- Night club comic for over 40 years and a favorite Las Vegas opening act for top stars like Frank Sinatra, Pearl Bailey, Tom Jones, and Tony Bennett.
- Started in the business as a drummer for Sally Marr, the mother of comedian Lenny Bruce. It was Bruce himself who steered Jackie toward the stand-up stage.
- A regular on the Playboy circuit and in Dean Martin's celebrity roasts.
- Son of Rose (Senick) and William Potovsky. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants.
- Had a one-man show on HBO called "On Location with Jackie Gayle."
- Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 178. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
- Has one son Justin.
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