Robert Jayne sometimes credited as Bobby Jacoby, is an America

United States

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n actor.

Starting his career as a child, he has appeared in many television

Television

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 series. His credits include: Knots Landing

Knots Landing

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, The Greatest American Hero

The Greatest American Hero

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, St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

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, Manimal

Manimal

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, The Love Boat

The Love Boat

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, Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

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, Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

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, Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes

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, T.J. Hooker, The A-Team

The A-Team

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, Cagney and Lacey, Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues

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, The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years

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, Jake and the Fatman

Jake and the Fatman

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, Baywatch

Baywatch

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and Tremors (TV series) .

His film credits include; Iron Eagle

Iron Eagle

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, Tremors

Tremors (film)

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, Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

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, Meet the Applegates

Meet the Applegates

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, and Night of the Demons 2

Night of the Demons 2

Night of the Demons 2 is the 1994 sequel to Night of the Demons. It stars Amelia Kinkade, Cristi Harris, Rick Peters, Jennifer Rhodes, Christine Taylor, Darin Heames, Bobby Jacoby, Merle Kennedy, Rod McCary, Johnny Moran, Zoe Trilling, and Ladd York. Released on home video in 1994 by Republic...

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He also supplied the voice of Dorin in the animated television series Wildfire, and directed and wrote the 2010 short film "The Broker".

In addition to acting, Robert played Black Jack professionally with a team of well known card counters from 2000-2005. In the 2010 Penguin Publishing offering of "Repeat until Rich", Josh Axelrad describes his experiences in Las Vegas with Robert Jayne and a team of world famous card counters as they use "Big Player" and "Call-in" tactics to win millions of dollars. Robert became a well known player and was entered into a "Black List" by the Griffin Agency, known for supplying intelligence information to casinos regarding players that can "hurt" the casino by winning money. Link:Griffin Agency

He played in the first ever "World Series Of Black Jack" against such notables Stanford Wong

Stanford Wong

Stanford Wong is the pen name of John Ferguson, a gambling author who is best known for his book Professional Blackjack, which was first published in 1975 and is still in print. Wong's computer program "Blackjack Analyzer", initially created for personal use, was one of the first pieces of...

 and Hollywood Dave under the name "Bobby J". It pitted some of the best and well known Black Jack players from around the world.

He is the brother of Scott Jacoby

Scott Jacoby

Scott Jacoby is an American actor. He won an Emmy Award for his role in the 1972 television film That Certain Summer. He is also famous for playing the lead role in the made for TV film Bad Ronald 1974....

, Billy Jayne

Billy Jayne

Billy Jayne is an American actor, musician, and director. He has been in many films, and has sometimes been credited as Billy Jacoby. His siblings, Scott Jacoby, Robert Jayne, Susan Jayne and Laura Jacoby, are also actors.-Name:...

, Susan Jayne, and Laura Jayne. All of them participated in film and television projects, with Scott Jacoby winning an Emmy for the television movie "That Certain Summer".

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