Jack Wrangler (July 11, 1946 – April 7, 2009) was an American actor of gay and straight adult film, theatrical producer, and director. Open about his homosexuality and adult film work throughout his career, Wrangler was considered an icon of the gay-liberation movement.
In 2008, a feature-length documentary film, Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon, was released documenting his careers both off and on the stage.
Wrangler's longtime companion, whom he wa...
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Jack Wrangler (July 11, 1946 – April 7, 2009) was an American actor of gay and straight adult film, theatrical producer, and director. Open about his homosexuality and adult film work throughout his career, Wrangler was considered an icon of the gay-liberation movement.
In 2008, a feature-length documentary film, Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon, was released documenting his careers both off and on the stage.
Wrangler's longtime companion, whom he was married to for the last 15 years of his life, was singer Margaret Whiting.
Wrangler was born John Robert Stillman in Beverly Hills, California. His father was Hollywood film and television producer Robert Stillman, who directed such films as Champion, Boots and Saddles, Second Chorus, and Home of the Brave and produced television series such as Bonanza. His mother, Ruth Clark Stillman, was a former dancer in Busby Berkeley musicals.
Stillman began his acting career at the age of nine in the television series The Faith of Our Children (1953...
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