Jack Carson

Jack Carson

1910-10-27 Carman, Manitoba, Canada 107 Credits

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), ...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get...

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...

Sammy, the Way-Out Seal

Sammy, the Way-Out Seal

1962

as Harold Sylvester

6.3
Acting

Two young brothers secretly bring home a seal from their summer vacation and try to hide it from Mom and Dad. Havoc ensues as Sammy's antics disrupt t...

The Children of Alda Nuova

The Children of Alda Nuova

1962

as Frankie Fane

7.0
Acting

Frankie Fane is an American who has been in Rome for about six weeks and is starting to get bored. He hasn't picked up much of the language, and has v...

Who Killed Julie Greer?

Who Killed Julie Greer?

1961

as Fairchild

Acting

Amos Burke is an L.A. cop who's inherited millions and usually arrives at crime scenes in a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce. Investigating the death of a...

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

1961

as Timothy W. 'Big Tim' O'Brien

6.0
Acting

Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.

The Bramble Bush

The Bramble Bush

1960

as Bert Mosley

5.5
Acting

A young doctor returns to his Massachusetts home town at the request of a terminally ill old friend.

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

1958

as Captain Hoxie

5.2
Acting

Harry Bannerman, a Connecticut suburbanite, becomes involved in various shenanigans when his wife Grace leads a protest movement against a secret army...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958

as Gooper

7.7
Acting

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy w...

The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels

1957

as Jiggs

6.7
Acting

In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, wor...

The Tattered Dress

The Tattered Dress

1957

as Sheriff Nick Hoak

5.6
Acting

After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe young body barely concealed by a dress in rags; murder ...

Magnificent Roughnecks

Magnificent Roughnecks

1956

as Bix Decker

Acting

Two oilmen coax a cook, an oilwoman and a gusher in South America.

The Bottom of the Bottle

The Bottom of the Bottle

1956

as Hal Breckinridge

5.5
Acting

An alcoholic escaped convict asks his Arizona lawyer brother to help him cross the Mexican border.

Arroyo

1955

as Lamar Kendall

Acting

A sleepy New Mexico town is shocked when a woman arrives after her wagon train was destroyed by Indians. Meanwhile, a pair of mysterious strangers dis...

Ain't Misbehavin'

Ain't Misbehavin'

1955

as Harold North

5.0
Acting

Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.

Phffft

Phffft

1954

as Charlie Nelson

6.2
Acting

Robert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into disagreements and divorce. But their separate atte...

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1954

as Matt Libby

7.1
Acting

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954

as Self - Host

8.0
Acting

Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Acade...

Red Garters

Red Garters

1954

as Jason Carberry

5.0
Acting

A spirited cast kicks up its heels in a lively musical spoof of cowboy films crammed with spur-jangling tunes by Jay Livingstone and Ray Evans and dec...

Dangerous When Wet

Dangerous When Wet

1953

as Windy Webbe

6.0
Acting

The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, co...

The Groom Wore Spurs

The Groom Wore Spurs

1951

as Ben Castle

4.4
Acting

Pretty female attorney Abigail "AJ" Furnival is hired to keep high-flying cowboy movie star Ben Castle out of trouble in Las Vegas. Despite his many f...

Mister Universe

Mister Universe

1951

as Jeff Clayton

5.0
Acting

A gullible and honest "Mr. Universe" winner, Tommy Tomkins, gets added to the stable of a con-man and a wrestling prompter.

Bright Leaf

Bright Leaf

1950

as Chris Malley

5.9
Acting

Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.

The Good Humor Man

The Good Humor Man

1950

as Biff Jones

6.0
Acting

Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an...

It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling

1949

as Jack Carson

5.9
Acting

A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and ...

My Dream Is Yours

My Dream Is Yours

1949

as Doug Blake

6.4
Acting

Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace him. In New York...

John Loves Mary

John Loves Mary

1949

as Fred Taylor

4.8
Acting

After four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John Lawrence wants to tell his sweetheart, Mary McKinley. That h...

Two Guys from Texas

Two Guys from Texas

1948

as Danny Foster

6.0
Acting

Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys.

Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas

1948

as Peter Virgil

6.8
Acting

Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband che...

April Showers

April Showers

1948

as Joe Tyme

6.0
Acting

A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have...

