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Louis Jack DuBlon was born on 28 October 1929 Chicago, Illinois, USA to L Jack Dublon and Olive Elizabeth Liden, and passed away on 25 July 1988, in Tom Green, Texas, USA from pancreatic cancer.
After growing up in Cicero, he attended the University of Illinois, where he played junior varsity football, and received a B.S. degree in mining engineering. During his college days, he also began his broadcasting career at the university's radio station, WILL
He served in the USAF during the Korean War, and flew 29 combat missions aboard a B-29 before being wounded and discharged. He then joined the staff of WDUZ radio in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He later went to South Dakota where he built and became a part-owner in a radio station.
Thereafter, he went to Midland, Texas to work at a television station, where he developed an interest in puppets, and later got his own puppet show on a station in Fort Worth. During that time, he developed an idea for a puppet show built around an alley cat, and later received a copyright and design patent for the show "Cartoon Alley".
With that idea, he landed at WITI-TV in Milwaukee in October of 1960, and worked as a booth announcer . He began his tenure as the puppeteer for "Cartoon Alley" in 1961. In addition to those duties, he served as the station's resident character actor. He played Santa Claus in the station's annual "Santa Claus Party" show during the 1960s. Besides those for his puppets, he often did voice characterizations for various commercial clients. In October of 1964, he began hosting horror films as "Dr. Cadaverino", on "Nightmare Theatre".
On 21 April 1964 DuBlon made an appearance on "Day In Court" as parole officer Pembroke. While in Hollywood, he also appeared in an episode of "General Hospital" as Dr. DuBlon. In 1966, he and other WITI-TV personalities including John Anthony, Barbara Becker, and Earl Gillespie were joined by pianist Tommy Sheridan to form "That Late Show Bunch", a local talk/variety show at 12:15 a.m. Saturdays.
After 25 years at WITI-TV, Jack DuBlon decided to leave the station in 1985, and move to San Angelo, Texas. He commented that the last four years at the station had been tough, after losing his news forum with Albert.
