- Was spokesman for General Motors in Canada for three years appearing in all their commercials, print and radio ads.
- Worked three summers at the acclaimed Rochester Music Theatre in New Hampshire, where they did 10 musicals in 10 weeks earning $25 per week.
- His first professional job was the title role in 'George M!" in New Hampshire summer stock.
- Jack's interest in show business started as a shoeshine boy in the nightclub district in Wildwood, New Jersey, then known as the "Las Vegas of the East Coast" with its summer tourists. It's there that Jack saw up-close the stars of the day. Johnny Mathis, Red Buttons, Tommy Edwards, Jack E. Leonard, Buddy Hackett, Andy Williams, Danny and the Juniors, Joey Bishop, Johnny Ray and the many opening vaudeville type acts. Character actor/comedian Mickey Shaughnessy hired him as his personal "gofer" running errands, checking props and attending all rehearsals. Jack was 12 years old.
- Was an apprentice at the famed Kennebunkport Playhouse in Maine assisting Christopher Reeve and Eleanor Parker in "Forty Carats".
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