With the help of his partner, Desire, Hawk not only got himself a spot in the Deveraux home (after pretending he threw his back out at their place), but managed to convince Jack the FBI was after him. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Together, they returned to Salem and he was reunited with his family. Jack Deveraux Played by Matthew Ashford. Jack escapes his prison a little too late, and tries to get Jennifer to leave. Jack allowed Hawk to move in when a lawsuit over the injury loomed. Jack was not with her. To make things worse, Abbey had developed anemia thanks to toxic waste contamination. Aniston was on "Days of Our Lives" on and off for 37 years. During this time, despite possible temptations on either side by Patrick Lockhart and Cassie for Jack, both manage to be one of the only couples (of many) dealing with fake dead spouses who stay true to each other. Unfortunately, the match was doomed. Jack's health worsens and Jennifer is unable to break away from her commitment to Frankie, despite not truly being in love with him. It was initially hard for him to accept, but Adrienne convinced Jack to at least try, and he made his mother's Christmas when he extended an olive branchin the form of expensive emerald earrings. The family went on vacation to Africa but things went awry. As the two struggled, the gun went off and Peter was killed. He tried to escape to make it back to Jennifer, but ended up lost in the jungle surrounding the compound. From 2016 to 2017, Ashford reprised the role for several guest-appearances; he returned full-time on December 28, 2018. "Who's Coming". While there he becomes acquainted with an attractive, middle-aged woman (also a patient) with whom he forms a friendship. Before Hawk could leave Salem (with Jennifer in tow), Jack returned and convinced Hawk to admit to taking the money. Although Jack made another attempt to get Jennifer back, it fell apart when Peter learned of his affair with Laura. was on the DiMera bankroll. When Jack learned this, he broke out of prison and followed them to the Grand Canyon. He found some books that could work as proof, but then Peter blew up the tunnels, and Jack and Jennifer barely escaped. Her anger at his disappearance, compounded when she was almost killed and he didn't even bother to call, caused her to file for divorce. In May 2016, while Jennifer is dealing with a addiction to pain medication, Jack appears to her in her dreams, and is later seen standing by the wall when Jennifer goes to a drug addiction meeting. After numerous failed attempts, Jack managed to pair up with Cassie Brady, Marlena Evans and Roman Brady, and the four eventually made it back to Salem. Jennifer's scheme, however, does not go according to plan as Jennifer finds herself unable to resist him. Unfortunately, Peter had tipped the FBI off to where Jack was hiding, and had him arrested. Jennifer, Jack, and Cameron Davis worked to get Abigail out. Abby sees Jack in June 2016 after setting fire to her room in an attempt to get rid of Ben Weston, who was haunting her. When Jack was finally released, he returned to Salem to tell everyone the truth. Steve says that he would only go back if Jack went back too, so that he could say goodbye to his family. His loved ones lashed out at Jack when he betrayed J.J. and exposed Hayleys illegal immigrant status to boost his campaign. Psychologically traumatized by the rape and unable to tell him about it because of his own past, she coldly tells him she is married and that she is going to try to make it work. Jack begins to believe that her behavior, which reminds him of Kayla in the days before the rape, means that she is in love with Frankie. When she learned the truth, she dumped him. Not only did he find better health in Salem, but he was also reunited with his long-lost siblings, Steve Johnson (Stephen Nichols) and Adrienne Johnson Kiriakis (Judi Evans) As explained in the Johnson family tree. I am more than open to everyone's interest on different levels," Ashford stated. In 2021, Jack discovers that he has another daughter named Gwendolyn "Gwen" Rizczech, from his previous relationship with Tiffany Rizczech, before he came to Salem. But Jack began having flashes of memories and when Eve sabotaged the notes to create the serum, he demanded a divorce. Although he entered the story as an outright villain wedging himself violently in between another popular supercouple, Steve Johnson and Kayla Brady, Jack eventually grew to establish himself as a core main character in the Days mythos through his passion, outrageous sense of humor, redemption, and undying love for heroine Jennifer Horton. His cellmate in prison was 'Travis Malloy', a plant from Stefano DiMera. Although Jack witnessed this, no one believed him. Jennifer was crying over a movie, and Jack was teasingly imitating her. During an episode aired on Thursday, September 29, her husband Chad DiMera