Jeffrey Michael Jacquet (born October 15, 1966) is a former
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actor
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perhaps best known for his television roles as Eugene in the first season of the
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sitcom ''
Mork & Mindy
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'' and as Jeremy Saldino on the
CBS
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science-fiction adventure series ''
Whiz Kids''.
Life and career
Jacquet started his career as a
child actor
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in 1978 in the films ''
Return from Witch Mountain
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'' and ''
Bloodbrothers''. Later that year, he was cast as Eugene in the first season of ''
Mork & Mindy
''Mork & Mindy'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 14, 1978, to May 27, 1982. A spin-off after a highly successful episode of ''Happy Days'', " My Favorite Orkan", it starred Robin Williams as Mork, an extrater ...
''. Eugene was a 12-year-old kid who was a friend of Mork's, and took violin lessons from Cora, Mindy's grandmother. Jacquet was let go after the first season, when the producers decided to take the show in another direction. When he left the show, he went on to appear in a handful of other projects including ''
Wholly Moses!
''Wholly Moses!'' is a 1980 American Biblical spoof film written by Guy Thomas and directed by Gary Weis. Dudley Moore plays Old Testament-era idol maker Herschel, whose life and adventures seem to parallel that of the more famous Moses, all t ...
'' and ''
Whiz Kids'', as well as appearances in television shows such as ''
The Jeffersons
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'', ''
Simon & Simon
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'' and ''
Our House''.
Since retiring from acting, Jacquet has been working as a lawyer in
Los Angeles, California
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since 1993.
Jeff Jacquet: The State Bar of California
retrieved May 22, 2016
Filmography
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
American male child actors
American male television actors
American male film actors
Male actors from Texas
People from Bay City, Texas
Lawyers from Los Angeles
University of California, Berkeley alumni
UCLA School of Law alumni
21st-century African-American male actors
21st-century American male actors
20th-century African-American male actors
20th-century American male actors