Jack Crosby was an art director best known for his work on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital. He was also the nephew of actor-singer Bing Crosby.
Jack Crosby was the first art director to work on the long-running series. He began as a scenery designer, starting in 1963 when the show was in black and white. He remained with the program for 17 years.
Prior to that, in the 1950s, Crosby worked as a draftsman, and then as an assistant art director for CBS. Beginning in 1961 he worked as an art director on the ABC game show Seven Keys, based on the board game Chutes and Ladders.
Jack Crosby was an art director best known for his work on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital. He was also the nephew of actor-singer Bing Crosby.
Jack Crosby was the first art director to work on the long-running series. He began as a scenery designer, starting in 1963 when the show was in black and white. He remained with the program for 17 years.
Prior to that, in the 1950s, Crosby worked as a draftsman, and then as an assistant art director for CBS. Beginning in 1961 he worked as an art director on the ABC game show Seven Keys, based on the board game Chutes and Ladders.
After his retirement from ABC, he taught art direction at Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine universities.
Crosby died June 14, 2015, in Henderson, Nevada. He was 88.
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