Born in Denver, Colorado, Jan-Michael Vincent was raised in California, attended Ventura College for three years, but did not graduate. As he was finishing his service with the National Guard, a talent scout was struck by his all-American good looks, leading to his first acting jobs. In 1967 he appeared in the TV movie The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk, an episode of Dragnet, and in the feature film The Bandits.
Jan-Michael Vincent died of cardiac arrest at the age of 74.
