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Marvin John Nance (December 21, 1943 – December 30, 1996), known professionally as Jack Nance, was an American actor. A longtime collaborator of filmmaker David Lynch, Nance portrayed the lead in Lynch's directorial debut Eraserhead (1977).
Jack Nance. Actor: Blue Velvet. Born in Boston of Irish ancestry and raised in Dallas, Jack Nance traveled throughout the country doing children's theater. For eight years, he performed with the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Later, he became involved with avant-garde theater.
14 Dis 2022 · The mystery around it is almost worthy of a plot in one of the many Lynch projects in which he was cast. On December 29, 1996, cult actor Jack Nance got into a fight. The next day, he was dead. Police called it a homicide, but the culprit was never found.
Jack Nance. Actor: Eraserhead. Born in Boston of Irish ancestry and raised in Dallas, Jack Nance traveled throughout the country doing children's theater. For eight years, he performed with the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Later, he became involved with avant-garde theater.
3 Feb 1978 · Eraserhead: Directed by David Lynch. With Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates. Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts, Laurel Near, and Jack Fisk, it tells the story of a man (Nance) who is left to care for his grossly deformed child in a desolate industrial landscape.
11 Jan 1997 · Jack Nance, actor who starred in the 1978 cult classic Eraserhead and other David Lynch films, dies in his home in South Pasadena, Calif, one day after an argument with two men, at least one of...
Marvin John Nance (December 21, 1943 – December 30, 1996), known professionally as Jack Nance and occasionally credited as John Nance, was an American actor of stage and screen, primarily starring in offbeat or avant-garde productions.
15 Jul 2013 · In a piece originally written to mark the 15th anniversary of Jack Nance's death, Cyrus Shahrad looks back over the actor's life and work and talks to those close to him, including Catherine Coulson and David Lynch
This is the I Don't Know Jack Website. We are proud to be able to show you a side of the classic cult icon Jack Nance. Get to know him through the people who loved and knew him best. Including interviews with: David Lynch, Dennis Hopper, log lady Catherine Coulson and more.
