John Hackett was born on September 17, 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Pledge (2001), About Schmidt (2002) and The Bucket List (2007). He died on December 8, 2020 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Lifelong friend of Jack Nicholson, starting out as a co-star in Monte Hellman directed b-movies Ride In The Whirlwind and Back Door to Hell, and then as Jack's stand-in working up until Nicholson's last (as of 2021) movie How Do You Know.