Coal Jackson

### Relatives

James & Melody Jackson (parents) & Baile Jackson (brother)Samuel, Rashida, Amber & James (children)

## Career

### Known for

Captain Dad

Coal Jackson is arguebly recognised as Crash's greatest actor, he won multiple CFA's and a few FMA's (unofficial statement)

## Personal Life

Born to James and Melody Jackson in 1949, Clean Kitchen. He was born a twin, his twin-brother was named Baile, he and Baile were very close, Baile wanted to be a director and Coal wanted to be an actor, they made an interesting duo and they both went an acting-school, with Baile working in the far more technical field, in lighting, sound, etc. Coal and Baile were auditioning all the way back in their early years of life, they were in many, many adverts from age 7 upwards, until when they were 11 (1960), they both cast as 'Tim and Tom' on a hip new TV show 'Mister Dad' about an all around loveable father who taught messages to all the orphan children and treated them all like his children. The show last 4 seasons, however Coal and Baile were replaced in the 3rd season, after they claimed that they were too old now (13). After that point Coal and Baile had enough of the spotlight and James was worried that he was getting 'too famous', so they weren't auditioning anymore and Baile went to a technical college and Coal went to art college.

It was in art college that he met his wife Hailey Godson, they remained together until Jackson's death, and they were wed in 1982.

Coal was a fairly medocre artist all through-out his early 20s, until he was 26 (1975) invited on the show 'Where Are They Now?' where they interviewed him about his time on 'Mister Dad' 13 years ago, where Coal revealed that the star 'Paul Hill' was actually incredibly miserable and not very pleasent. However, after his time on the show, he contacted James Harkmond, original creator of 'Mister Dad' and asked him if he had any projects coming up, Harkmond told Jackson about a drafted idea for a western show. Coal Jackson conversed with Harkmond over the course of the next year and together they created 'The Devil's Gambit', which would mark the return of Coal Jackson's acting career. The Devil's Gambit was a hit and lasted for 9 seasons, only ending in 1989 because Harkmond began to become engaged with another show, Mrs Goodwin, which ironically would also be the first on screen role for a young Harry Mckelley. Jackson also managed to get his brother a spot as the head of sound-managment for the film and would essentially be the sound manager for every single one of Jackson's films.

In 1990, Jackson got a call from Kurtis Karman asking him to audition for his film 'Streets of Old Pine' this film ended up winning Jackson a CFA for Actor in 1990. He also won best supporting actor in 2006 for Walle Wolland's 'Senseless', and also again in 2016 for 'The Drunken Toast' he also won best actor in 2012 for Mike Biscotti's 'Sons of Men'.

It was in late 2016 when Jackson suddenly had a heart attack which caused doctors to begin to worry about his heart's condition, they found that he needed a surgery, but the chances of survival were slim, unfortunately the doctors were not able to sucessfully perform the surgery and Jackson died in a Clean Kitchen hospital.