Dack Rambo

Dack Rambo
Dack Rambo in Dirty Sally (1974)
Born	Norman Jay Rambo (1941-11-13)November 13, 1941 Earlimart, California, U.S.
Died	March 21, 1994(1994-03-21) (aged 52) Delano, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Complications from AIDS
Resting place	North Kern Cemetery
Other names	Dack Rambeau Norman "Dack" Rambo Norman Rambo
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1962–1991, 1993

Norman Jay Rambo (November 13, 1941 – March 21, 1994), professionally known as Dack Rambo, was an American actor, most notable for appearing as Walter Brennan's grandson Jeff in the ABC series The Guns of Will Sonnett, as Steve Jacobi in the ABC soap opera All My Children, as cousin Jack Ewing on CBS's Dallas, and as Grant Harrison on the NBC soap opera Another World.

Rambo was born in Earlimart, California, to William Lester Rambo (1904–1985) and Beatrice A. (nėe Rossi) Rambo (1910–2002). He had an elder brother, William Donald Rambo (1933–2011), an identical twin brother, Orman Ray Rambo aka Dirk Rambo (1941-1967), and a younger sister Beverly Rambo (b 1944). Beatrice Rambo would outlive two of her three sons.

After moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s, the twins were discovered by actress Loretta Young and cast in her CBS series, The New Loretta Young Show. On 5 February 1967, Dirk was killed in a road accident.

Later that same year, Rambo landed the role of Jeff Sonnett on The Guns of Will Sonnett, and co-starred in the short-lived Gunsmoke spin-off, Dirty Sally, with Jeanette Nolan. During the 1970s and 1980s, he made guest appearances on Marcus Welby, M.D., House Calls, Wonder Woman, Charlie's Angels, All My Children, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Hotel, and Murder, She Wrote. He also acted out the lead role in Sword of Justice, which lasted for ten installments in 1978-79. He may be best remembered on television for playing Jack Ewing in the hit soap opera Dallas from 1985-87. He also played Wesley Harper on the 1984 short lived TV series soap opera Paper Dolls.