Many chalkboard champions have enjoyed successes in professions in addition to education. One such teacher is John Houston Ingle, who is probably best known as a Hollywood actor who played the part of Edward Quartermain on the TV soap opera General Hospital. He has also appeared in episodes of The Office, The Golden Girls, Night Court, and Boy Meets World. He has also appeared in films such as Death Becomes Her, Robocop 2, The Land Before Time, and Heathers.

This talented educator was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1928. He graduated from Verdugo Hills High School in Tujunga, California. After high school, John graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles. He began his career as an educator teaching English and theater in 1955 at  Hollywood High School, and then transferred to Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California in 1964. During his tenure there, his students included Nicolas Cage, Richard Dreyfuss, Barbara Hershey, Swoozie Kurtz, Stefanie Powers, and David Schwimmer. He also taught at UCLA. John retired from the teaching profession in 1985.

John Houston Ingle, chalkboard champion and Hollywood actor, passed away in 2012 at the age of 84.