Always Together

Always Together

1947

as Bill (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly ...

So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947

as Man Giving Directions (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.

Love and Learn

Love and Learn

1947

as Jingles Collins

5.5
Acting

A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music b...

The Time, The Place and The Girl

The Time, The Place and The Girl

1946

as Jeff Howard

5.4
Acting

The stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is determined to close down the noisy nightclub next door...

Okay for Sound

Okay for Sound

1946

5.0
Acting

This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 Augus...

Two Guys from Milwaukee

Two Guys from Milwaukee

1946

as Buzz Williams

4.8
Acting

Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends cabbie Buzz Williams and, without knowing the micro...

One More Tomorrow

One More Tomorrow

1946

as Patrick 'Pat' Regan

5.5
Acting

Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party — until he meets photographer Christie Sage. Through Christie, Tom takes over the owne...

Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

1945

as Wally Fay

7.6
Acting

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

Roughly Speaking

Roughly Speaking

1945

as Harold C. Pierson

6.8
Acting

In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and m...

Breakdowns of 1944

Breakdowns of 1944

1944

as Self

6.5
Acting

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.

Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen

1944

as Self

7.3
Acting

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club...

The Doughgirls

The Doughgirls

1944

as Arthur Halstead

7.0
Acting

Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, hi...

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

as Officer Patrick O'Hara

7.6
Acting

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married;...

Make Your Own Bed

Make Your Own Bed

1944

as Jerry Curtis

5.8
Acting

Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for arresti...

The Road to Victory

1944

as Jack Carson (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1960 enjoying the prosper...

The Shining Future

The Shining Future

1944

as Self

4.0
Acting

Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1960 enjoying the prosper...

Shine on Harvest Moon

Shine on Harvest Moon

1944

as The Great Georgetti

6.0
Acting

Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

Food and Magic

Food and Magic

1943

5.0
Acting

A sideshow barker uses magic and visual aids to alert the public that proper food management is both a resource and a weapon that could be to America'...

Princess O'Rourke

Princess O'Rourke

1943

as Dave Campbell

6.3
Acting

A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

as Self

6.1
Acting

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

The Hard Way

The Hard Way

1943

as Albert Runkel

6.6
Acting

Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.

Breakdowns of 1942

Breakdowns of 1942

1942

as Self

6.0
Acting

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.

Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim

1942

as Walter Lawrie

7.2
Acting

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the...

Wings for the Eagle

Wings for the Eagle

1942

as Brad Maple

5.7
Acting

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.

Larceny, Inc.

Larceny, Inc.

1942

as Jeff Randolph

6.9
Acting

Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...

The Male Animal

The Male Animal

1942

as Joe Ferguson

4.1
Acting

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threaten...

Blues in the Night

Blues in the Night

1941

as Leo Powell

6.3
Acting

A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find ...

Breakdowns of 1941

Breakdowns of 1941

1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.

Navy Blues

Navy Blues

1941

as 'Buttons' Johnson

4.0
Acting

On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having f...

The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941

as Allen Brice

7.1
Acting

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

Love Crazy

Love Crazy

1941

as Ward Willoughby

7.1
Acting

Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.

The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde

1941

as Hugo Barnstead

6.9
Acting

Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nef...

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941

as Chuck

6.2
Acting

Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? T...

Love Thy Neighbor

Love Thy Neighbor

1940

as Policeman

6.5
Acting

Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each oth...

Sandy Gets Her Man

Sandy Gets Her Man

1940

as Policeman Tom Garrity

4.0
Acting

A young widow lets her baby be the deciding factor as to which eligible bachelor she should marry.

Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners

1940

as Frederick Harper

6.0
Acting

Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.

Queen of the Mob

Queen of the Mob

1940

as Agent Ross Waring

4.5
Acting

Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns.

Girl in 313

Girl in 313

1940

as Police Lt. Pat O'Farrell

5.6
Acting

A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is one cop getting too close to one of the crooks?

Typhoon

Typhoon

1940

as Mate

5.0
Acting

Two men searching for black pearls are marooned on an island when their crew mutinies. There they run into a beautiful girl who had been washed up on ...

Alias the Deacon

Alias the Deacon

1940

as Sullivan

Acting

A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.

