Jack Nance

Was subject of the film documentary "I Don't Know Jack"

Completed "Joyride", unreleased at time of death

Filmed final role, Phil the mechanic, in Lynch's "Lost Highway", released after his death

Rare feature lead in "Meatballs 4"

Appeared in Lynch's "Wild at Heart"

Was a regular on David Lynch's TV series "Twin Peaks"

TV-movie debut, "Tricks of the Trade" (CBS)

Appeared in Lynch's "Blue Velvet"

Played, in own words, a "doormat" in Lynch's "Dune"

Returned to films with a supporting role in Wim Wenders' "Hammett", produced by Coppola

Met writer-director David Lynch; began work on Lynch's student film, "Eraserhead" (released 1977), their first collaboration

Feature acting debut, "Jump", a racing pic

At time of death, working on autobiographical screenplay "A Derelict on All Fours"

Began acting career at the Dallas Theater Center; toured doing childrens' theater

Began associating with Francis Ford Coppola in San Francisco

Moved back to Los Angeles

Moved to Los Angeles; relocated to San Francisco and performed with the American Conservatory Theater; met first wife Catherine Coulson while performing in a stage adaptation of Kafka's Amerika at SFSU; she was a student, he a guest artist

Raised in Texas

Starred in radical West Coast stage hit, "Tom Paine" in the late 1960s; director David Lindemann would actually introduce Nance to David Lynch when he was casting "Eraserhead"

Suffered a heart attack; friends reported a history of heart problems