Jack Carson
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-10-27 (53 years old)
Deathday
1963-01-02
Place of Birth
Carman, Manitoba, Canada
Also known As
John Elmer Carson
Jack Carson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Elmer "Jack" Carson (October 27, 1910 – January 2, 1963) was a Canadian-born, American film actor, with a film career spanning the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Though he was primarily used in supporting roles for comic relief, his work in films such as Mildred Pierce (1945) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) displayed his mastery of "straight" dramatic actor roles as well. He worked for RKO and MGM (cast opposite Myrna Loy and William Powell in Love Crazy), but most of his memorable work was for Warner Bros. His trademark character was the wisecracking know-it-all, typically and inevitably undone by his o...
Acting
1944
as Officer Patrick O'Hara
1958
as Gooper
1938
as Circus Roustabout (uncredited)
1939
as Sweeney Farrell (uncredited)
1954
as Matt Libby
1945
as Wally Fay
1941
as Ward Willoughby
1949
as Doug Blake
1941
as Chuck
1943
as Dave Campbell
1949
as Jack Carson
1941
as Leo Powell
1943
as Albert Runkel
1938
as Connors
1941
as Allen Brice
1937
1961
as Timothy W. 'Big Tim' O'Brien
1953
as Windy Webbe
1948
as Peter Virgil
1943
as Self
1942
as Walter Lawrie
1939
as Jack Tyndall
1937
as Mr. Milbanks
1957
as Jiggs
1944
as Self
1940
as Police Lt. Pat O'Farrell
1938
as Emil Beatty
1938
as Red Jenks
1954
as Charlie Nelson
1942
as Jeff Randolph
1942
as Joe Ferguson
1950
as Chris Malley
1944
as Jerry Curtis
1941
as Hugo Barnstead
1957
as Sheriff Nick Hoak
1944
as Arthur Halstead
1950
as Biff Jones
1942
as Brad Maple
1951
as Ben Castle
1946
as Jeff Howard
1958
as Captain Hoxie
1956
as Hal Breckinridge
1940
as Agent Ross Waring
1954
as Jason Carberry
1945
as Harold C. Pierson
1940
as Frederick Harper
1937
as Tom Potts
1948
as Joe Tyme
1960
as Bert Mosley
1947
as Man Giving Directions (uncredited)
1944
as Jack Carson (uncredited)
1938
as "Candid" Perry
1938
as Henchman Johnny
1940
as Mate
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1940
as Policeman
1962
as Frankie Fane
1937
as Hodges
1938
as Rollercoaster Ride Attendant (uncredited)
1938
as Rochet
1938
as Warren Miles
1947
as Jingles Collins
1948
as Danny Foster
1944
as Self
1946
as Buzz Williams
1940
as Gabby Cross
1984
as (archive footage)
1937
as Ransome (uncredited)
1937
as Coach Woodford
1937
as Dave Hanlon
1938
as Dickson
1938
as Shallen
1949
as Fred Taylor
1946
as Patrick 'Pat' Regan
1944
as The Great Georgetti
1961
as Fairchild
1939
as Chet Warren
1941
as 'Buttons' Johnson
1937
as Cop
1938
as Plainclothes Policeman
1955
as Harold North
1938
as Detective Lieutenant
1940
as Sullivan
1939
as Minnesota (uncredited)
1940
as George Mattison
1939
as Stanley Brown
1940
as Joe
1947
as Bill (uncredited)
1940
as Ralph
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1951
as Jeff Clayton
1940
as Narration - Prologue (voice)
1962
as Harold Sylvester
1937
as Taxicab Driver
1937
as Attendant in First Gas Station
1938
as Waiter Captain
1937
as Assistant Director
1956
as Bix Decker
1943
1954
as Self - Host
1944
as Self
1940
as Policeman Tom Garrity
1946
1987
as Self (archive footage)
1942
as Self
1939
as Larry Barrigan
1955
as Lamar Kendall
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