Beryl Cyril Sheldon Jr. (November 30, 1931 – December 27, 2019), known professionally as Jack Sheldon, was an American singer, musician, and actor. He performed on ''

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'' and participated in episodes of the educational music television series ''

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'', where he became known for his distinctive voice.

Biography

Music and TV

Sheldon was born in

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, United States. He originally became known through his participation in the

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movement of the 1950s, performing and recording with such figures as

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, and

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. Sheldon played the trumpet, sang, and performed on ''

''. He was Griffin's sidekick for many years. Prior to joining Griffin's show, he served as bandleader for the short-lived ''

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''. His voice is perhaps best known from the ''

'' cartoons of the 1970s, such as "Conjunction Junction" and " I'm Just a Bill". He appeared in one episode of ''

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'' as the Sensitive Man. He sang a few songs in the episode similar to the ''Schoolhouse Rock!'' style. Sheldon returned to the ''Schoolhouse Rock!'' series for a 2002 episode titled "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College", explaining the electoral college process, distributed on the series' DVD collection that same year. Sheldon sang and played trumpet for the new segment. Sheldon voiced "Louie the Lightning Bug" in a series of animated musical

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s (animated by legend Bob Kurtz from his Kurtz & Friends studio) aimed at children across the United States and Canada, beginning in May 1984, promoting safety with electricity. In 2001, the "Louie the Lightning Bug" videos were updated with new voice-overs by Sheldon and new music tracks produced by Mark Harrelson, with updated musical arrangements by

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. He sang the tune "King Putt" for

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Parade at

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, which ran for five months in 1992. A trumpet solo of his is featured throughout the Francis Ford Coppola film ''

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'' (1982). Tom Waits' 1977 album ''

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'' includes Sheldon playing trumpet on several cuts, including the solo at the end of "Burma Shave". In the 1964–1965 season, Sheldon starred with Cara Williams and

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on the CBS

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'', in which Williams and Aletter played a married couple trying to keep their marriage a secret because their employer forbade a husband and wife from working together; Sheldon portrayed a jazz trumpeter who was the couple's next-door neighbor and friend. From 1966–1967, Sheldon starred in his own 16-episode CBS sitcom, ''

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'', as Buddy Overstreet, a young

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taking a

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who, overhearing a

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's plot to kill a colleague, then goes on the run to keep from being killed. Bruce Gordon, formerly of ''

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'', played the mobster, "Mr. D". Sheldon made numerous appearances on the 1967–1970 version of '' Dragnet''. He also played John Davidson's brother (and

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's brother-in-law) on ''

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'' (1974). In 2004, he performed live at the end of '' ALF's Hit Talk Show''.

Film

Sheldon appeared in an

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-nominated documentary film '' Let's Get Lost'' about the life of fellow jazz trumpeter

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. He made an appearance in the 1994 film ''

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'' as the ill-fated trumpet player Ruffles Reedy, who becomes a victim of the gruesome goings-on during a 1939 radio show. Jack's poignant trumpet solo on "

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" which was introduced in the 1965 film ''

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'' helped earn it Song of the Year at the 1966 Grammy Awards and

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at the 1965 Academy Awards. Sheldon performed one of the many versions of the title song featured in

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's 1973 film '' The Long Goodbye''. His version was intended to be released as a single, but never was. Sheldon is the subject of a documentary, ''Trying to Get Good: the Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon'' (2008). Produced by

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and

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, the film features interviews with

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, Merv Griffin,

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, Tierney Sutton, as well as never before seen concert footage of Sheldon playing, singing and joking. ''Trying to Get Good'' won Jury Prizes at the 2008 Kansas City Film Makers Jubilee and

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, as well as Audience Prizes at Newport Beach and the Indianapolis International Film Festival.

Parody

Sheldon parodied his own performance in "I'm Just a Bill" in an episode of ''

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'' called "

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", where he is an "

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to be". He reprised his roles as the Bill and the Conductor from "Conjunction Junction" in two episodes of ''

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''.

Death

Sheldon died of natural causes on December 27, 2019, at the age of 88.