visits her grave site. Unfortunately, Jack had been counting on that moneyhe'd stolen some money from Billie Reed (who was holding it for a crime boss) to buy the Spectator back, and had to sell it to Katewho promptly fired him. After confronting Victor, however, Jack discovered that he had ordered the dumping when he was a young politician. Jack was upset that Kayla was carrying on an affair with Steve while she wouldnt sleep with her own husband, so in a fit of rage, he raped her. When Tony DiMera was murdered during the wedding reception and John Black the accused, Jack and Jennifer joined forces to prove his innocence. Their marriage hits a snag early on when Jennifer is duped by a conman named Hawk which eventually causes them to lose the majority of Jack's wealth, and puts their marriage in jeopardy, although they manage to work it out. Finally, during yet another escapade, Jennifer admits to Jack about the rape. Jack collapses soon afterward from cold and hunger. Things get out of control and she tries to get away, but he overpowers and rapes her. Jack got himself a new cellmate, Herbie, who used his girlfriend on the outside to sneak Jack the password that Jennifer had stolen for the warden's computer. Jack falls off the rooftop and damages his kidneys. For his part, Steve is worried that Jack had been the one poisoning Kayla, so the two are never able to work together. But then he came back in the flesh as Eves date to ring in 2019, though with no memory of his past! He was soon replaced by actor James Acheson, via Soaps in Depth. Having finally had enough, Kayla presses charges against him for rape. Eventually, with the clinic's help, Jack recovers and begins to feel that he could now be the kind of husband and father that Jennifer and Abby deserve. After getting his hands on the key to the treasure, all he found was Loretta's diarycontaining the secret to Isabella's paternity. In December 2015, his grandson Thomas Deveraux was named after him. Abigail's killer was eventually found and Salem's denizens put the homicide investigation to rest. He didn't know what was going on, but Jennifer seemed to want nothing to do with him, so he broke it off. In fact, he had been kidnapped and taken to an island that was almost identical to Salem. and Trent searched Jennifer's home and discovered she was posing as a guard, and Jack's visitors were limited to one personhis lawyer, Mickey Horton. Neither was ready to trust Jack again. Jack and Jennifer are both offered dream jobs in London. Jack arrived in Salem to be treated for his Hodgkin's disease. When Jack came to Salem, he was seeking treatment for Hodgkin's disease. Then the doors closed and the final cables broke. Free shipping for many products! Jack accidentally kills escapee Harper as he tries to kill Steve on the day of his third wedding to Kayla - an event in which Jack was, once again, to be best man. Contents 1 Background 2 Casting 3 Storylines 4 Gallery 5 References Background Jack Harcourt Deveraux grew up in Washington, D.C. and was raised by Senator Harper Deveraux and his second wife, Jack's stepmother, Anjelica Deveraux. Savannah Wilder is a fictional character on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives, played by Shannon Tweed from April 26, 1985, to December 4, 1986. . Jack cannot not let go of his hatred of Steve and he resents his biological mother for giving him away. In November 2018, Jack and Jennifer's daughter Abigail gave birth to a daughter, Charlotte DiMera. * Died in an elevator shaft when it plummeted to the main floor after an explosion. Jack agrees to plead guilty to assault, but he maintains he was only doing it because he is being railroaded. According to sources in a Days of Our Lives Secrets Revealed group, fans can look for Jack to also reunite on screen with Eve, Adrienne, and Kayla.[4]. The two realized they had a lot in common, and even became lovers. To make matters worse, Jack learns that the woman he had met and had a relationship with at The Meadows is Jennifer's mother, Laura Horton, whom he had never met before. Although Jack managed to save her, the guard paid him back with a beating. Tired of waiting for Jack to return her feelings, Jennifer accepted Emilios proposal, but Jack abducted her on the day of the wedding in an attempt to convince her to dump him. Although Matthew Ashford has been the actor to portray the role of Jack Deveraux on "Days of Our Lives" for the longest amount of time, the actor hasn't always been able to return to Salem. Days of Our Lives spoilers for Friday, March 3 reveal that Rex Brady (Kyle Lowder) offers Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey) a solution to her problem. Sarah donned the personae in a bid to get close to him. Jack tries to make up for tearing the two apart, and while they don't trust his motives, he throws himself wholeheartedly into trying to get Marina out of Steve's life by finding