With a surfer's physique and charisma, Jan-Michael Vincent entered films in the late 1960s and became a mainstay of action dramas.
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His biggest breakthrough was the male ingenue part in the ABC miniseries “The Winds of War” , based on Herman Wouk's bestselling novel set during World War II. He played a son of Robert Mitchum’s naval officer and the love interest ofThe 18-hour program averaged tens of millions of viewers over the course of its broadcast, rivaling Alex Haley's “Roots” in popularity.
From left, Gary Busey, Patti D'Arbanville, William Katt, Lee Purcell and Jan-Michael Vincent in a scene from the surf film"Big Wednesday." He settled in Ventura, where he surfed and attended Ventura College for three years. He said he would have completed college, but the registration clerk literally shut the window in his face for the lunch hour and Vincent instead took his $200 and went to Mexico to party.
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