Jack Burrell
A camp counselor who has sex with Marcie unaware that Ned's body lies in the bunk above them.
Jack Burrell is a character from the 1980 American slasher film Friday the 13th, produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller. He is one of the teenage camp counselors who are murdered one by one by an unknown killer while attempting to reopen an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past. Jack is portrayed by actor Mark Nelson, and his role is that of a camp counselor who meets his death during the film's sequence of killings.
Quick Facts
- Role
- Camp Counselor; Victim
- First appearance
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- Affiliation
- Camp Crystal Lake Staff
Lore & Background
Jack Burrell is one of the counselors arriving at Camp Crystal Lake alongside Ned, Bill, Marcie, Brenda, and Alice. The group works to refurbish the cabins and prepare for incoming campers under the direction of owner Steve Christy. During a thunderstorm, while Jack and Marcie are having sex, they are unaware of Ned's dead body above them in the bunk bed. After Marcie leaves the cabin for the public bathroom, the killer pierces Jack's throat with an arrow, killing him. His body is later found by Alice pinned to a door with arrows.
Reader's Guide
Jack Burrell appears in Friday the 13th (1980) as a camp counselor. He is killed by the unknown killer (later revealed to be Mrs. Voorhees) while having sex with Marcie in a cabin. His death occurs when the killer pierces his throat with an arrow after Marcie leaves the room. Jack's body is later found by Alice pinned to a door with arrows. He is portrayed by Mark Nelson, and this was Nelson's first feature film.
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