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Jack Perrin

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1896-07-25

Deathday: 1967-12-17 (71 years old)

Biography

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Jack Perrin (July 25, 1896 – December 17, 1967) was an American actor specializing in Westerns.

He was born Lyman Wakefield Perrin in Three Rivers, Michigan; his father worked in real estate and relocated the family to Los Angeles, California shortly after the start of the 20th century.

Perrin served in the United States Navy during World War I.

Following the war, he returned to Los Angeles and started acting for Universal Studios. His first on-screen appearance was in the 1917 film Luke's Lost Liberty alongside Harold Lloyd.

He married silent film actress Josephine Hill in 1920.

During the 1920s, Perrin made a name for himself, starring in a number of cliffhanger, melodrama, and serial films.

Perrin found a niche in B-movie Westerns of the 1930s. He usually played leads as Jack Perrin, but occasionally adopted the pseudonyms Jack Gable or Richard (Dick) Terry.

Perrin's last major role was as Davy Crockett in 1937's The Painted Stallion, for Republic Pictures. Perrin divorced his wife that year as well. Though he continued making films through 1960, many of his later roles were minor and often went uncredited.

Perrin suffered a heart attack and died December 17, 1967, aged 71.

For his contributions as an actor in motion pictures, Jack Perrin was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1777 Vine Street, in Hollywood, California.

Filmography

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Jack Perrin

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Filmography

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Movies 188

TV Shows 2

Pressure Point (1962)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Sunrise at Campobello (1960)

Ocean's Eleven (1960)

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Noose for a Gunman (1960)

The Twilight Zone (1959)

Cast a Long Shadow (1959)

The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)

Westbound (1959)

A Stranger in My Arms (1959)

Auntie Mame (1958)

Forty Guns (1957)

The Unholy Wife (1957)

The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Written on the Wind (1956)

The Rawhide Years (1956)

The Square Jungle (1955)

A Lawless Street (1955)

Last of the Desperados (1955)

Crossroads (1955)

Foxfire (1955)

Tall Man Riding (1955)

Ten Wanted Men (1955)

So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954)

River of No Return (1954)

The Far Country (1954)

The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

The Black Castle (1952)

Horizons West (1952)

Pat and Mike (1952)

Clash by Night (1952)

The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)

Scandal Sheet (1952)

Best of the Ben (1951)

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Frenchie (1950)

Train To Tombstone (1950)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

I Shot Billy the Kid (1950)

Buccaneer's Girl (1950)

Backfire (1950)

Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)

White Heat (1949)

Brimstone (1949)

El Paso (1949)

So You Want to Be on the Radio (1948)

The Fuller Brush Man (1948)

The Gallant Legion (1948)

I Walk Alone (1947)

A Double Life (1947)

Ivy (1947)

Cheyenne (1947)

Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)

California (1947)

Blue Skies (1946)

Shadows on the Range (1946)

Our Old Car (1946)

White Pongo (1945)

Strange Confession (1945)

Apology for Murder (1945)

The Fatal Witness (1945)

Thrill of a Romance (1945)

The Phantom Speaks (1945)

Belle of the Yukon (1944)

The Mummy's Ghost (1944)

Northern Pursuit (1943)

Broadway Big Shot (1942)

Sea Raiders (1941)

The Iron Claw (1941)

Cracked Nuts (1941)