include the Clint Eastwood westerns Hang 'Em High, Play Misty for Me, and High Plains Drifter.

Jack Ging made two guest appearances as villains on The A-Team (in the first season episode "A Small And Deadly War" and the second season's "Bad Time On The Border") before being given the role of General Fullbright, one of the army leaders whose thankless task was to capture The A-Team. In the final episode of The A-Teams fourth season, 'The Sound Of Thunder', the team were forced to fight on the same side as Fullbright whilst on a mission in Vietnam, searching for Fulbright's long lost daughter. Fulbright was captured and tortured by an enemy soldier; the team rescued him, but his was fatally shot during the escape.

External links

• Jack Ging at the Internet Movie Database

Jack Ging played football at the University of Oklahoma in the 1950's