Biography

Jack Sheldon was the son of Jen Loven (1909-1989), who taught many of the Hollywood entertainment elite and their children to swim at her famous Jen Loven Swim School in Hollywood. Jack was known mostly for his sidekick status on the The Merv Griffin Show (1962) in the 1970s.

He had two sons, Kevin and John, and two daughters, Julie and Jesse Sheldon. John, a musician, plays drums, and attended military college prep school at the prestigious Army & Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California. He acted with his father in the Disney comedy Freaky Friday (1976), as one of the trouble-making kids who loved to harass Jodie Foster. He played in jazz clubs, most often at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood, sometimes joined by George Segal.

Actor

Schoolhouse Rock!(1973)as Vocals, Mr. Morton, Albert Andreas Armadillo, Bill, Boothy, Conductor, Dad, Earth, Fat Cat Blue, Jack, Windy

Johnny Bravo(1997)as Sensitive Male, Chef, The President, Traffic Cop

Family Guy(1999)as 'Vagina Junction' Conductor, The Bill

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel(1999)as Trumpet

Hard Time: The Premonition(1999)as Trumpet

Music Department

Flags of Our Fathers(2006)

Gigli(2003)

James Dean(2001)

Homefront(1991)

Mr. Saturday Night(1992)

Secret's Out(2006)as Self

Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon(2008)as Self

Entertainment Tonight(1981)as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show(2003)as Self

Archive Footage

Morning Joe: Weekend(2023)as Amendment to Be

The Year of Living Locked Up(2020)

Star Trek: The Next Generation(1987)as Piano Player

The Magical World of Disney(1954)as Lloyd

Known for

The Long Goodbye1973 · Music Department Gigli2003 · Music Department Schoolhouse Rock!1973 · Actor Dear God1996 · Actor

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Jack Sheldon in Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008)

Credit Score: Jack Sheldon

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Schoolhouse Rock!

Vocals

Sat Jan 06 1973 – Thu Jan 01 2009

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Noms	Votes
1	Schoolhouse Rock!	13.00	1973	•	8.2	0	4720
2	The Cara Williams Show	4.88	1964	•	7.1	0	46
3	For the Boys	2.50	1991	•	6.4	1	6464
4	Dear God	2.38	1996	•	5.5	0	4394
5	Freaky Friday	1.00	1977		6.3	0	15684

Jack Sheldon