a key that Marina and her sister Isabella Toscano wants to find. A furious Jennifer walked out on Jack but he refused to give up on her. executive in charge of production Script and Continuity Department Fran Myers . Alex laughs at the thought. He made another on-off appearance on December 21, 2017. Lawrence sets off explosives as they try to escape through the tunnels under his villa. He and Jennifer returned to Salem to spend Christmas with their family, but Jack snuck away to catch Peternot realizing that Abby and Jennifer had tagged along. Lawrence knows she isn't Katarina as he himself had had an affair with Katrina years ago, but all he wants is the VL fortune. Ashford later took a brief absence from the series from October 2003 to June 2004 where he would appear as a special guest star on As he became more manic, afflicted with 'jungle madness', Jack and his family had to hide out by joining the circus. Very shortly after Lawrence was convicted of fifth degree rape, Jack marries Jennifer in July 1991. Jack originally came to Salem suffering from a life-threatening disease and looking for Kayla Brady (Mary Beth Evans). Eventually, Jennifer let Frankie down easy and reunited with Jack, taking JJ with them to live in Europe. He has been described by others as having an astronomical IQ and has alternately claimed to have been voted "Most Likely to Win an Oscar" and "Best Dressed" in school. Jack was first introduced to "DOOL" viewers back in 1987 when he came to Salem to seek treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma (via Soap Central ). A guilt-ridden Jack left his family and checked himself into a mental health clinic where he had a fling with a woman who turned out to be Jennifers mother, Laura Horton! He fails, and they all end up on his island. He works tirelessly to prove his hunch that Peter is up to no good, but Jennifer writes off Jack's claims as the pathetic schemes he had become all too known for. After rescuing his family, they all moved to Africa. A confrontation resulted in a fall off a roof, and Jack wound up needing a kidney. She was recaptured by Steve and Harper returned to prison. A reporter named Canby takes pictures of Steve and Kayla that night. Peter also made an appearance, with a shotgun in his hands and opened fire on the proceedings. Duke Earl Johnson (biological father - deceased) As scandal surrounded him, he bought half of The Spectator to stop the paper from blackening his name. Mysteriously, though Jack's blog continues to be updated (not commenting about his family life at all) and people receive occasional brief e-mails, all phone calls go unanswered. When Jack agreed to pay his debts (after luring him into a high-stakes poker game), Daniel confessed his dealings with Peter to Jennifer. A Days source confirms to TVLine that Melissa Reeves is eyeing a return to the role she played off and on for three decades. Jack is unaware of all of this, as he had been adopted at a young age by wealthy Senator Harper Deveraux, and was raised in a life of privilege. Eventually, Jack and Jenn made their way to each other and when they were at a fundraiser for Autism, there were explosions caused by a gas leak in the tunnels of Salem. On November 30, 2015, it was announced that Ashford would briefly return to the soap; he appeared on May 24, 2016. Jack had amnesia, but couldnt remember his family at all. Discovering this, he turned to Melissa for comfort and soon discovered that his birth mother was Jo Johnson and Steve was his brother. Jennifer had met and begun a relationship with Peter Blake and they married not long after Jack's return. Jack and Jennifer embark on the famed "Cruise of Deception" during which time Isabella is found to be Victor's daughter. After Jennifer left Jack and was prepared to marry Emilio, he abducted her on her wedding day. She returned and shortly thereafter, Jennifer followed, claiming Jack was on a walk-about. He had originally purchased a controlling interest in the paper to stop her from running an expose on his corruption (including the dumping of toxic chemicals into a river in Salem) and he discovers a love of the business. During this time, Victor Kiriakis, who also wants the key, kidnaps Kayla. This happened just in the nick of time, for Trent and the guard had Jack pinned down and were about to kill him when they got the call to stop. Jack originally comes to Salem looking for Kayla Brady - who he had fallen in love with in Hawaii a few years back. Soaps.com is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Jack wasn't seen or heard from for years, until he checked himself into The Meadows (using the name 'Clarke'), and met a woman named 'Monica'. * Resides in the UK with Jennifer and Jack. Jack tries to get Jennifer to abandon her ruse, fearing what Lawrence would do to her. He had amnesia and didn't remember anyone or anything about Salem. GENERAL HOSPITAL Alum Stella