Randall England Dies: Actor Who Played ‘General Hospital’ Villain Was 75

Randall England, who played the memorable General Hospital villain Jack Slater during the mid-1980s, died September 25 of esophageal cancer in Los Angeles. He was 75.

His death was announced by his family.

An Oklahoma native, England began modeling in the early 1970s, working in New York, London, Zurich, Milan, and Los Angeles. He studied acting with Kim Stanley and Stella Adler before building a career across television, film, and theater.

Born in 1951 in Oklahoma City, England launched his modeling career after moving to New York in the ’70s, and later in the decade began studying acting with Kim Stanley and Stella Adler. An audition later brought him to Los Angeles. He settled in Beverly Hills, where he lived for more than forty years.

On stage, England performed in productions of All My Sons, The Glass Menagerie and others, and in 1994 shared a Drama-Logue Award for Best Ensemble Cast for a Los Angeles production of The Three Sisters.

His screen credits included Ruby and Oswald, Looker, Star Crystal, Dream Machine, Skyscraper, Hellborn, Cat City, Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Shiner, and on television in the 1980s appeared in Dallas, The Young and the Restless and Baywatch, among other credits. He also appeared in the music video for Maroon 5’s “Sugar.”

In 1984 he landed the role of General Hospital‘s Jack Slater, a stranger who arrives in Port Charles posing as a film producer but has more nefarious intentions in mind, not the worst of which is jewel thieving. England remained on the show in a front-burner storyline for nearly a year, until his character met an untimely demise in a shoot-out.

England continued to act, write and produce projects thoughout the 1990s and 2000s, and made music under the name RAE.

He is survived by daughter Micaela Reed (Sam); grandchildren Katherine and Julian; mother Catherine Burgess; sister Linda Baker; and extended family. Memorial donations may be made to the Esophageal Cancer Action Network.