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name: "Jack Casady"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-casady"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 April 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
updated: "2026-09-17T04:47:26.945589+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jack Casady

Actor. Born 13 April 1944 in Washington, D.C., United States of America.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 April 1944, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- **Also known as:** Jefferson Airplane
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q968070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0142750/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1438

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Gimme Shelter*](https://film.one/film/gimme-shelter.md) (78)

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## Biography

Jack Casady is an American bass guitarist best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane. He appears as himself in several concert documentaries, including *Monterey Pop* (1968), *Gimme Shelter* (1970) and *Woodstock* (1970).

Born in Washington, D.C. on 13 April 1944, Casady joined Jefferson Airplane in late 1965. The band became one of the first successful exponents of the San Francisco Sound, with singles such as "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" charting in 1967 and 1968. Casady and the other members of the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. He has also performed with Hot Tuna.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, allmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Gimme Shelter* (1970), Fi1m 78, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/gimme-shelter.md)
- *Woodstock* (1970), Fi1m 80, as Self - Jefferson Airplane — [page](https://film.one/film/woodstock.md)

## Also known for

- *Monterey Pop* (1968), Self - Jefferson Airplane

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