He then invited actress and singer Donna Theodore out for a date. Deathīy 1976, Jack Cassidy was living alone in a penthouse apartment in West Hollywood.Īccording to ex-wife Shirley Jones, on December 11, 1976, Jack asked her over for drinks, but she declined his invitation. In her 2013 memoir, Shirley Jones confirms that Jack had many same-sex affairs, including one with Cole Porter. Sexualityĭavid Cassidy claimed that his father was bisexual, citing attributed personal accounts and reports, both anecdotal and published, of his father's same-sex affairs, a fact neither he nor his siblings discovered until after his death. At that time, Shirley Jones found out that he had been previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In December 1974, Jack was hospitalized in a psychiatric facility for 48 hours. Jones said to him that they had to get ready to do a show, and he calmly looked up and said, "I know now that I'm Christ". Jack's second wife, Shirley Jones, described a similar incident when she found him sitting naked in a corner, reading a book. In 1974, his neighbors were shocked to see him watering his front lawn naked in the middle of the afternoon. Jack suffered from bipolar disorder and was an alcoholic who was displaying increasingly erratic behavior.
In his 1994 autobiography, C'Mon, Get Happy, David wrote that he became increasingly concerned about his father in the last years of his life. Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy divorced in 1974. Shaun also became a teen idol in the late 70's, starring in "The Hardy Boys" series, and producing four Top 40 records.
David later starred with Shirley Jones in the musical sitcom The Partridge Family. Jack and Shirley had three sons, Shaun, Patrick, and Ryan. They divorced in 1956 and in the same year Jack married singer and actress Shirley Jones. Together they had a son, David, who later became a teen idol. His first marriage in 1946 was to actress Evelyn Ward. Jack later appeared as a guest star in a 1971 episode as Ted's highly competitive and equally egotistical brother, Hal.Ī programme featuring Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones at the White House in 1957 Personal life - Marriages and children Although Jack had played a similar buffoonish character in the 1967–1968 sitcom He & She, he turned down the role, feeling that it was not right for him the part went to Ted Knight. The role of the vain, shallow, buffoon-like newsman Ted Baxter on TV's The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) was reportedly written with Jack Cassidy in mind. Jack Cassidy perfected this character to such an extent that he was cast as John Barrymore in the feature film W.C.
JACK CASSIDY PROFESSIONAL
His frequent professional persona was that of an urbane, super-confident egotist with a dramatic flair, much in the manner of Broadway actor Frank Fay.
JACK CASSIDY MOVIE
Jack also co-starred as a despicable informer in the movie The Eiger Sanction with Clint Eastwood and provided the voice of Bob Cratchit for the pioneering animated television special Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol.
He co-starred with Ronnie Schell in a television revival of Hellzapoppin'. On television, he became a frequent guest star, appearing in such programs as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Gunsmoke, Bewitched, Get Smart, That Girl, Hawaii Five-O, Cannon, Match Game and McCloud and three times as a murderer on Columbo, in the episodes "Murder By the Book" (directed by not yet famous Steven Spielberg, with teleplay by a young Steven Bochco), "Publish or Perish" (1974) and "Now You See Him." (1976). He also received Emmy Award nominations for his television performances in He & She and The Andersonville Trial. He appeared in Alive and Kicking, Wish You Were Here, Shangri-La, Maggie Flynn, Fade Out – Fade In, It's a Bird.It's a Plane.It's Superman, and She Loves Me, for which he won a Tony Award. Jack Cassidy achieved success as a musical performer on Broadway. His father, an engineer at the Long Island Rail Road, was of Irish descent and his mother was of German ancestry.
Jack was born in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York, the son of Charlotte (née Koehler) and William Cassidy. He was a Tony Award recipient and father of teen idol David Cassidy. John Joseph Edward Cassidy (Jack Cassidy) was born on Maand died December 12, 1976.
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