Jason Evers

 Jason Evers (January 2, 1922 – March 13, 2005)

After leaving high school early to join the United States Army, Evers was so inspired by stars like John Wayne (who he would later appear with in The Green Berets) that he decided to try acting. A stint on Broadway led to Hollywood, where his first recurring role was on the 1960 NBC western television series, Wrangler. Evers made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, including "The Case of the Difficult Detour" (1961), "The Case of the Latent Lover" (1964). and "The Case of the Posthumous Painter" (also 1961). In the 1963–1964 season, Evers starred as 41-year-old Professor Jason Howe in the 26-episode ABC drama series, Channing, based on life on a college campus. From 1967 to 1969, he appeared sporadically as James Sonnett, the missing son sought by the Walter Brennan character, Will Sonnett, in ABC's The Guns of Will Sonnett. Evers continued to appear in films and television, in such series as "The Rockford Files", having guest starred with Bruce Lee in the Green Hornet episode "Eat, Drink and be Dead" (1966), but they were of an increasingly minor nature. Evers also appeared as a race car driver and a romantic interest of Doris Martin in The Doris Day Show in 1970. His later films included A Piece of the Action (1977), Claws (1977) and Barracuda (1978), and his final film appearance was in 1990 in Basket Case 2. Evers died of heart failure in Los Angeles on March 13, 2005. He is buried at Forest Lawn-Glendale with his parner Lucille Maross. Evers was married, and divorced, twice.