Career
Jacobs was the valet of the Hollywood agent Swifty Lazar in the 1950s, before being poached from Lazar by the singer and actor Frank Sinatra. Jacobs wrote a well received memoir, Mr. South: My Life with Frank Sinatra (coauthor William Stadiem.
HarperEntertainment, 2003, ) that chronicled his time in Sinatra"s employment, from 1953 to his dismissal by Sinatra in 1968.
According to his New York Times obituary, Jacobs was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, then moved to Los Angeles after serving in the United States. Navy. He reportedly worked as a valet for Bill Cosby and Steve McQueen after Sinatra severed his longtime employment over a misunderstanding.