Jack Perrin

Jack Perrin

actor, stunts, producer

Jack Perrin was born on Jul 25, 1896 in USA. Jack Perrin's big-screen debut came with The Adorable Savage directed by Norman Dawn in 1920, strarring Templeton. Jack Perrin is known for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance directed by John Ford, John Wayne stars as Tom Doniphon and James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard. The most recent award Jack Perrin achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Jack Perrin plays is The Music Man which will be released on Jun 19, 1962.

Jack Perrin was born in Three Rivers, MI, on July 25, 1896. His father, a real estate investor, had an eye on the burgeoning prospects in Los Angeles and moved his family there when Perrin was about four. Jack literally grew up witnessing the birth of the film industry, which exploded there in 1913, after Universal and Famous Players (later known as Paramount) moved out in an attempt to escape Thomas Edison's patent war. Perrin entered films in 1915, reportedly with Mack Sennett (these details are in dispute), before enlisting in the Navy in World War I. Discharged in 1919, he returned to Hollywood and landed a contract with Universal, which lasted until 1921. He was cut loose from what was then the largest studio in the world and made the rapid descent into the world of low-budget westerns by outfits like Rayart (later to become Monogram), Aywon and Arrow Pictures. During this period he would work for companies at the very bottom of the Hollywood food chain, headed by ultra-low-budget specialists like Harry S. Webb and the legendary cheapskate Robert J. Horner.By the latter part of the 1920s Perrin's fortunes rose to the point where he returned to Universal for a series of Canadian Mountie adventure pictures (on a personal level, he met and married Universal star Josephine Hill in 1920 and the marriage would last until 1937). Although he seemed to possess all the assets necessary for cowboy stardom, fate would not be particularly kind to Jack Perrin. At the beginning of the "talkie" period he left Universal and went back to working for the likes of Webb and Horner again. Things got so bad that in the mid-'30s he wound up having to sue Horner in order to get paid for appearing in several of Horner's films (he won). The quality of these productions was, to be charitable, dismal and Jack's popularity correspondingly suffered. He bowed out as a leading man under an ostensible partnership with veteran low-budget producer William Berke in 1936.

  • Birthday

    Jul 25, 1896

  • Place of Birth

    Three Rivers, Michigan, USA

Known For

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

19628.1

The Music Man
Movie
The Music Man

19627.8

Sergeant Rutledge
Movie
Sergeant Rutledge

19607.4

No Name on the Bullet
Movie
No Name on the Bullet

19597.2

Auntie Mame
Movie
Auntie Mame

19587.9

The Spirit of St. Louis
Movie
The Spirit of St. Louis

19577.1

Written on the Wind
Movie
Written on the Wind

19567.4

Friendly Persuasion
Movie
Friendly Persuasion

19567.3

I'll Cry Tomorrow
Movie
I'll Cry Tomorrow

19557.2

The Far Country
Movie
The Far Country

19547.1

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Walk of Fame
1960
Motion Picture
Winner - Star on the Walk of Fame

Movies & TV Shows

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Movies