Jeff Mackay RIP

[FOTD]

Just got message Jeff passed away....very sad news.

[AngieB]

[?]

I don't know who that is.

[FOTD]

quote:Originally posted by TulsaMINI

[?]

I don't know who that is.

A once Tulsa shining star....Jeffery Neill MacKay, born October 20, 1948, Dallas, Texas is an American character actor familiar to viewers since the mid 1970s. His recurring roles have included Black Sheep Squadron, JAG, Battlestar Galactica, Airwolf, The Greatest American Hero, Tales of the Gold Monkey and Magnum P.I..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_MacKay

His father is a war hero.....Jeff was a sweetheart.

[Conan71]

Still not registering with me.

[sgrizzle]

[Townsend]

Met him at the Bistro on Brookside years ago.  We traveled to Grapevine.

My one brush with celebrity...he got very drunk on Sambuca, stole half my smokes and ran the tab.

It was worth it for the story.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by Townsend

Met him at the Bistro on Brookside years ago.  We traveled to Grapevine.

My one brush with celebrity...he got very drunk on Sambuca, stole half my smokes and ran the tab.

It was worth it for the story.

Heh, sounds like an evening I spent with Dwight and Jan Twilley on Brookside one night.

[dbacks fan]

When I first saw this I wasn't sure who he was, then saw the post about some of the shows he was in and recognized who was. Very sad.

Here is a list of his filmography:Jeff McKay

[Monkey Woman]

Hi.  My name is Patricia Annino and I'm the owner/webmaster for Goldmonkey.com, the semi-official Tales of the Gold Monkey website.  Has there been any official comment from his family or any further details?  I don't want to post this terrible news on my site without getting official confirmation.  I'm not doubting you, although I really hopoe there's been some kind of mistake.  Thanks.

[Conan71]

I got the following email a little while ago:

"Just a quick note to let you know that Mikeey's brother Jeff MacKay passed away around 9:00am this morning after a brief illness in the hospital due to liver complications.

Many of us have been fortunate to have known Jeff for many years.

He was a wonderful actor and appeared on many shows including Magnum Pl, JAG and BaaBaa Blacksheep."

No other confirmation from anywhere on the net.  I'm PM'ing you a family contact phone number which was in the same email.

[mr.jaynes]

Tales of the Gold Monkey-this is a show that I absolutely lived for back in the day; though some called it a ripoff of Raiders of the Lost Ark (something else I loved), it was its own show, with its own characters. I did love MacKay's character on this show, as well as that recurring role he played on Magnum PI.

[Conan71]

Fresh information from an email I got today:

Hi All....

Just note to let you know that to my knowledge they are not having services for Jeffrey MacKay (Mikeey's brother) who passed away Friday due to liver complications.

Jeffrey was an American character actor who played in many different shows including Battlestar Galactica, Airwolf, The Greatest American Hero, the Kroft Supershow and JAG.  He was best known for his roles in Black Sheep Squadron (Baa Baa Black Sheep) as Lt. Donald "Don" French, Magnum P.I. as Magnum's friend "Mac" (It was the ghost of his character that uttered the famous line, "Time has little to do with infinity and jelly donuts") and as "Corky" in the Tales of the Gold Monkey.  Jeffrey had the part of "Uncle Mel" in Atomic City a show that they had shot the pilot for (www.atomiccity.net/sampler_of_atomi.html)

Jeffrey had gotten interested in acting through his cousin Robert Redford, who helped him get his Screen Actors Guild Card, and then Jeff had a part in All the President's Men.