Discography

As leader

* ''Jack Sheldon Quintet'' (Jazz: West, 1955) * ''The Quartet and the Quintet'' (Jazz: West, 1956) * ''A Jazz Band Ball'' with Stu Williamson (Mode, 1959) * ''A Jazz Profile of Ray Charles'' (Reprise, 1961) * ''Jack's Groove'' (GNP, 1961) * ''Out!'' (

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, 1962) * ''Oooo, But it's Good'' (Capitol, 1963) * ''The Warm World of Jack Sheldon'' ( Dot, 1968) * ''The Cool World of Jack Sheldon'' (Dot, 1969) * ''Singular'' (Beez, 1980) * ''Playin' It Straight'' (RealTime, 1981) * ''Stand By for Jack Sheldon'' (Concord Jazz, 1983) * ''Hollywood Heroes'' (Concord Jazz, 1988) * ''On My Own'' (Concord Jazz, 1992) * ''Jack Sheldon Sings'' (

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, 1993) * ''Jack Sheldon Presents The Entertainers'' (V.S.O.P., 1994) * ''Jack is Back!'' (Butterfly, 1995) * ''Live at Don Mupo's Gold Nugget'' (V.S.O.P., 1997) * ''

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'' ( Uptown, 1997) * ''JSO Live! On the Pacific Ocean'' (Butterfly, 2001) * ''Sunday Afternoons at the Lighthouse'' (Woofy, 2005) * ''Listen Up'' (Butterfly, 2006) * ''It's What I Do'' (Buttefly, 2007)

As guest

With

* ''

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'' (Contemporary, 1956) * ''

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* ''

'' (Capitol, 1955) * '' Tangents in Jazz'' (Capitol, 1956) * '' The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet'' (Atlantic, 1956) With

* ''

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'' (Capitol, 1958) * '' Kenton Live from the Las Vegas Tropicana'' (Capitol, 1959

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* ''

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'' (Capitol, 1969) With

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* ''

'' (Asylum, 1977) * ''

'' (Columbia, 1982) With others *

, '' I Want to Live'' (United Artists, 1958) *

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, ''

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'' (Riverside, 1957) *

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, ''

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, '' The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees'' (Colgems, 1968) *

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, ''

'' (Gene Norman Presents, 1955) *

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, ''

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, ''

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'' (Jazz: West, 1956) * Art Pepper, ''

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'' (Contemporary, 1960) *

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, '' The Subterraneans (Soundtrack)'' (MGM, 1960) *

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, ''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1960) *

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, ''

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, '' Lena...Lovely and Alive'' (RCA, 1962)

Filmography

* 1962 : ''Music of the 60's'' : 3rd trumpet and featured soloist on several tunes * 1965: "The Sandpiper" Music by Johnny Mandel: featured trumpet soloist * 1966-1967 : ''

'' (TV) : Buddy Overstreet (series star - all 13 episodes) * 1967 : '' Dragnet'' (TV) : Various Characters (unknown episodes) * 1969 : ''Under the Yum Yum Tree'' (TV) : Charlie Prokter * 1969-1970 : ''

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'' (TV) : Freddie Kirby, Ronald "Ronnie" Coleman (episodes: The Organ Fund, Selma Plout's Plot) * 1973-2009 : ''

'' (TV series) : Conductor/The Bill/Additional Voices (voice) * 1973-1974 : ''

'' (TV series) : Jerry Burton (12 episodes) * 1973 : '' The Long Goodbye (film)'' : Vocals, probably trumpet on title song * 1976 : ''

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'' : Lloyd * 1984 : '' Cassevetes Love Streams: Almost in Love with You'' : Vocal and Trumpet * 1988 : '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (TV) : Holodeck Pianist (11001001) * 1988 : '' Let's Get Lost'' : Himself * 1991 : ''

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'' : Wally Fields * 1993 : ''Lush Life'' (TV) : Norman * 1994 : ''Radioland Murders'' : Ruffles Reed * 1996 : '' Dear God'' : Homeless Trumpeter * 1996 : ''

'' (TV series) : The Amendment (voice) (episode:

) * 1997 : ''

'' (TV series) (voice) * 1998 : ''

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'' (TV) : Trumpet * 1998 : Mike Hammer (TV) episode(s) "Songbird" parts 1-2 Co-starred w/Keach as "Des" Bandleader/Trumpet player/ Singer. * 1999 : ''Hard Time: The Premonition'' (TV) : Trumpet * 1999 : ''Hard Time: Hostage Hotel'' (TV) : Trumpet * 2000-2001 : ''

'' (TV series) : Conductor/The Bill (voice) (episodes:

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) * 2004 : ''

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'' : Vocals on Song- "Take the Money and Run" * 2010 : ''A Girl's Life'': Ford Mosquito (voice)

References

External links

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