Shooting High

Shooting High

1940

as Gabby Cross

8.0
Acting

A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.

Enemy Agent

Enemy Agent

1940

as Ralph

5.5
Acting

A man is framed for being a spy. After he is released, he sets out to find who the real spies are.

Parole Fixer

Parole Fixer

1940

as George Mattison

Acting

This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes dead aim on lawyers who manipulate the justice ...

I Take This Woman

I Take This Woman

1940

as Joe

6.2
Acting

On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic i...

City of Chance

City of Chance

1940

as Narration - Prologue (voice)

5.2
Acting

Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.

Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

1939

as Jack Tyndall

7.2
Acting

Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into ...

Legion of Lost Flyers

Legion of Lost Flyers

1939

as Larry Barrigan

4.0
Acting

A group of pilots, because of unsavory or unearned reputations, establish an outpost squadron of their own, led by "Loop" Gillian, running charter-fli...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

as Sweeney Farrell (uncredited)

7.9
Acting

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new ...

The Escape

The Escape

1939

as Chet Warren

5.5
Acting

An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell, and also finds that his ...

Fifth Avenue Girl

Fifth Avenue Girl

1939

as Minnesota (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.

The Kid From Texas

The Kid From Texas

1939

as Stanley Brown

6.5
Acting

A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

1938

as Rochet

9.0
Acting

A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one condition -- his loser of a son, a student at the...

Carefree

Carefree

1938

as Connors

6.6
Acting

Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunders...

Having Wonderful Time

Having Wonderful Time

1938

as Emil Beatty

4.9
Acting

Teddy Shaw, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Chick Kirkland.

The Saint in New York

The Saint in New York

1938

as Red Jenks

6.2
Acting

A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox...

Vivacious Lady

Vivacious Lady

1938

as Waiter Captain

6.9
Acting

College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.

Law of the Underworld

Law of the Underworld

1938

as Henchman Johnny

5.5
Acting

A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution

Go Chase Yourself

Go Chase Yourself

1938

as Warren Miles

4.5
Acting

When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team. Comedy.

This Marriage Business

This Marriage Business

1938

as "Candid" Perry

4.8
Acting

A cocky reporter turns a small town marriage license clerk into a media celebrity.

Condemned Women

Condemned Women

1938

as Plainclothes Policeman

6.3
Acting

A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.

Maid's Night Out

Maid's Night Out

1938

as Rollercoaster Ride Attendant (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering milk he falls in love with a young debutante whom he...

Night Spot

Night Spot

1938

as Shallen

4.7
Acting

A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which two of the band-members are in reality undercover-pol...

Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby

1938

as Circus Roustabout (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo...

Everybody's Doing It

Everybody's Doing It

1938

as Detective Lieutenant

5.0
Acting

Gangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national newspapers picture puzzles contest craze.

Crashing Hollywood

Crashing Hollywood

1938

as Dickson

5.8
Acting

A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.

She's Got Everything

She's Got Everything

1937

as Ransome (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's creditors hauling everything away. Her aunt wants her to marr...

Quick Money

Quick Money

1937

as Coach Woodford

4.0
Acting

Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years. Accompanying...

Harris in the Spring

Harris in the Spring

1937

as Taxicab Driver

1.0
Acting

Band leader Phil Harris, through a misunderstanding, finds himself with a job as a professional escort, and a date to take a rich young society girl t...

A Rented Riot

A Rented Riot

1937

Acting

While his wife and mother-in-law are away on a vacation, Errol sub-lets their apartment and the new tenants throw a wild party.

High Flyers

High Flyers

1937

as Dave Hanlon

7.0
Acting

Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamond...

Stand-In

Stand-In

1937

as Tom Potts

6.3
Acting

An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help f...

Stage Door

Stage Door

1937

as Mr. Milbanks

7.0
Acting

The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a the...

Music for Madame

Music for Madame

1937

as Assistant Director

5.0
Acting

An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party w...

On Again—Off Again

On Again—Off Again

1937

as Cop

7.0
Acting

This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Ho...

Too Many Wives

Too Many Wives

1937

as Hodges

6.7
Acting

An heiress and a dog-catcher go searching for a priceless stamp.

You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once

1937

as Attendant in First Gas Station

7.1
Acting

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is fr...