Among his dozens of titles are Eyes of a Stranger (1970), Kansas City Trucking Co. Stardom in gay – and later heterosexual – erotica followed. (His stage name was taken from the label on his plaid work shirt.) Under his real name, John Stillman began his acting career as a kid in the religiously themed 1950s NBC series The Faith of Our Children.įrom there, Stillman began bartending and go-go dancing in West Hollywood, and – now as Jack Wrangler – on to a role in a San Francisco play in which he had to appear nude. Born John Stillman on July 11, 1946, in Beverly Hills, he was the son of television producer Robert Stillman, among whose credits were the TV series Rawhide and Bonanza.
