Randall England, who played the scheming villain Jack Slater on General Hospital in the mid-1980s, has died at 75. His family announced the news and directed memorial donations to the Esophageal Cancer Action Network (ECAN), seemingly suggesting esophageal cancer as the cause.
Randall England dies at 75
England passed away in Los Angeles on September 25, his family confirmed. While they did not confirm his cause of death, their request for donations to ECAN, an organization focused on esophageal cancer, points to that disease as the likely cause. Born September 22, 1951, in Oklahoma City, England, he got his degree from the University of Oklahoma. He entered modeling in the early 1970s, working across New York, London, Zurich, Milan, and Los Angeles. He later trained as an actor under Kim Stanley and Stella Adler.
Randall England’s on-screen career started in 1978 with an uncredited part in the TV movie Ruby and Oswald. In 1984, he appeared in an episode of This Is the Life and joined General Hospital as Jack Slater, a role that spanned more than 30 episodes. He went on to appear in two episodes of Baywatch in the late 1990s and voiced Butler in the 2008 film Beverly Hills Chihuahua. His last acting credit came in the 2018 film Shiner.
Beyond television and film, England produced the documentary The Needs of Kim Stanley. He also built a stage resume that included All My Sons, The Glass Menagerie and The Three Sisters, getting a Drama League Award for best ensemble cast for the last of these.
Now, England left behind his daughter Micaela Reed (Sam), grandchildren Katherine and Julian, mother Catherine Burgess, sister Linda Baker, and extended family. Fans of his General Hospital work and his wider career, including innumerable fellow actors, continue to pay tribute as word of his death spreads.
