1. Jack Nance continued to work with Lynch throughout his career, which included a recurring role as Pete Martell on Twin Peaks.
31 Facts About Jack Nance
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Marvin John Jack Nance was born on December 21,1943, in Boston to Agnes and Marvin Hoyt Jack Nance.
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Jack Nance grew up in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas.
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In early childhood, Jack Nance was struck by a car, injuring his back.
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Jack Nance graduated from South Oak Cliff High School and attended the North Texas State University studying journalism.
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Jack Nance took up acting at university and later left to concentrate on acting; he joined the Dallas Theater Center.
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Jack Nance was a student of Paul Baker, the theater's founder.
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In 1964, Jack Nance headed for California and worked for some time with the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
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Jack Nance had success and landed the lead role in a play based on the life of Thomas Paine which was directed by David Lindemann.
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Jack Nance was considered for the role of Benjamin in The Graduate, a role which went to Dustin Hoffman, and for the role of Perry Smith in Richard Brooks' crime film In Cold Blood, which went to Robert Blake.
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Jack Nance played twin brothers Benny and Tony Rebozo in the Doo Dah Gang, a performance group that staged 1920s-style gang fights at nontraditional venues.
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When one of his characters died, Jack Nance spent three days lying in a coffin at the staged wake.
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Jack Nance met David Lynch in 1972 after an introduction by Lindemann.
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Jack Nance began working as a clerk at Hotel Hollywood.
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Jack Nance had a brief appearance as the doctor in Chuck Russell's 1988 sci-fi horror film, The Blob.
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In 1990, Jack Nance was offered the role of Pete Martell in Lynch's Twin Peaks, appearing throughout the show's original run.
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Jack Nance had smaller roles in films that did not perform as successfully.
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Jack Nance lived in a hotel and was kicked out for firing a gun at the television.
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Jack Nance guest-starred on a 1995 episode of My So-Called Life entitled "Weekend", in which he played an innkeeper.
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Jack Nance continued in smaller roles until his death in 1996.
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Jack Nance appeared in Twin Peaks: The Return in footage featuring Pete Martell from the pilot episode of the original series.
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In 1986, while filming Blue Velvet, Jack Nance told the newly sober Dennis Hopper that if he did not help him, he would jump from the window.
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Jack Nance met Van Dyke there and the two began a relationship, with Jack Nance believing he could help her, in turn, become clean.
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Jack Nance started drinking again in 1993, after a depressive episode following Van Dyke's death, and suffered two strokes from 1995 to 1996.
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Jack Nance was cast in the film Joyride but sent home after one day of filming due to drunkenness on set.
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Jack Nance, who was in Bass Lake, California, filming Meatballs 4 at the time, called her to tell her that he was thinking of leaving her due to her drinking and drug-taking.
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Jack Nance threatened to kill herself if he hung up on her, and at that moment a lightning storm knocked out the phone lines in Bass Lake.
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On December 29,1996, Jack Nance lunched with friends Leo Bulgarini and Catherine Case.
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Jack Nance had a visible "crescent-shaped bruise" under his eye; and, when asked about it, he relayed to them a story about a brawl outside a Winchell's Donuts store that morning.
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Jack Nance had developed a subdural hematoma, resulting in his death the following morning.
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Jack Nance's death was initially ruled as resulting from blunt force trauma.