Stevens Dead at 84, Blake Berris Opens Up About His Bonkers DAYS Return, What Happened to Rafe on DAYS OF OUR LIVES. Jack Harcourt Deveraux grew up in Washington, D.C. and was raised by Senator Harper Deveraux and his second wife, Jack's stepmother, Anjelica Deveraux. Abby cannot understand why her mom would give Jack yet another chance. She is livid at Jack for playing both her and Greta for fools, and plots to seduce Jack in the shower in an effort to catch him in his own lie. He wrote a book about this and sought therapy from Marlena Evans and was doing well. Abby recently went to visit her parents for the summer of 2007. Jennifer Horton-Deveraux-Brady (dated then married), Harper Deveraux (father - by adoption - deceased) Jack managed to stop him by pushing him from a bell tower to his death. She was a charitable soul and he agreed to help her by posing as a married couple to care for the child of a homeless girl. Jennifer gives birth to a daughter, Abigail Deveraux in October 1992. As part of a long-standing vendetta against Bo Brady, Lawrence has Steve killed, breaking Jack's heart. He was sent back to prison, and Jennifer got a job there to help him expose the prison system (using Hope's credentials). Adrienne Johnson Kiriakis (biological sister) He managed to escape and Jack bonded with his baby boy. He met up with Jennifer there and they looked for information about Peter, discovering Stefano's underground hideout and books with Peter's name in them. Jack was heartbroken when Abe came to the jail to tell him that Jennifer's car had crashed, and a dead woman had been found insidepresumed to be Jennifer. Soon thereafter she gets sick (Harper Deveraux poisons her) and that gives Kayla additional reason to keep Jack at arms length. But it wasnt until the Cruise of Deception stranded them on a desert island that Jack and Jennifer finally consummated their relationship. When they were able to pry the doors open a little, Jack went into the elevator to rescue Abigail. Jack had decided to stage his death, since he didn't want his loved ones to watch him die. Back in January it was revealed that Reeves who has played Jennifer Horton on the NBC sudser on and off for the past three decades "liked" several anti-BLM posts from right-wing activist. Eventually, however, they are both proven innocent. Jenn was livid but once Jack finally returned, he was bearded and had PTSD. Although Lexie and later Marlena tried to convince Jack to tell Jennifer, he was determined to enjoy the time he had left with his family without having them concentrate on his illness. All Of The Actors Who Have Played Jack Deveraux On Days Of Our Lives, the multiple times that Jack was presumed dead. Instead of trying to find out more about his illness, Jack works to set Jennifer up with her old boyfriend, Frankie Brady in order to protect her from the aforementioned Patrick, who he is sure would be after her the moment Jack was gone. Days of our Lives Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. He was chasing after a story in Afghanistan and was imprisoned. It wasn't long, however, before Kayla would begin cheating on him with Steve. James Acheson (1987) Jack Deveraux Played by Matthew Ashford Gabi Hernandez Played by Camila Banus Chloe Lane Played by Nadia Bjorlin Lucas Horton Played by Bryan Dattilo Adrienne Johnson Kiriakis Played by Judi Evans Kayla Brady Played by Mary Beth Evans Chad DiMera Played by Billy Flynn Rafe Hernandez Played by Galen Gering Marlena Evans Played by Deidre Hall Jack's plans change when one of his hospice workers turns out to be his presumed dead brother Steve Johnson. When the two went down there to check it out, Peter magically had the names on the account erased at the very moment they were accessing it. She moved back in with Jack for Abby's sake and, though she resisted him at first, they finally got remarried. Jennifer's spirit then rose from her coffin and convinced Peter to turn himself in. With her friends and family as support, and an impassioned challenge for her to declare who she really is and who she really loves, Jack convinces Jennifer to escape with them. During Ashford's absence, the role of Jack was played by Mark Valley from October 28, 1994,[2] until September 26, 1997, and by Steve Wilder from September 26, 1997, through June 5, 1998. Roman reported that the EMTs pronounced Jack dead upon impact. In between tours of Time Square and getting her an autograph from Gwen Stefani, Jack finds time to talk to Abby about her burgeoning relationship with Max Brady, warning her against getting involved with a man much older and more experienced than her. Unluckily for Peter, Jennifer went to Daniel on her own, and tricked him into telling her everything. Jack allowed this to happen believing he was unworthy of Jennifer all the while his actions spoke for him as he kept throwing monkey wrenches into Jennifer and Emilio's 'relationship'.