Jack Eagle

{{Short description|American actor (1926–2008)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{infobox person |image= |birth_date={{birth date|1926|1|15}} |birth_place=Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2008|1|10|1926|1|15}} |death_place=New York City, U.S. |occupation=Television, film actor |spouse=Monica Eagle |children=Ian Eagle |relatives=Noah Eagle (grandson) }} '''Jack Eagle''' (January 15, 1926 – January 10, 2008) was an American actor. He was best known for his work in television commercials, including his role as Brother Dominic in a Super Bowl commercial for Xerox.<ref name=lat/>

Eagle was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, on January 15, 1926. He initially worked as a trumpet player during the big-band era, and began working in commercials during the early 1960s.<ref name=lat/> Eagle was working as a comedian in the Borscht Belt when he made the first Xerox commercial as Brother Dominic, which first aired during Super Bowl IX. More commercials followed; Brother Dominic became the company's mascot, and Eagle said in 1978 that he had made more money from commercials in the previous two years than in his entire career. He signed a three-year contract to promote Xerox in person to customers and its employees.<ref name=lat/>{{r|ap19800911}} Other notable commercial roles included "Mr. Cholesterol" in commercials for Fleischmann's margarine during the 1970s.<ref name=lat/>

Jack Eagle's son is sportscaster Ian Eagle<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/features/eagle_070301.html |title=Eagle, Ian. "Broadcaster of the Week: Ian Eagle, New Jersey Nets," NBA.com, Thursday, March 1, 2007. |website=NBA.com |access-date=March 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108120550/http://www.nba.com/features/eagle_070301.html |archive-date=January 8, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and his grandson is sportscaster Noah Eagle. Jack Eagle died in New York City on January 10, 2008, at the age of 81.<ref name=lat/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=lat>{{cite news |first= |last= |title=Jack Eagle, Comedian acted in TV commercials |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-18-me-passings18.s1-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |publisher= |date=2008-01-18 |access-date=2012-03-28 }}</ref> <ref name="ap19800911">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fElOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LBQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7064%2C4047207 | title=Brother Dominic is to Xerox what the Colonel is to Chicken | work=Wilmington Morning Star | date=1980-09-18 | agency=Associated Press | accessdate=25 October 2013 | pages=8B }}</ref> }}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0247095|Jack Eagle}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eagle, Jack}} Category:1926 births Category:2008 deaths Category:20th-century American Jews Category:20th-century American male actors Category:American male film actors Category:American male television actors Category:Jewish American male actors Category:Male actors from Brooklyn