Jack Nance | |
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Born | Marvin John Nance December 21, 1943 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | December 30, 1996 | (aged 53)
Other names | John Nance |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1970–1996 |
Spouse(s) |
Catherine E. Coulson
(m. 1968; div. 1976)Kelly Jean Van Dyke
(m. 1991; died 1991) |
Marvin John Nance (December 21, 1943 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor. He worked with moviemaker David Lynch many times. He was in Lynch's first movie Eraserhead (1977). He was also in Twin Peaks (1990–1991) as Pete Martell.
Nance died at his apartment in South Pasadena, California on December 30, 1996, one week after his 53rd birthday.[2] The cause of death was a subdural hematoma from an injury he got in a street fight the morning before.[1]