# Jack DeLeon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_DeLeon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_DeLeon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_DeLeon > Source revision: 1253238646 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American actor}} {{For|the British theatre manager and playwright|Jack de Leon (theatre manager)}} {{infobox person |image= |birth_date={{birth date|1924|12|19}} |birth_place=[New York City](/source/New_York_City), U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2006|10|16|1924|12|19}}{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/classified/paid-notice-deaths-de-leon-jack-christopher-weeks.html| title=Paid Notice: Deaths. De Leon, Jack (Christopher Weeks)| newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)| date=November 12, 2006| access-date=June 11, 2021}}{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9B-9zAEACAAJ| title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2006| pages=91–92| date=April 24, 2007| publisher=McFarland| first=Harris| last=Lentz| isbn=978-0-7864-2933-2| via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}} |death_place=[Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California), U.S. |occupation=Actor }} '''Jack DeLeon''' (December 19, 1924 – October 16, 2006) was an American actor. He was best known for portraying Marty Morrison, a recurring character on the television detective sitcom ''[Barney Miller](/source/Barney_Miller)'', over eight episodes from 1975 to 1982.{{cite book| title=The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV| first=Stephen| last=Tropiano| page=264| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CeqG46cYjuMC&q=DeLeon| publisher=[Hal Leonard Corporation](/source/Hal_Leonard_Corporation)| year=2002| isbn=9781557835574| via=Google Books| access-date=May 5, 2022}} His character was proudly and overtly [homosexual](/source/homosexual), groundbreaking for network television at the time. In the later episodes he was in a committed relationship with a male partner, which was respected by the detectives in the squad. He also was known for directing and appearing in segments of The Donny & Marie Show. Between 1969 and 1990 he appeared on such network shows as ''[Get Smart](/source/Get_Smart)'', ''[That Girl](/source/That_Girl)'', ''[The Paul Lynde Show](/source/The_Paul_Lynde_Show)'', ''[CPO Sharkey](/source/CPO_Sharkey)'', ''[The Rookies](/source/The_Rookies)'', ''[Starsky and Hutch](/source/Starsky_and_Hutch)'', ''[Sanford and Son](/source/Sanford_and_Son)'', ''[Switch](/source/Switch_(American_TV_series))'', ''[Too Close for Comfort](/source/Too_Close_for_Comfort)'', ''[Archie Bunker’s Place](/source/Archie_Bunker%E2%80%99s_Place)'', ''[Laverne & Shirley](/source/Laverne_%26_Shirley)'', ''[The Fall Guy](/source/The_Fall_Guy)'', ''[Night Court](/source/Night_Court)'', ''[Santa Barbara](/source/Santa_Barbara_(TV_series))'' and ''[Growing Pains](/source/Growing_Pains)''. His film credits include ''[Linda Lovelace for President](/source/Linda_Lovelace_for_President)'' (1975), ''[I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?](/source/I_Wonder_Who's_Killing_Her_Now%3F)'' (1975), ''[The Choirboys](/source/The_Choirboys_(film))'' (1977) and ''[Little Miss Marker](/source/Little_Miss_Marker_(1980_film))'' (1980). He voiced Sergeant Samuel McPherson in the 1977 [Dr. Seuss](/source/Dr._Seuss) animated television special ''[Halloween Is Grinch Night](/source/Halloween_Is_Grinch_Night)''. He was also the voice of Dwalin in the 1977 animated version of ''[The Hobbit](/source/The_Hobbit_(1977_film))''.{{cite book| title=Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-five Years, 1962-1987| first=George W.| last=Woolery| publisher=Scarecrow Press| url=https://archive.org/details/animatedtvspecia0000wool/page/198/mode/2up?q=DeLeon| year=1989| page=199| isbn=978-0-8108-2198-9| access-date=May 5, 2022}} His interment was at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in [Simi Valley, California](/source/Simi_Valley%2C_California).{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA188| title=Resting Places - The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons| edition=3d| publisher=McFarland| date=August 19, 2016| first=Scott| last=Wilson| page=188| isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7| via=Google Books}} ==Partial filmography== *''[Linda Lovelace for President](/source/Linda_Lovelace_for_President)'' (1975) – Capt. Neldor *''Kitty Can't Help It'' (1975) – MacGregor *''[Train Ride to Hollywood](/source/Train_Ride_to_Hollywood)'' (1975) – News reporter *''[I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?](/source/I_Wonder_Who's_Killing_Her_Now%3F)'' (1975) – Doctor Binay *''[The Hobbit](/source/The_Hobbit_(1977_film))'' (1977, TV Movie) – Dwalin / Fíli / Kíli / Óin / Glóin / Ori / Nori / Bifur / Bofur / Bert – Troll #2 / Goblin / Orc / Spiders / Wood Elves / Lake People (voice) *''[The Choirboys](/source/The_Choirboys_(film))'' (1977) – Quigley *''[Little Miss Marker](/source/Little_Miss_Marker_(1980_film))'' (1980) – Building Superintendent *''[Uphill All the Way](/source/Uphill_All_the_Way)'' (1986) – Sam Osmond *''[Valet Girls](/source/Valet_Girls)'' (1987) – Dirk Zebra *''Violent Zone'' (1989) – Charles Townsend *''[Life Stinks](/source/Life_Stinks)'' (1991) – Pompous Party Guest *''Temptress'' (1995) – Brian Carlin *''Allyson Is Watching'' (1997) – Mr. Merry ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{Find a Grave|16243373}} *{{IMDb name|id=0216739}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Deleon, Jack}} Category:1924 births Category:2006 deaths Category:American male television actors Category:20th-century American male actors Category:American male film actors Category:Male actors from New York (state) {{US-tv-actor-1920s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jack DeLeon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_DeLeon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_DeLeon?action=history)). 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