Jack Carson
Canadian-born American-based film actor · Canada · On the map · Actors · Lived 1910 to 1963 · aged 52
John Elmer Carson, known as Jack Carson, was a Canadian-born American film actor. Carson often played the role of comedic friend in films of the 1940s and 1950s, including The Strawberry Blonde (1941) with James Cagney and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) with Cary Grant.
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Sammy, the Way-Out SealFilm, Harold Sylvester1961
Bus StopSeries1960
ThrillerSeries, Burt Lewis1959
BonanzaSeries, Henry T.P. Comstock1958
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofFilm, Gooper Pollitt1957
Alcoa TheatreSeries, Augie Adams1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Sundown Smith1954
Climax!Series, Art Shaddick
A Star Is BornFilm, 1954Matt Libby1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Joe Bushwick
Dangerous When WetFilm, 1953Windy Webbe1952
The Ford Television TheatreSeries, Dan Doyle1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Garrison
Bright LeafFilm, 1950Chris Malley1948
Studio OneSeries, Harry Breen
Romance on the High SeasFilm, 1948Peter Virgil1946
Two Guys from MilwaukeeFilm, Buzz Williams1945
Mildred PierceFilm, Wally Fay1944
Arsenic and Old LaceFilm, Officer Patrick O'Hara1942
Gentleman JimFilm, Walter Lawrie1941
Blues in the NightFilm, Leo Powell1940
I Take This WomanFilm, Joe1938
Bringing Up BabyFilm, Circus Roustabout (uncredited)1937
Stage DoorFilm, Mr. Milbanks1910Born27 October 1910Known for
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958
Mildred Pierce 1945
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944
Bringing Up Baby 1938
People around Jack
Michael Curtiz Directed Mildred Pierce and My Dream Is Yours
Hal B. Wallis Produced Princess O'Rourke (1943)
Lloyd Bacon Directed Larceny, Inc. and Navy Blues
David Butler Directed Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Pandro S. Berman Produced Stage Door and Carefree
James Flavin Also in Mildred Pierce and Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jerry Wald Produced Mildred Pierce and The Hard Way
Christy Cabanne Directed Everybody's Doing It and Night Spot
Franklin Pangborn Also in Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Joan Leslie Also in Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Julius J. Epstein Wrote Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Philip G. Epstein Wrote Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Bess Flowers Also in Mildred Pierce and A Star Is Born
Raoul Walsh Directed Gentleman Jim and The Strawberry Blonde
Jack Mower Also in Mildred Pierce and A Star Is Born- Henry Blanke Produced Bright Leaf and Roughly Speaking
Frank Capra Produced Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
George Stevens Produced Vivacious Lady (1938)
Eve Arden Also in My Dream Is Yours and Stage Door
Gregory La Cava Directed Stage Door (1937)
Walter Wanger Produced You Only Live Once and Stand-In- Fred de Cordova Directed Always Together and Love and Learn
Grady Sutton Also in A Star Is Born (1954)- Albert Zugsmith Produced The Tarnished Angels (1958)
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Filmography 40
145 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 5
Photo of a Chicago streetscape taken by Stanley Kubrick Look magazine, 1949, from State/Lake station
People arriving at the Chicago Theatre, for a show starring, in person, Jack Carson, Marion Hutton, and Robert Alda, taken by Stanley Kubrick for Look magazine, 1949
Carson with Judith Anderson in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Guest stars for the 1961 premiere episode of The Dick Powell Show, "Who Killed Julie Greer?" Standing, from left: Ronald Reagan, Nick Adams, Lloyd Bridges, Mickey Rooney, Edgar Bergen, Jack Carson, Ralph Bellamy, Kay Thompson, Dean Jones. Seated, from left: Carolyn Jones and Dick Powell.Awards
About this person
He appeared in such dramas as Mildred Pierce (1945), A Star Is Born (1954), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). He worked for RKO and MGM, but most of his notable work was for Warner Bros.
